Some data on the most successful of President Obama’s fundraising letters is really destroying what I thought I knew about constructing emails. It turns out, the most informal subject …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:51PMCan theater teach us anything about love? Three very different shows I reviewed this week all believe so – the Flux Theatre Ensemble’s production of “Hearts Like Fist,” “Th…
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SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:22PM"Once" is once again in the awards spotlight. The original cast recording for the popular Broadway show is among the Grammy nominees this year in the category of musical theater albums. The…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:15PMNominations for the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced tonight by The Recording Academy and reflected an eclectic mix of the best and brightest in music over the past year, as determin…
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SOURCE: Variety at 11:00PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Wednesday, December 5, 2012.
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LONDON (AP) -- Hollywood stars Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman have braved the London cold to walk the red carpet for the world premiere of "Les Miserables."...
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:37PMKevin Kline, Patti LuPone, Frances Conroy: They’re just a few of the actors who began their careers touring with the Acting Company. That long list of illustrious alumni may one day includ…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:34PMEvery December, seasonal shows take over our local stages, and resistance is futile. But which one is right for you — and your finicky friends and relatives?
Help has arrived! Let this sel…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:32PMThe rapid fall of David Mamet’s new play, “The Anarchist,” raises questions about business on Broadway, especially the producer-playwright relationship.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:28PMIt's Academy Award season within the showbiz-centric world of The Bodyguard, but even the greatest of Oscar obsessives - count me among them - would be hard-pressed to toss many a trophy in …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 10:25PMGiven its title (and a subtitle that’s not fit to print in a family newspaper), it’s pretty clear that “Let’s Kill Grandma This Christmas” isn’t aimed at the Rockettes crowd. Or …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:23PMIt wasn’t easy being Zelda Fitzgerald. The talented wife of “Great Gatsby” writer F. Scott Fitzgerald suffered from bipolar disorder, for which she was often institutionalized. Her mar…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:23PMFRISK ME AGAIN The hubbub in the lobby of the Public Theater late last Friday night suggested we were in for a dynamic show. Frisk Me: The Songs of Max Vernon packed Joe’s Pub with one of …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:14PMTwo Disney franchises collide at ArtsEmerson.Rarely has a single YouTube served quite so well as a theatrical review as the one posted above, of La Belle et la Bête, by Lemieux Pilon 4D Art…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:12PMOn tonight's episode of The X Factor, each contestant is going to sing twice - an acoustic song and a Pepsi Challenge song. I assume this means people voted, but they say Pepsi about ten tho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06PMWe really, really love the Brooklyn International Performance Art Festival, no matter how it turns out. 2013 - the year of crowd-sourced, collaboratively-created, socially-engaged, non-disci…
SOURCE: Culturebot at 10:04PMRapper. White Rapper. White Canadian Rapper rapping about evolutionary theories as they pertain to the online dating scene in a vain attempt to discover whether or not he will ever truly be …
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OPENING THE BOOK OF MORMON. Broadway in Chicago presents the Tony Award-winning musical by the folks behind TV’s “South Park” and Broadway’s “Avenue Q.” Opens Dec. 11. Tue, 7:30 …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:48PMAdelphi theatre, LondonLawrence Kasdan has recorded his surprise at the idea of his screenplay for the 1992 movie, starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, being used as the basis for a m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:40PM“Ingenious Nature,” Baba Brinkman’s latest theatrical mixtape, as he terms his shows, might better be called “There needs to be a scientific reason why women are conf…
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:30PMFREUDS LAST SESSION, New Yorks long-running hit play by Mark St. Germain, is set to open in Los Angeles this winter starring Judd Hirsch as Sigmund Freud and Tom Cavanagh as C. S. Lewis unde…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:14PMLive Nation Entertainment is seeking to sell Broadway's Foxwoods Theatre, currently home to Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, according to an offering announcement by commercial real estate…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:03PMCoverage of the Olivier Awards is set to be screened on mainstream television for the first time in a decade, with ITV close to securing the broadcast rights to the ceremony. The Stage under…
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Amanda Seyfried and Anne Hathaway were among the stars in attendance at the event at the Odeon on Leicester Square
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:56PMLes Miserables fever is heating up, as the highly anticipated movie musical nears its Christmas Day premiere date. Oscar winner Tom Hooper’s big-screen adaptation went back to the show…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:52PMThe Bodyguard manages to fall simultaneously into two pretty suspect categories – the screen-to-stage adaptation and the jukebox musical. But the show is an altogether more pleasurable exp…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:40PMThe drunk scene is a staple of comedy, from the Vitameatavegamin episode of “I Love Lucy” to the bar-pickup scene in “Promises, Promises.” Adam Bock’s contribut…
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:29PMWith the help of stars from some of Broadways biggest hit musicals including Kinky Boots, Wicked, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Hairspray and GHOST The Musical No Bully raised over 75,00…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PMThe opera, seeking to shed decades' worth of old sets, costumes and props, has decided to auction off most of the material next month.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:12PMThink Arthur Miller’s “The Price” or Wendy Wasserstein’s “The Sisters Rosensweig.” Playwright Jennifer Maisel must have done so, at least subconsciously, …
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:06PMLes Misérables is well on its way to becoming this year’s crowd-pleasing, award-winning musical extravaganza when it arrives in theaters on Christmas day. Film stars Hugh Jackma…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:04PMCheck out CAP21's holiday installment of Ask A Broadway Star. In the video below, catch up with alums Andrew Cristi and Thay Floyd, who are both currently in the new Broadway Musical, A Chri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PMRobert Foxworth plays a Reaganesque character in Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities at the Mark Taper Forum, but in fact he opposed Reagan to the extent that he produced a radio series th…
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Strahan has added another notch to his growing off-the-field resume - Broadway....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:56PMThe Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of the musical cult classic The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which officially opened at Studio 54 on November 13, has announced a four-week exten…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:51PMTony and Olivier Award-winner JOHN CAIRD Les Misrables and Nicholas Nickleby, West End rising star SAM CAIRD, and Tony nominee PAUL GORDON Jane Eyre, arrived in Ventura today to begin rehear…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:51PMWe’ve broken down and analyzed this season on Broadway for you. Check out what is trending compared to last year!
