The show: "Dear Elizabeth" �at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:55PMBlake Montgomery, as Charles Dickens, makes a charming host and keeps us smiling up until he lets the emotions of the story take over, where he reels us into the tale’s charms most effecti…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 11:45PMWritten by Susan Hasho Karen Akers opened the 2012 Winter Rhythms series at Urban Stages Tuesday night December 4th with her show Anything Goes: Karen Akers Sings Cole Porter (musical…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:12PMTheatre Three, Off Broadway
By Jordan Swisher
BOTTOM LINE: Four sisters return to their childhood home to celebrate one final Seder with their dying father.
The Last Seder opens wit…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:08PMBack on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre, where it premiered 75 years ago, Clifford Odets’ boxing saga “Golden Boy” is a knockout, thanks to its 24-karat cast.
The 19 actors in…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Thursday, December 6, 2012.
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Stefan Karl is the Grinch in “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” I’ll admit it. I’m a bit of a Grinch this holiday season. And I fully embrace my Grinchy-ness. …
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 10:38PM Written By Karen Feld Should we forget it’s the holiday season, Steve Tyrell, performing at the Café Carlyle for his eighth Christmas season, reminds us with his opening numbers…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:35PMIf people know Jules Massenet’s 1894 “Thaïs” at all, it’s for the violin interlude “Meditation” that’s a staple at pops concerts and weddings.But the Manhattan School of Music…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:12PMWhen the gorgeous Heather Headley entered the ballroom of 8 Northumberland Avenue, a swanky London nightclub, Nick Scandalios, vice president of the powerful Nederlander Organization, fell t…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:09PMHere’s one way you know “Golden Boy” is set in the past: Its hero is torn between idealistic music-making and a lucrative sports career. But instead of micro-managing him to a Nike end…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:09PMNEW YORK (AP) — Four months after Mike Tyson muscled his way onto a Broadway stage, the bell has rung for another show featuring a boxer. Guess which is better? It's not even close.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:04PMExcept for a 1964 musical version, Clifford Odets's "Golden Boy" hasn't been seen on Broadway since 1952. Why did it take so long for this parable of American ambition to be revived?
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 10:00PMLincoln Center Theater’s blistering production of Clifford Odets’s “Golden Boy,” directed by Bartlett Sher, features a superb cast of almost 20 actors.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMLove or money? Passion or fame? Desire or devotion?No, I'm not pitching a reality television show, but asking the primal questions that have bedeviled people throughout the ages – and cont…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMSt. Patrick's Day may be a ways off, but Irish eyes will certainly be smiling at singer-songwriter Phil Coulter's one-man show The Songs I Love So Well at Irish Repertory Theatre. The theatr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
William Topaz McGonagall dedicated his life to the art of poetry. Unfortunately, dedication does not always equal talent. However, his lack of talent was apparent to everybody but him. The P…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:59PMAfter great success with his plays Waiting for Left and Awake and Sing! in 1935 -- and a stint of movie writing in Hollywood -- Odets returned to Broadway with Golden Boy in 1937. Being fami…
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SOURCE: Vulture at 09:37PMCommunity theater can be a very dark thing.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 09:37PMWestchester’s singing phenom, 13-year-old Carly Rose Sonenclar from Mamaroneck, made it straightaway to the top 4 and the semifinals of Fox TV’s “X Factor” singing co…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 09:12PMClifford Odets’ Golden Boy, first presented on Broadway at the Belasco Theater 75 years ago, is back at the Belasco, for the second-ever Broadway revival about a man who defies his family …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:02PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Four months after Mike Tyson muscled his way onto a Broadway stage, the bell has rung for another show featuring a boxer. Guess which is better? It's not even close....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:02PMA superb ensemble cast and inspired design team elevate Bartlett Sher's 75th anniversary Broadway revival of this Clifford Odets play to ravishing heights.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
In her program note for the About Face Theatre production of “We Three Lizas,” the cabaret-style musical now playing in the Steppenwolf Garage, artistic director Bonnie Metzgar said she …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 08:54PMThere's nothing subtle about the story of "Golden Boy," Clifford Odets' drama about a gifted Italian-American kid who gives up his violin for fame and fortune as a prizefighter. There probab…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 08:46PMOpening Night is tonight, Thursday, December 6, for Lincoln Center Theaters 75th Anniversary production of the Clifford Odets classic Golden Boy, directed by Bartlett Sher, at the Belasco Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:42PMBut her Broadway show has received negative reviews from critics.