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:44PMThink Annie is just for kids, do you? Then you might be surprised to know that the 1977 Tony-winning musical has a dark side, which is never more apparent than in this sterling-silver reviva…
SOURCE: cititour.com at 05:39PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, December 5, 2012 Today’s Tweets: click on hyperlinked items for more information Congrats @THEHEIRESSBway star Jessica Chastain who won Be…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:39PMDueling divas, unrequited love, and a conflicted and ailing composer are the stuff of great operas – and possibly, an invigorating night in the theater. But in Terrence McNally's Golden A…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:37PMThirteen-time Grammy winning producer Steven Epstein has remastered the original recording of Barbra Streisand's 1973 record CLASSICAL BARBRA, for this reissue, the first since its original …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36PMIn the most recent episode of the web show EPIPHANY, THNKR sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and writer behind the film LINCOLN Tony Kushner to discuss the ongoing importance …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:26PMThe Bodyguard, the new West End musical based on the film, opens tonight. In the now-iconic role created by the late, great Whitney Houston, Tony winner Heather Headly makes her big (and bra…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 05:22PMFirst conceived and performed as a sung-through "pop opera," an updated Bare comes to Off-Broadway’s New World Stages. Now with book scenes, the production features several new songs that …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:20PMBroadway's Peter and the Starcatcher offered a special matinee Dec. 5, welcoming over 1000 local high school students. Some students and members of the Department of Education met with the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:20PMThe holiday season is in full swing, and there's no better way to celebrate good cheer than with a week of great theater! This week’s Countrywide Guide spotlights Broadway fav…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:18PMBackstage at the high-flying and dare-deviling fantasy spectacle Peter and the Starcatcher, stars Matthew Saldivar, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Adam Chanler-Berat and the entire wickedly talented c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:10PMFor someone who was so nervous to chop off her long locks, Anne Hathaway is really owning her shorter ‘do. The Oscar nominee, who cut her hair to play the tragic Fantine in Tom Ho…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:09PMNew York’s LAByrinth Theater Company announces a new Stephen Adly Guirgis play. My pulse goes jumpy. It’s a curious thrill in the oh-so-appropriate American theater, this combo of playwr…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PM Commedia Beauregard, a Chicago-based non-profit theater company, has announced that Dr. Marc Okrand, creator of the Klingon Language, will be attending the December 15 (4pm) showing of A…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:00PMTwo tour de force performances in this 80-minute, one-act production are simply not enough to persuade us that Zelda Fitzgerald was the power behind her author husband, F. Scott Fitzgerald, …
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In “Let’s Kill Grandma This Christmas” a family considers permanently getting rid of an especially difficult grandmother.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:59PMEden Espinosa's debut album, Look Around, will be available December 18 on iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, and EdenEspinosa.com. Check out art for her album cover below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:59PMRoundabout Theatre Companys Todd Haimes, Artistic Director national tour of the 2011 Tony Award-winning Anything Goes opened on Wednesday, November 28 in Los Angeles at the Ahmanson Theatre …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:59PMProject Runway season four finalist Chris March, best known for his over-the-top constructions and use of unique accents, like human hair, brings his own brand of camp humor to the The Nutcr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:58PMThe Oscar and Tony Award-winning actress said in a recent interview that a botched operation to remove non-cancerous throat nodules in 1997 hasn't gotten better. It has permanently limited h…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 04:55PMThe Montrose Room located at the InterContinental Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont introduces Coco Montoya on Friday, December 7, and Sam Llanas formerly from the BoDeans, will perform on S…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:55PMNow you see 'em, now you don't! This week, three Broadway shows—"Chaplin," "Scandalous," and "The Anarchist"—announced their closing dates. Let's take a look back at some of the …
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:54PMScituate residents have expanded their rendition of the “The Forever Present” for this holiday season, offering the free show to locals at the G.A.R. Hall on Country Way.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:52PMVan Cougar, a troupe that bases its shows on found texts, re-enacts viral videos in “Tube,” at St. Mark’s Church.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:51PMDeafening cheers, copious laughter, roaring ovations, and a smattering of tears all filled the New
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:49PMName: Kerry IpemaHometown: Western Springs, IL (a suburb of Chicago)Education: BFA in Musical Theatre from Indiana UniversityWhat is a kiki?: A Kiki is an all out love fest that's guaranteed…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:47PMIn the iconic 1972 action-disaster epic The Poseidon Adventure, a luxury ocean liner overturns at midnight on New Year’s Eve. This December 31, 2012, on the 40th anniversary of The Pose…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:44PMThe Chicago Commercial Collective and The Fine Print Theatre Company are proud to announce the return of Christmas in Chicago, December 13 – December 23, at Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Ch…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:39PMDIRECTED BY NOAH BRODY AND BEN STEINFELD Opening Night, December 13th, 2012 6:30 PM Pre-Performance Reception 7:30 PM PERFORMANCE With After-Party in the Lobby Immediately Following the Perf…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:37PMLocated at the InterContinental Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont, the Montrose Room is pleased to announce the return of Lisa McClowry on Friday, December 14. The following day, Saturday, D…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:35PMGoodman Theatre's 2013 world-premiere production of Teddy Ferrara by Pulitzer Prize finalist Christopher Shinn, will feature Ryan Heindl in the title role and Liam Benzvi as college-kid …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:34PMThe Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. with the 8th annual “Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah,” January 19 and January 20. Chicago f…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:30PMBucks County Playhouse will present much anticipated 2012 holiday production, It's a Wonderful Life A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry. Performances run from Thursday, December 13th through Sun…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMAs schoolteacher Miss Shields in Broadway’s A Christmas Story, Caroline O’Connor knows all the right answers—including how to decorate a dressing room for the holidays. Tak…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:27PMHoly crap! Congratulations are in order to this year's batch of nytheatre.com's People of the Year! It's a great list, too! Inductees include buds & co-conspirators The Amoralists Theatre C…