SOURCE: www.enstarz.com at 08:36PMNEW YORK (AP) — A dapper man, an elegantly elongated Steinway piano, lovely music and songs — and then, a Jimmy Durante impression. Such is the eclectic mix presented by Irish musician P…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:35PM
A critical look at a solo play about a great filmmaker, a rumination on B-movie paranoia, and a holiday girl-group revue, all running locally.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 07:52PMWe give nods this week for Donald Margulies' Coney Island Christmas at the Geffen, Anything Goes at the Ahmanson, Rise playing mid-week at Elephant Stage, A Mulholland Christmas Carol back a…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 07:49PMOf the Clifford Odets plays that anchored the fleet but fiery run of the Group Theatre in the 1930s, Golden Boy might be the most significant....
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:33PMSantasia — A Holiday Comedy is a perfect blend of Yuletide snark and sentiment. Produced and created by certifiable siblings Shaun and Brandon Loeser (ImprovOlympic) and their band of …
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:27PMThe New York theater scene is having a slow open, but so far has produced such items as a delightful Broadway revival based on a Dickens tale, a brand-new musical based on the Texas novel �…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 07:27PMCAT CHOKES UP FUR BALLS ONE TOO MANY TIMES You should live so long to meet the Hannukatz, a big 6 foot fur ball of a cat who drops by the Moskowitz family home in Skokie to educate the kids …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:24PMMarty Thomas presents DIVA is a weekly show at Industry Bar in midtown Manhattan. Monday, December 10 it's an 80s takeover when the glamorous ladies of Flashdance the musical join the divas.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:19PMExtras AJ Calloway was backstage with Michael Strahan for his Broadway debut in ELF. Michael has two roles in the show - he plays a cop and a bell-ringing Santa. Despite playing in front of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:13PMAccording to the Daily Mail, Barry Humphries' Eat Pray Love tour will set out across the UK next fall. Eat Pray Love is set to launch at Milton Keynes Theatre, running October 23-26, continu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:09PMPhil Coulter is both an artist and an industry. Not only is he an entertainer with an international reputation; he’s also a songwriter, a remarkable pianist, a music producer, a histor…
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According to the Daily Mail, James McAvoy will play Macbeth in a production by new West End theatre company Traf Transformed, headed by Jamie Lloyd. Macbeth will play Feb 9 through April 27,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:58PMIf you go see Hyde Park on Hudson anticipating historical perspective or an in-depth portrait of one our country’s greatest presidents, you’ll be disappointed. On the other hand, if you …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:53PMBárbara Colio
Procedencia: Mexicali, Baja California, México.Ciudad actual: Ciudad de México.¿En qué estás trabajando ahora?:
Estoy trabajando con tres estupendos actores mexicanos, m…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 06:37PMTweetToday when I was jogging I was listening to the orginal cast recording of Jekyll and Hyde starring Linda Eder. I know, I think I’m one of the only people that likes to workout to …
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 06:35PMWoking and Mars both provide subject matter for cartographers. John, who reckons he’s an achiever, is updating the local A to Z, while Behrooz, once a colleague of John’s, is exhibiting …
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SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 06:32PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, December 6, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Student rush ticket policy announced for Broa…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:09PMTwo-time Grammy Award-nominated vocalist and actress Maureen McGovern will offer her Home For The Holidays cabaret show for a weeklong engagement beginning Dec. 18 at the Manhattan nigh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:05PMBroadway.com heads to London’s Adelphi Theatre on December 5, 2012, to capture the excitement on opening night of the stage adaptation of The Bodyguard, starring Tony winner Heather He…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:03PMEarlier this week, 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 Ch…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:01PM
Barry Weissler, the Tony Award-winning producer of the Broadway revival of "Chicago" and many other musicals, said on Thursday that he and his wife, Fran, along with producers Howard and Jan…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:54PMPippin began performances last night, December 5 at The American Repertory Theater A.R.T., and already there is more buzz about the show attracting Broadway producers. According to the New Y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:51PMWe are doing this Storefront Playwright Project and it is so cool. I love it – every day at Hot Tix there is a playwright in the window writing, in real time, so to speak, a new play. The…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 05:49PMSnowflakes are drifting gently down at the Buell Theatre until Christmas Eve. And it makes for a very special effect indeed. But then the Denver Center Theatre Company's "Irving Berlin's Wh…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:46PMNew York Stage and Film will honor Golden Boy star Tony Shalhoub and Tony-winning producer Roger Horchow (Annie) at their Annual Winter Gala. The event is sched…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:46PMYale Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Sarah Ruhls DEAR ELIZABETH, a play in letters from Elizabeth Bishop to Robert Lowell and back again, directed by Les Waters, at Yale Rep…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45PMTheatreWorks presents a family treat for the holidays, the Tony Award-winning musical BIG RIVER. Mark Twains story The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn comes alive in this enchanting musical a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:44PMIt's not the dance of sugar plum fairies that's required of Christmas season theater fare. No, the challenge is to pull off something akin to a minuet of the familiar and the special, the se…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:42PMFor decades, Brooklyn’s Poly Prep Country Day School has been known for turning out such talented alumni as Grace Gummer (“Arcadia”) and Dan Fogler (“25th Annual Putn…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:40PMAccording to Deadline.com, Paul Williams and Gustavo Santaolallo are currently working on writing the music and lyrics to a musical version of Pan's Labyrinth. Guillermo del Toro, who direct…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:39PMIn 2013 Culturebot launches The Citizen Critic Project. Help make it happen by checking out our IndieGoGo campaign and showing your support.