SOURCE: Jamespeak at 04:27PMChicago Sinfonietta continues its milestone 25th Anniversary Season with its Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., celebrating the universal lessons of Dr. King with music from t…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:25PMTony Award nominee Jennifer Damiano, Lindsay Mendez and Derek Klena perform the music of A Christmas Story, The Musical songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Dec. 5 at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:20PMStage and screen star Alfred Molina recently took part in for Disney Junior's acclaimed short-form series A Poem Is by reciting Clement Moore's A Visit From St. Nicholas. The episode premier…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:19PMBRING IT ON recently hosted over 2,000 cheerleaders from across the country to come see the Broadway show. Go behind the scenes of the festivities below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:13PMNew 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 04:09PMLocal breweries tap into the art world to convey their unique identities.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 04:06PMWhen they havent been on stage, some Spider-Man cast members and the PigPen Theatre Co. of The Old Man and the Old Moon have recently taken field trips to see each others shows. Check out ph…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMWith winter approaching, you know it takes more than cough drops and herbal tea to keep your voice healthy in the bitter cold. But what are some secrets to make sure you’ll still sound…
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The Acting Companys 40th Anniversary Ruby Ball was held on December 3, 2012 at Capitale, and James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director of the Signature Theatre and the Richard Rodgers Direc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:51PMLibrettist-director John Caird and composer-lyricist-librettist Paul Gordon, who created the musicals Daddy Long Legs and Jane Eyre, are together again for Little Miss Scrooge, a new yule-fl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:50PMLibrettist-director John Caird and composer-lyricist-librettist Paul Gordon, who created the musicals Daddy Long Legs and Jane Eyre, are together again for Little Miss Scrooge, a new yule-fl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:49PMPicking up where the sold-out 2012 TedxBroadway event left off, 2013’s daylong symposium in January brings together influential people in academics, entertainment, marketing, and media…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:45PMThe show, especially in its jokes, caters to the grown-ups. The kids — with a couple of tearful exceptions — didn’t seem to mind
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 03:43PMLeslie Bricusse, the Academy Award-winning songwriter behind such monster hits as "What Kind of Fool Am I?," "Candy Man" (penned with the late Anthony Newley) and "Talk to the Animals," slip…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:43PMThe thermostat is set at “cozy” for Centerstage’s new production of “Bus Stop,” the 1955 William Inge drama about a slightly worldly young woman trying to escape the clutches of a …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:42PMThe Heiress leading lady Jessica Chastain earned the National Board of Review award for Best Actress for her thrilling performance in Zero Dark Thirty, according to Varie…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:40PMRoundabout Theatre Company’s (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) national tour of the 2011 Tony® Award-winning Anything Goes opened on Wednesday, November 28 in Los Angeles to rave reviews. …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:37PMI Do! I Do!, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's musical adaptation of Jan de Hartog's The Fourposter, opened Dec. 5, 1966. It starred Mary Martin and Robert Preston, who won a Tony for h…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PMTara Brooke Watkins founded Pariah Theatre Company after she started to feel like a bit of a pariah herself. She wanted to celebrate the centennial of the death of her favorite playwright, A…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:27PMSILENCE! The Musical will end its 18-month run Sunday evening, December 30th at the Elektra Theatre. The production will have played a total of 447 performances and eight previews. Originall…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:27PMMore than 1,000 theater students from 15 New York City schools got a special treat on December 5, when they filled Broadway’s Brooks Atkinson Theatre for a special matinee performance …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:26PMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
With its blithe spirit and a plot no more preposterous than any dreamed up by P.G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton for Jerome Kern's celebrated pre-1920s tuners,…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:25PMWhen the Spice Girls closed the Olympic Games, tumbling out of their glittery taxis in short skirts and too-high heels like the kind of hen party you might cross the road to avoid, they inst…
SOURCE: The Independent at 03:22PMMonty Python member dismisses idea during trial in which Mark Forstater claims he is entitled to royalties from spin-off SpamalotMichael Palin has dismissed a suggestion that a film producer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18PMThe chief theater critic of The Times answers questions about new scores, populist theater, projection design and Broadway's bathrooms.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:15PM"F*ck." —David Mamet.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 03:13PMClass is officially in session for the cast of off-Broadway’s Bare, and we’ve got a steamy first look at the stars in action. Directed by Stafford Arima, the revamped musical tel…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:12PMDuring their brief lifetime, student band Talulah Gosh was dismissed as the epitome of twee, "shambling" indie pop. But 25 years on the group has spawned a Turner Prize winner, Britain's lea…
SOURCE: The Independent at 03:05PMManhattan Theatre Club and playwright Terrence McNally celebrated the off-Broadway opening of McNally's new play Golden Age on Tuesday, December 4. Following the perform
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:04PMThis is a spectacular production of a well-intentioned play. I cannot remember when I saw such a fine collection of actors roaming the stage under the guidance of an equally fine director. …
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 03:01PMI’m thrilled that Bring It On will soon be made available for licensing to theaters around the country. Though I was never a cheerleader myself (sports? what?), this show has a lot to chee…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 03:01PMGerard Alessandrini and the cast of Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking, which was recently extended through April 28, 2013, at the 47th Street Theatre, will celebrate the show's new D…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMLeaders at Los Angeles Opera are breathing a little easier now that a huge financial burden has been lifted from their shoulders.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00PM
Trailer-park trash, Chicago hoofers, and the Knights Who Say Ni! are all part of the 2013 season planned by the Company Theatre, the award-winning ensemble currently performing “Annie” o…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:56PMNonprofit theaters appear to be in recovery mode, according to a new report from Theatre Communications Group. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:56PMLES MISERABLES might not open in movie theatres until Christmas day, but the big world premiere is happening right now, December 5, in London. Check out photos of all the stars on the red ca…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:52PMEven Pulitzer Prize winners lose, sometimes. In the quickest exit of a new work by a big-name playwright in several seasons, The Broadway production of David Mamet's prison-drama The Anarchi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:45PMPrincess Jasmine and Jafar join forces to give Playbill.com readers a look at rehearsals for the Asian premiere of Disney's Aladdin in Manila. K-la Rivera offers comments on their rehear…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:28PMEvery year I wait for Brad Hathaway to post his Holiday Gifts for Theatre Lovers guide on DC Theatre Scene because I always have a hard time finding holiday gifts for my friends who are the…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:25PMWhen Chita Rivera takes the stage as Princess Puffer in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, audiences at Studio 54 erupt in cheers and applause. This great lady of the theater is nearing her 60th an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:23PMManhattan 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 02:19PMEric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin were at London’s High Court today but, beyond the courtroom being plunged accidentally into darkness for a few moments, there was little comedy abo…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:17PMEarlier today, Peter and the Starcatcher stars Adam Chanler-Berat Peter, Celia Keenan-Bolger Molly, Matthew Saldvar Black Stache, and co-director Roger Rees, were joined by New York City Dep…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:16PMAccording to TMZ, Broadway veteran Susan Luckey passed awaythis morning, December 5, from old age. She was 74 years old.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:11PMDanny and Sandy are back, just in time for Christmas! John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John have teamed up to release the new holiday album, This Christmas, and thankfully, their first music …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:11PMA lecture about overpopulation and climate change turned out to be the unlikely highlight of a year that also featured an intriguing Russian invasionThe most momentous theatrical performance…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PMYou now have another month to cast your votes. And yes, we know the Presidential election is over.The Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes' musical The Mys…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
Les Misrables is the motion-picture adaptation of the beloved global stage sensation seen by more than 60 million people in 42 countries and in 21 languages around the globe and still breaki…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:56PMThe outrageously attractive Cheyenne Jackson (The Performers) has released a preview video and making-of photos for his upcoming single "Don't Wanna Know," which will be available for purcha…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:56PMBARRYMORE, a captured-live stage production, stars Academy Award winner Christopher Plummer as American acting legend John Barrymore. In a career defining performance, Plummer (as Barrymor…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:53PMAccording to the Taking Your Fiscal Pulse 2012 snapshot survey, 90 of surveyed theatres believe their situation is holding steady or on the upswing. Released by Theatre Communications Group …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:49PMSnapshots of families you barely know tumble out of the red and green envelopes in your mail. Hackneyed carols cloy the air in supermarkets. The average Starbucks smells like a nutmeg empori…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:48PMAlex Egan was an intern as Circle Rep first produced Lanford Wilson's Angels Fall Off-Broadway. Now, three decades later, he has staged his own rendition of the play for Hollywood's Producti…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:43PMCorey Cott and the cast of Newsies, the Tony Award winning new American musical, will appear on the 2012 Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade, with a performance of Carrying the Banner. The par…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:37PMTony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Sheldon Harnick and his wife, actress-photographer Margery Gray Harnick, presented and signed their new book, "The Outdoor Museum: Not Your Usual Im…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:37PMKathie Lee Gifford made a lot of money in the '80s as the spokeswoman for Carnival Cruise Lines, singing the lyrics "In the morning, in the evening, ain't we got fun?" on TV commercials.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:35PMCould it be? One of the biggest names in the music industry will star in the Barbra Streisand reincarnation of "Gypsy"? Lady Gaga is said to be one of the names that tops Bab's list to play …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:32PMSteppenwolf Theatre Company is pleased to announce the casting and creative teams for Garage Rep 2013, featuring Bailiwick Chicago’s See What I Wanna See, Buzz22 Chicago’s She Kills…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:31PMStage and screen star Tom Wopat will release his eighth recording, "I've Got Your Number," Feb. 12, 2013.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:31PMYork Theatre Company James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director presents Broadways Marc Kudisch 9 to 5 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Jeffry Denman Irving Berlins White Christmas Yank at the Yor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:28PMSinging and dancing on Broadway isn't just hard work—on December 3 and 4, the Great White Way's best and brightest had a blast performing for a cause at the 24th annual Gypsy o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:27PMThe Mystery of Edwin Drood’s leading lady Stephanie J. Block stopped by our studio to answer fan questions about her favorite Broadway roles, her mischievous dog and making memories wi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:25PMTonight at 7 PM at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School – Anthony Rapp (RENT), Heidi Blickenstaff (Title of Show) and Eleasha Gamble (Oklahoma!) will be the special guests at ArtSpeak &#…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:22PMThe West End production of Uncle Vanya, starring Ken Stott, Anna Friel and Samuel West, is due to close three weeks earlier than planned. It will now run until January 26, 2013, instead of F…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:19PMLES MISERABLES might not open in movie theatres until Christmas day, but the big world premiere is happening right now, December 5, in London. Tune in to watch the stars on the red carpet HE…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMBilly Connolly plays New York’s Beacon Theatre tomorrow and Friday; hear him on Sirius Channel 206 and XM Channel 105 today at 1:30 PM when he’s a guest on “Unmasked,” hosted by Ron …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:07PMBilly Connolly plays New York’s Beacon Theatre tomorrow and Friday; Time Out New York spoke to him about the meaning of a lifetime achievement award, speaking Dwarvish in The Hobbit, why f…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:05PMThe York Theatre Company will present the Off-Broadway premiere of The Holiday Guys in Happy Merry Hanu-Mas, a holiday variety show from Tony Award nominee Marc Kudisch and Drama Desk nomine…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:05PMName: Anthony Michael MartinezHometown: Ft. Lauderdale, FLEducation: Florida State University, Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Mass Media StudiesWhat is a kiki?: A kiki is a party that…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:03PMTIME Magazine each year releases a top ten list of everything from gadgets, to music albums, to business blunders and beyond - plus, of course, the year's top ten plays and musicals accordin…
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Sally Ann Triplett knows her way around musicals, having appeared over the last 25 years in shows ranging from Follies, Grease and Chess to the original UK and Broadway productions of Carrie…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:59PMChristopher Durang's frothy Chekhov-inspired comedy, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, starring Sigourney Weaver, Kristine Nielsen and David Hyde Pierce, has extended its Off-Bro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMCraig Wright's Grace, starring Paul Rudd and Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon, with Kate Arrington and seven-time Emmy Award-winner Ed Asner, opened on October 4, 2012 at Broadway's Cor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:47PMDave Brubeck, a wonderful artist and an uncommonly kind and decent man, died today on the eve of his ninety-second...