SOURCE: Culturebot at 05:39PMNational Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman announced last week that Steppenwolf Theatre Company is one of 832 non-profit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Wo…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:38PMSeth Numrich stars in Lincoln Center Theater's 75th-anniversary revival of Clifford Odets’ Golden Boy, which returns to the Belasco Theatre, site of the original 1937 production. Numrich s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:34PMWarning: This show may cause hearts to grow three times their normal size. Side effects include holding hands in the streets and singing. Who likes the Grinch? The Who’s like Grinch. M…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:33PMSteppenwolf Theatre has received a National Endowment of the Arts grant for $100,000 to help support the world-premiere production of “Head of Passes,” a work by ensemble member Tarell A…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:30PMThis internship seeks students with a passion for musical theater and design to experience a cross-section of work in the graphic design projects of an international theater licensing and mu…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 05:25PMNEW YORK (AP) — Is there such a thing as too much beauty — as a criticism?
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:24PMDámaso Rodriguez -- a familiar presence in the Southern California theater scene for his work at the Pasadena Playhouse and the Furious Theatre Company -- has been named the new artistic di…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:23PMA stage musical adaptation of Guillermo del Toro's acclaimed fantasy film "Pan's Labyrinth" is in development, according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:21PMIt's A Brad, Brad World the Music and Lyrics of Bradford Proctor played December 2nd at the Laurie Beechman theatre, produced by Shoshana Feinstein and music directed by Bradford Proctor. Ch…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:19PMLos Angeles Road Concerts presents a showing of site-specific projects from over 110 Los Angeles artists in unused public outdoor spaces along the entire length of Mulholland Drive’s 21 mi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:17PMBaba Brinkman's Ingenious Nature opened Dec. 5 at the SoHo Playhouse. Written and performed by Brinkman, the work is directed by Darren Lee Cole and features music and turntablism by Jam…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:14PMYale Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Sarah Ruhls DEAR ELIZABETH, a play in letters from Elizabeth Bishop to Robert Lowell and back again, directed by Les Waters, at Yale Rep…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:13PMHelen Marie Guditis, Founder and President of The Theatre Museum , died of cancer, in her sleep. She valiantly fought for 4 years but succumbed to the disease on December 3, 2012. She was wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:08PMNew York Stage and Film continues plans for its Annual Winter Gala, to be held on Sunday, December 9, 2012 at The Plaza Hotel 770 Fifth Avenue, New York City, honoring Tony Award Winning pro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:07PMKaren Kain’s programming choices for the fall season couldn’t be more of a dance of opposites.
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 05:07PMASTEP/Artists Striving to End Poverty will present an intimate and starry holiday concert — featuring Tituss Burgess (The Little Mermaid, Guys and Dolls), Jonathan Groff ("Glee,&q…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:06PMAs BroadwayWorld reported yesterday, Barbra Streisand recently revealed that she wants Lady Gaga to star in her upcoming GYPSY film, in which Streisand will play 'Mama Rose.' Now she opened …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:02PMAlex Goley and James Monroe Iglehart co-star in the TheatreWorks production of Big River – the Tony Award-winning country musical based on Mark Twain's classic "The Adven…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:01PMLA Opera pays off a big debt...Dámaso Rodriguez of Furious Theatre and Pasadena Playhouse named artistic director of Artists Repertory in Portland, Oregon...Remembering Gar Campbell. READ M…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:00PM
Seeking insight into what makes immersive theater work for an audience, Jeffrey Mosser observes three productions: PearlDamour’s How to Build a Forest, Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, and�…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:58PMKen Davenport of Davenport Theatrical Enterprises presented a reading of the new play Schooled, written by Lisa Lewis and directed by Jules Ochoa, as part of the Davenport Developmental Read…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:58PMMr. Kanzaburo, whose career spanned five decades, initially immersed himself in the Kabuki classics before forging his own path both in Japan and worldwide.