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:47PMLincoln Center Theater’s off-Broadway production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is getting a one-week extension at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre. Christopher Durang’s new…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:45PMA highly charged, uncomfortably edgy production, set in an all-female prison, is led by some superb performances, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:44PMThe rock venue proves an appropriate space for this staged version of Green Day’s 2004 album, writes Ian Shuttleworth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:43PMThe rock venue proves an appropriate space for this staged version of Green Day's 2004 album, writes Ian Shuttleworth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:43PMROCKY - The Musical, featuring Drew Sarich and Wietske van Tongeren, made its world premiere in Hamburg on November 18. Featuring direction by Tony nominee Alex Timbers, the show is eying a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:37PMThe new musical Table, penned by New Yorker contributor Adam Gopnik and Academy Award winner David Shire, will receive a January reading under the wings of the Long Wharf Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:37PMThere are now four more weeks of voting for the murderer of Edwin Drood! Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is thrilled to announce a four week extension of the crit…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:35PMGideon Glick (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark) will play a character that was raised as a girl, but dies a man, when he assumes the title role in Amandine, a new musical inspired by the memoir…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:34PMBare, the coming-of-age rock musical set in a co-ed Catholic boarding school, began Off-Broadway previews Nov. 19 at New World Stages, where the work — billed as a Pop Opera in 2004 &m…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:34PMINTERVIEW: SHÔN DALE-JONES The artistic director of Hoipolloi Theatre tells Matt Trueman about his alter-ego Hugh Hughes, an emerging artist from Wales, as his latest show Stories From an I…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 12:33PMSadler’s Wells and Shakespeare’s Globe are among a range of arts organisations taking part in a programme of cultural events in Qatar and the UK next year. Qatar UK 2013 Year of Culture …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:28PMINTERVIEW: TOM LYALL The Shunt Associate Artist tells Matt Trueman about his debut solo show DEFRAG_, part of Camden People’s Theatre's Futureshock Festival, and the possibility that super…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 12:26PMEvery first Wednesday of the month, get caught up with what’s on stage with our review round-up. And that vaguely hollow, clinking sound you hear at the end of each segment? That’s me to…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:25PMSamantha 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 12:23PMAn ambivalent Cinderella A blood-thirsty Little Red Ridinghood A Prince Charming with a roving eye A Witch...who raps They're all among the cockeyed characters in James Lapine and Stephen So…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMOur non-review - The producers have paroled David Mamet's terrorist (Patti LuPone) and her jailer (Debra Winger) as of Dec. 16th . and I've decided to give myself …
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 12:20PMWest Yorkshire PlayhouseThere was general agreement that Danny Boyle succeeded in capturing the quintessence of Britishness for this year's Olympic opening ceremony. Even so, you wonder if i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMOn last night's 'Showbiz Tonight' on CNN, Anne Hathaway talks about her incredible transformation for her role in LES MISERABLES. Hathaway is playing the troubled Fantine in the film, which …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:11PMBroadway producer and theatre owner Jordan Roth and TV producer Richie Jackson, who were married earlier this year, announced a $100,000 matching grant supporting Freedom to Marry's 2013…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMThe theatrical licensing agency Tams-Witmark has announced the release of a new version of The Wizard of Oz, based on the iconic 1939 MGM film, for young performers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PM"Lincoln" has been a big hit in movie theaters, and on Jan. 22 Tony Kushner's screenplay for Steven Spielberg's film will arrive in book form, to be followed in late February by another new …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:07PMThesis: People are more likely to spend time and attention on performance activities they have participated in. I’m not a sports watcher, but I fenced saber for a year in college. I’ll t…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 12:04PMIt might be hard to believe, but Yvonne Strahovski has never seen a Broadway show.The Australian actress, currently making her New York stage debut as Lorna Moon in Lincoln Center Theater's …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:03PMLike a team of theatrical rescue workers, three seasoned pros do everything in their power to aid Arena Stage’s “Pullman Porter Blues.” But though they provide welcome verve, their con…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:02PMA stage musical based on the 1976 movie “Rocky” has proved a hit in Hamburg, Germany. Now its producers hope to bring it to Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:01PMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the Internet, is excited to announce a new feature to its comprehensive regional coverage - the Featured Regional Theater of the Week Each week…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMTweetI usually don’t get political, but I have some conservative friends who were talking about moving to Canada because of Obama. Others were talking about hoping to sucede from the U…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 12:01PMThe BBC has become the latest broadcaster to announce changes to the way it displays a programme’s end credits following pressure from Equity. Last week Sky announced it has completely ove…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMManhattan 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…
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What do you have to do to make Katie Holmes seem plain with low self-esteem? Does it take more than sweatpants and baggy cardigans? How about no makeup and a ponytail? Would it help if her c…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 11:59AMWendy Kaplan, President of MadKap Productions, will present the Chicago Premiere of SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE…, written by former Seinfeld writer Marc Jaffe and Emmy nominated playwright…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:56AMThe Broadway production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Cinderella has rescheduled its performance dates for a second time, producers announced Dec. 5. Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AMTake a first look at show clips from the highly anticipated off-Broadway production of Bare, starring Jason Hite, Taylor Trensch and a talented young cast, opening on December 9 at New …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:55AMBarbra Streisand’s long-gestating new film adaptation of Gypsy is still heating up, with news now breaking that the divine Miss Streisand is considering adding a mega music star to her…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:53AMNEW YORK (AP) -- It may take a big spoonful of sugar to make this go down: Julie Andrews says that her four-octave voice is not coming back....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:53AMMastering the language in “My Name is Asher Lev” They rise from the script like elegant mountains—the monologues that drive My Name is Asher Lev. An actor has to climb them…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:50AMGet your first glimpse of Seth Numrich, Tony Shalhoub, Yvonne Strahovski, Danny Burstein and more in Bartlett Sher’s gorgeous revival of Clifford Odets’ boxing tragedy …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:46AMThe Broadway premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella has pushed back its first preview date to January 25, 2013, instead of the previously scheduled January 24 start date. Ope…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:44AMIn a unique series of six films debuting on PBS Friday, January 25 at 9 p.m. (check local listings), Shakespeare Uncovered will combine history, biography, iconic performances, new analys…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:43AMToday is the birthday of Walt Disney (1901-1966). The highlight of my short NYU career was the course I took on Disney taught by the world’s pre-eminent Disney scholar John Canemaker. …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:38AMPaula Vogel's A Civil War Christmas, set on Christmas Eve 1864 as America faced an uncertain future, officially opened Dec. 4 at the New York Theatre Workshop. Tony Award winner Alice Ri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMI wanted to call your attention to some important resources now posted on our website. If you missed the Fall Forum on Governance—or attended and would like to refresh your memory—we now…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:29AMThe Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s budget will be cut by £34 million over the next two years, under plans announced in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement today. DCMS w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:28AMUPDATE: The first obit to appear is this, from the London Times; Alex Ross writes that “Some celebrated composers fade after death, their fame dependent on personality and on networks …
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 11:24AMWhen comedian Chelsea Handler needed a guest host to fill in on her hit chat show Chelsea Lately, the funnylady knew another hilarious blonde who'd be perfect for the job! Tony and Emmy …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:23AMThe Tron, Glasgow: Having developed his take on the format at Macrobert in Stirling, Johnny McKnight's arrival at the Tron suggests new possibilities for pantomime.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:21AMJason Alexander revealed on his Twitter account today that he will be guest starring in an upcoming episode of the NBC comedy COMMUNITY later this season. Tweeted the actor, Filming a crazy …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:20AMThe hard-knock life's back on Broadway with Annie revival, just as Annie, the movie, returns in a sing-a-long edition; long forgotten musical Seventeen and West End Cabaret starring Judy Den…
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 11:18AMPanto season sees JM Barrie's Peter Pan flying into theatres this week, with new versions at Bristol Old Vic and Cardiff's Sherman Cymru. What better reason to dig out the Pans of yore?"Oh, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMPanto season sees JM Barrie's Peter Pan flying into theatres this week, with new versions at Bristol Old Vic and Cardiff's Sherman Cymru. What better reason to dig out the Pans of yore? Cont…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMRehearsals for RODGERS HAMMERSTEIN'S Cinderella will begin Thursday, December 6 with preview performances starting January 25 prior to Opening Night on Sunday, March 3. The previously annou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMI could easily go on a road trip with my Jewish New Jersey mom, like Seth Rogen’s character does with Barbra Streisand in the movie The Guilt Trip. I’d just crank the AC, blast some Siri…
SOURCE: entertainment.time.com at 11:17AMInstead of taking typical famous person transit, Jay-Z opted to ride the subway to one of his recent cocnerts at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. What happens when such men walk among mortals? …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:14AMMichael Raitzyk picked up the guitar when he was 6. His mom was a Dylan fan, and he remembers one of his first songs was "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream." Baltimore-born and bred, Raitzyk didn't gr…
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 11:14AMCorey Cott and the cast of Newsies, the Tony Award winning new American musical, will appear on the 2012 Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade, with a performance of Carrying the Banner. The par…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMThe Newsies are making headlines all over the country! Corey Cott and the rest of the toe-tapping Broadway cast of Disney’s hit musical took a trip to sunny Florida to participate in t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:09AMAs has been long speculated, Barbra Streisand is still hard at work on making another GYPSY film, in which she would play 'Momma Rose,' and according to Time, she has her sites set on Lady G…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMThe Dec. 3-4 24th Annual Gypsy of the Year competition collected a grand total of $3,902,608 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the fourth highest total ever.
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Today the organizers of TEDxBroadway unveiled its updated list of speakers, adding six more names to the lineup.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:55AMDownstairs at the Soho Theatre plays host to David Hoyle and Richard Thomas: Merrie Hell, an alternative Christmas cabaret starring David Hoyle. Hoyle, a well known drag act on the cabaret…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:55AMToday in 2002, the fourth Broadway revival of Man of La Mancha opened at the Martin Beck Theatre now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 304 performances. Man of La Mancha is a music…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:53AMWhen I first heard about “The Anarchist,” David Mamet’s play pitting Patti LuPone as an incarcerated violent radical against Debra Winger as her jailer, I immediately pictured the town…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:52AM"Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade," which will feature a performance from the cast of Broadway's Newsies, will air on ABC Dec. 25 beginning at 10 AM ET; check local listings.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMThe 24th Annual GYPSY OF THE YEAR Competition, the culminating celebration of six weeks of fundraising by 51 participating Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies, raised 3,902…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:51AMThe stirring new rock musical Barebegan previews Off-Broadway at New World Stages 340 West 50th Street on Monday, November 19, 2012. Opening Night is set for Sunday, December 9, 2012. Broadw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:46AMAlso Eric Bryant, Laura Esposito in Hartford ProductionLucas Hall, Jessica Watkins, Eric Bryant and Laura Esposito make up the ensemble cast of John Cariani's "Almost, Maine," the next …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:45AMAlso Eric Bryant, Laura Esposito in Hartford ProductionLucas Hall, Jessica Watkins, Eric Bryant and Laura Esposito make up the ensemble cast of John Cariani's "Almost, Maine," the next …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:45AMBroadway's Carly Rose Sonenclar's Pepsi Challenge song on tonight's THE X FACTOR will be Beyonce's If I Were a Boy The fans are deciding everything from the costume to the hair to the makeup…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMStaged Play At Hartford Stage During TenureMichael Wilson , former artistic director of Hartford Stage, will direct Cicely Tyson in Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful&rdq…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:34AMStaged Play At Hartford Stage During TenureMichael Wilson , former artistic director of Hartford Stage, will direct Cicely Tyson in Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful&rdq…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:34AMThe Arches, Glasgow: The Ugly Duckling doesn't underplay the subtext of this children's story about acceptance - Andy Manley's script makes vigorous use of disco music to lend…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:31AMA Norwich theatre has terminated the contract of its 24 year-old artistic director after only eight months in the job, leading to a dispute over the reasons for her departure. Genevieve Ragh…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:30AMThe stirring new rock musical BARE began previews Off-Broadway at New World Stages 340 West 50th Street on Monday, November 19, 2012. Opening Night is set for Sunday, December 9, 2012. Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:28AMKristin Chenoweth filled in as guest host on last night's CHELSEA LATELY on cables E channel. On the show, the Broadway and TV star had fun announcing the engagement of 86-year-old Hugh Hefn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:27AMJenn Colella, Tyne Daly, Montego Glover, Ann Harada, Elizabeth Stanley and Sally Wilfert will perform during the Transport Group's Gimme a Break! Dec. 10 gala at the Asia Society an…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMLess than a month after its Broadway debut, Kathie Lee Gifford's show "Scandalous" will play its final performance this weekend.
SOURCE: NY1 at 10:22AMPeacock Theatre, London: My first encounter with Raymond Briggs' enchanting story was the animated film in 1982. Three decades later, I am still captivated by its spell. Somewhere benea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:19AMGeorge Osborne, the chancellor, has announced in his autumn statement that Whitehall departments are to cut budgets by 1% this year and 2% next yearThe key point in George Osborne's autumn s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:17AMWhat do David Mamet and Kathie Lee Gifford have in common? Both have flops on Broadway this season.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:17AMToday is the birthday of “Little Richard” Penniman (b, 1932). Richard’s life and career are an example of the perils and pitfalls of Manicheanism, his life perpetually pe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:16AMManhattan 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 opened last night at MTC at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMEminent artists, friends and peers of this year's seven honorees converged in Washington, D.C., last night Dec. 2 to present entertaining and heartfelt tributes at THE 35TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CE…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMJoan Sittenfield, the former vice president of Talent & Casting at Universal Studios, has published an e-book for actors.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AMBroadwayWorld is excited to expand its popular feature series outside the U.S. borders setting our sights on showcasing performance companies around the world Each month we will introduce yo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMWe’re now bringing you Wardrobe Wednesdays! Want to know how to dress like your favorite Broadway character (without looking like you just stepped off stage–no mic tape, please!)? That�…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMKathie Lee Gifford’s Broadway debut, “Scandalous,” will close this Sunday, December 9 after 31 preview performances and 29 regular performances. Officially titled “Scandalous: Th…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMThe Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood has extended its limited engagement at Studio 54 through March 10, 2013. The production had originally been sc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:00AMMarc Kudisch and Jeffry Denman are not only two talented musical theater actors, they are also The Holiday Guys. I saw them in 2009 and am so glad they're back this year in The Holiday …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:00AMA little while back I had an idea for a conference and now that conference is a reality. It's pretty exciting. As you can see from the list of panelists, workshops, and speakers below, this …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:00AMThere may be some people who get off on watching actors
simulate sex onstage but watching people pretend to get it on under the glare
of a spotlight usually makes me squirmy. And yet, I was …
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 10:00AM
Tony Award-winning composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim will discuss his legendary career and contributions to the American musical theatre in February 2013 at Connecticut's Ridgefield Pla…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AMStephen SpotswoodHometown: North East, MD (it's not a compass point; it's the name of an actual town) Current Town: Washington, D.C. Q: What are you working on now? A: I have a…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:51AMNew York Rocks for The Rock, a benefit for the Flat Rock Playhouse in North Carolina, will be presented Dec. 17 at 7 PM in Manhattan at the Times Square Arts Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:46AMLegit News:
Some audiences may not yet be back in full force
SOURCE: Variety at 09:43AMHolmes is reportedly discouraged by the negative reception.
SOURCE: www.enstarz.com at 09:29AM By Joel Benjamin It’s difficult for anyone under the age of sixty to understand what it was like to go to a show where the actors were not miked to death. Back then an enti…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 09:27AMThree new musicals — including one by 13 writer Dan Elish — will be presented in readings in January 2013 in the Eighth Annual Goodspeed Festival of New Artists, produced by Good…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:27AMScandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, a musical by writer and television host Kathie Lee Gifford, will close on Broadway December 9, 2012, producers announced on Dec. …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:20AMCelebrate the 35th Season of the Big Apple Circus with our latest Big Top Spectacular LEGENDARIUM An all-new lineup of incredible acts launches you on a thrill-a-minute journey full of aston…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:19AMBreaking String Theater of Austin, Texas proudly presents Vodka, Fucking and Television by Russian playwright Maksym Kurochkin, Directed by Liz Fisher, Translated by John J. Hanlon Watch …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:19AMWhat can a one-man performance bring to a story that’s so familiar to so many that we can almost mouth the dialog? Plenty, especially when that performer is one of the most gifted actors…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:16AMNovember was busiest month of the entire fall season, with a whopping seven Broadway productions officially opening their doors between the 1st and the 30th. There were also countless off-Br…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:16AMProducers have announced that The Anarchist, the new play written and directed by David Mamet,which began previews at the newly refurbished Golden Theatre on Tuesday, November 13, 2012, …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:10AMHey y'all. Greetings from sunny San Diego. And thanks to BroadwayWorld for letting me ramble for a few weeks. I'm here at The Old Globe, which by the way is a FANTASTIC place to work For all…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:08AMThe 25th Anniversary production of Les Misérables will be playing at The National Theatre from December 13-30th. I am a Les Miz fanatic and have the seen the show over 20 times and one o…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMAll individuals working in theatre management will be eligible for membership of the Theatrical Management Association from 2014 as part of an internal review of the organisation, which is a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMDavid Mamet’s two-person play “The Anarchist” is set to close December 16 after only 17 regular performances and 23 preview performances. The New York Times points out that the clo…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 09:00AMThe Bodyguard, a new musical based on the 1992 Warner Bros. film of the same name that was scripted by Lawrence Kasdan and starred the late Whitney Houston, officially opens at the West End&…
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Given the climatic events of the past few months, theatregoers may wish to avail themselves of the reading of Karen Malpede’s Extreme Whether, a new play with music (by Arthur Rosen), …
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:56AMDavid Mamet's latest play – and Broadway debut for Debra Winger – announces closure just a day after opening to bad reviews"Always be closing" is the great motto for the salesmen in Davi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:53AMFind out if the butler did it when Goodspeed Musicals brings intrigue and amusement to the Opera House stage with its production of the musical whodunit Somethings Afoot. This hilarious musi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:49AMThe critically acclaimed new production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood will get an extra four weeks on Broadway, Roundabout Theatre Company announced on Dec. 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:48AMThe last time I visited V22 it was for a swing dance lesson and I felt that the massive disused biscuit factory in Bermondsey had great things ahead of it (besides of course, my interpretati…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:43AMIt’s taken seven years to bring John LaChiusa and Sibylle Pearson’s musical, based on Edna Ferber’s novel, to fruition. The Dallas Theatre Center has presented it, so h…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:38AMIt takes some special theatre magic to conjure a lot from a little. And just our luck: dog&pony have been playing with some worthy new potions. The company’s name may imply a rickety r…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:31AMPortsmouth’s New Theatre Royal will begin its £4 million redevelopment project early next year after being awarded the final £750,000 funding it required from Arts Council England. The v…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:31AMWe all dream of happy endings. We grow up with great fairy tales promising a “happily ever after” and even as grown-ups living in a world of financial crisis, one-night stands an…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:28AMAMERICAN IDIOT, Green DAy's explosive, award-winning Broadway rock musical, opened their UK Tour at the legendary HMV Hammersmith Apollo from December 4 - 16.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:25AMRoundabout Theatre Company has just announced a four week extension of the critically acclaimed new Broadway production of Rupert Holmes Tony Award winning musical comedy The Mystery of Edwi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:22AMIt seems far too much of a coincidence that I’ve woken up, after seeing Hero the night before, to my twitter feed totally clogged with people twitting their disbelief at the UKIP parliamen…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:11AMBiscuit Factory, LondonWe are on the cruise of a lifetime. In the bar, the band are playing, just as the band played on when the Titanic went down. There is something bovine in our midst. W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:11AMSo let’s see: What kinds of things happen in this issue? Well, the air force fires a missile at Wonder Girl while she’s standing on the nose of Air Force One, because there’s no way th…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:06AMPhyllida Lloyd's all-female staging of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar opened at the Donmar Warehouse last night (4 December 2012), featuring a cast led by Frances Barber as Caesar, Harriet Walt…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:02AM
Female playwrights and directors in the UK will be as fairly represented as their male counterparts 20 years from now, according to National Theatre artistic director Nicholas Hytner. Hytner…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:57AMThe American Repertory Theater A.R.T. presents its production of Pippin, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Roger O. Hirson, directed by A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:51AMNew Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich: There's a moment in Sleeping Beauty, as we await the grand entrance of evil witch Morgana (Karen Mann), where the actor/musicians take a break from belting …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:50AMVanessa Redgrave, 75, and James Earl Jones, 81, are to play the sharp-tongued lovers in an Old Vic production of Shakespeare's comedy. Does age matter on stageVanessa Redgrave is 75 and Jame…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:49AMLegit News:
Musical reschedules opening to avoid Oscars
SOURCE: Variety at 07:48AMFor theater goers looking for holiday fare that's intellectually nourishing, Paula Vogel's unique Christmas story with music offers a satisfyingly tasty and enlightening entertainment
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:44AM- A night at the opera but Terrence McNally keeps you backstage . . . Read More
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:42AMCivic Hall, Bedworth: This cheerful but thinly-scripted, limply directed show disappoints. Here is old-style, Edwardian-style (or even Plautian) panto, mainly aimed at young children, but wi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:40AMV22, the Biscuit Factory, London: The Biscuit Factory is a massive space to hold a production in, and Shunt makes full use of its surroundings by leading the audience through a maze of darkl…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AMWe had a great Thanksgiving Day. In the morning, we watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. How could we be in NYC and not go to the parade Then we had Thanksgiving dinner with Erin D…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 5 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
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Following a union-wide referendum, Equity members have voted in favour of reducing the number of seats on its ruling council by one third, as part of controversial plans to create a more str…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMRoyal Theatre, Northampton: I am sure most of us have a favourite production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, whether it be stage, screen or radio, to which we compare any new pro…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:38AMCrescent Theatre, Birmingham: With a multi-million pound rebuild of Birmingham's Repertory Theatre underway, the in-house company has been rendered temporarily homeless.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:14AMDecember 4-January 19: Ian Brown's second production of The Wind in the Willows at the West Yorkshire Playhouse is a triumph in all aspects. Tickets are going to be hard to come by.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:14AMDonmar Warehouse: Rome under Caesar is Holloway Prison, and the inmates are putting on a protest show. It's a case of 22 jail birds, one guvnor, and the cages are rattling with the soun…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:08AMMarlowe Theatre, Canterbury: This rather wet show meant that my notebook was soaked during the water pistol chase. And water spouts out of every corner and orifice in a hilarious slapstick s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AMTheatre Royal, Bristol: Sally Cookson cut her teeth as a Bristol Old Vic director with Christmas shows for the under-sevens in the Studio. It was a good grounding. For here she is in charge …
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Some Christmas tales are so straightforward and intimate, you can tell them around a fireplace with a cup of cocoa.“A Civil War Christmas” isn’t one of those stories. Set in December 1…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:33AMTony nominee Anne Meara guest-stars on NBCs LAW amp ORDER SVU tonight, December 5. The episode, titled Dreams Deferred, also guest-stars Patricia Arquette.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe New 42nd Street Gala, in celebration of the New Victory Education Programs, will honor the Australia Council for the Arts with the New Victory Arts Award tonight, December 5, 2012. The a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMToday, December 5th, ABC's 'Good Morning America' will air a special performance from the cast of A CHRISTMAS STORY, the Broadway musical. The holiday musical began performances at the Lunt-…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMOn todays LIVE with Kelly and Michael, the show kicked off LIVEs Holidays in New York Week, which features a full slate of segments showcasing the best that the Big Apple has to offer during…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMEric Sciotto(Headshot by Liz Pearce)I am absolutely thrilled to bring you the next installment of JKTS CHAT: 5 Quick Questions! It has been my great pleasure to be talking with Eric Sc…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:11AMIt's hard to beat a cast so clearly connecting with their material.You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, at ATP.
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMClifford Brown performs "Oh, Lady Be Good" and "Memories of You" in 1955 on Soupy Sales' Soup's On. This clip...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"Perhaps a creature of so much ingenuity and deep memory is almost bound to grow alienated from his world, his...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMSingle Carrot Theatre has entered an agreement with Seawall Development to move into the building at 2600 N. Howard St. in Remington at the beginning of 2014.
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMCombat Paper Project
Through Dec. 10 at the UMBC Special Collections in the Albin O. Kuhn Library
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMGran Prix
Through Dec. 16
Often, the text that accompanies a show seems to have little or nothing to do with the art on display. Either the artist is unable to explain his or her own w…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMBUS STOP
Written by William Inge
Directed by David Schweizer
Through Dec. 23 at Center Stage
On a March evening in the early 1950s, a small-town diner 30 miles west of Kansas City fill…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AM1921 Novelist Theodore Dreiser's play, The Hand of the Potter, opens at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York. Scenes range from the poverty-stricken Lower East Side to the lavish-livin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Kushner's critically acclaimed screenplay for "Lincoln," the major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg and inspired by Pulitzer Prize winner Doris Kearns Goodwin&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIrish Repertory Theatre's It's a Wonderful Life, The 1946 Live Radio Play begins Off-Broadway Dec. 5 prior to its Dec. 10 opening on Irish Rep's intimate second stage, the W…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute presents Love Lab by playwright Lila Feinberg, the first recipient of The Clifford Odets Ensemble Play Commission, Dec. 5-8 at the Marilyn M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDanny Burstein, lauded for his work as a musical theatre character actor, works up a sweat as Golden Boy's boxing trainer in a new Broadway revival of Clifford Odets' American classi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMKaren Mason, the Broadway favorite who had been scheduled to star in the much-in-the-news new musical Rebecca, celebrates the holidays with Christmas concerts in San Francisco, Chicago and N…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJanet Dacal and Christopher A. Kent co-star in the Actors' Playhouse production of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown's poignant, two-person musical The Last Five Years, which begi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMStephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson's dark, coming-of-age musical Pippin takes on new life in a fresh production staged by Tony Award nominee Diane Paulus that begins previews Dec. 5 at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWith a cast led by a two-time Tony Award-winner Norbert Leo Butz, and an actress currently best-known for her off-screen life, Katie Holmes, the new play Dead Accounts, gives fans of both ac…
SOURCE: WQXR at 12:00AM 