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:56PMThe honorees included the surviving members of Led Zeppelin John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant ballerina Martina Makarova, Dave Letterman, Dustin Hoffman and Buddy Guy. Check out p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:49PMMost of the obituaries and remembrances of composer Jonathan Harvey that I’ve read this week cite not only the quality of the man’s work but the also quality of his character. &#…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 04:46PMCHECK OUT OUR LATEST VIDEO! Earlier this week Broadway’s Best Shows stopped by The Booth Theatre to visit the acclaimed Stepphenwolf Theatre‘s cast of the hit Broadway revival Ed…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:42PMProduction Diary Written on the Eve of Opening Nightby Andrew Cuk6 December 20115 December 2012Tomorrow night we open.29 JulyFirst night that my anxiety woke me up at three in the morning. W…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:41PMFor the first time ever, the full-length version of LES MISRABLES is available to license, for a limited time, for performances starting in June 2013 announced theatrical licensor Music Thea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:38PMThree performances remain. Tickets still available for purchase TODAY (Friday 12/7). It’s engrossing, subtle and riveting. A theatrical performance that consists of the reading and acting …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:37PMA DOCTORED WHO How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical is only 90 minutes long—not much more time than it would take to watch the beloved animation and read the book by the late Dr. Se…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:33PMAfter a highly successful bout on Broadway, Mike Tyson has announced that he will take his acclaimed one-man show, MIKE TYSON UNDISPUTED TRUTH, on a national tour. Helmed by renowned directo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:30PMThe loss of rehearsal space coincided with the search for a new general director
SOURCE: NJ.com at 04:26PMCULTUREBOT and Under The Radar present a series of conversations on the most current and compelling ideas at work in the field of contemporary theater and the conditions in which it is bei…
SOURCE: Culturebot at 04:25PMI was saddened to learn just now that Helen Guditis, director and founder of the Theatre Museum, passed away on Monday, finally succumbing to the cancer that had been wracking her body for t…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:23PMAs previously announced, country music icon Carrie Underwood is slated to portray the role of Maria von Trapp in NBC's upcoming live holiday broadcast of The Sound of Music in 2013. Check ou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:19PMMr. Neumann forged the New York experimental troupe Mabou Mines which, by 1990, had produced eight works of his friend Samuel Beckett.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:12PMEl Fauno is ready to lurk into the spotlight. The eerie fantasy flick Pan’s Labyrinth will be adapted for the stage by the film’s director, Guillermo del Toro, according to Deadl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:04PMThea Sharrocks production of new musical The Bodyguard, opened last night Wednesday 5 December 2012 at the Adelphi Theatre, London. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the first curtain cal…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:01PMThe director of the touring arena show comes from Washington, Mo.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:00PM
Don't hold off any longer - you've got until tomorrow to show off your vocal chops in BRING IT ON Karaoke contest The grand prize winner will receive tickets to the show, dinner for 2 and a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:59PMName: Jennifer TsayHometown: Allentown, PennsylvaniaEducation: UPENN (B.A. Communications / Economics); Graduate of The Studio/NY's 2-year acting conservatoryWhat is a kiki?: A sexy, exclusi…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:57PMThe first season of the Emmy Award-winning musical drama series "Smash" — created by Broadway's Theresa Rebeck, with songs by Tony Award winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:57PMThe Trap Door Theatre is available for rent late nights and prime time! Great Bucktown location! Intimate 45 seat house. Reasonable rates. For information please email trapdoortheatre@sbcglo…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 03:56PMIf only the play were as awesomely intriguing as the title.Because, let's face it, Let's Kill Grandma This Christmas, now at the Theatre at St. Clement's, is such a brilliant, incendiary tit…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:43PMWith less than a month to go before the release of Les Miserables, news and features centering on the movie musical swamped the list of top stories for the week of November 30 through Decemb…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:40PMFour shows that recently opened in New York — “Golden Age,” “Golden Boy,” “Golden Child” and “The Golden Land” — have similar titles but little else in common.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:35PMProducers of the five-time Tony Award nominated hit musical Rock of Ages have announced that Joey Calveri, who currently plays the ensemble role of Joey Primo, will step into the spotlight a…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:28PMBC/EFA's Gypsy of the Year competition breaks fundraising Record; Judith Light in timely remembrance; BC/EFA donates to agencies to help Hurricane Sandy victims.
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 03:23PMRoller derby fans can no longer consider themselves underrepresented in the world of theater!Off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company will present Rolin Jones' The Jammer, a new play set in t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:21PMThe 22nd Cooperative Exhibition
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:20PMROLL OUT THE CAROL For two generations, a yearly outing to see A Christmas Carol has been a feel-good tradition for San Francisco families. American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) has staged …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:19PMPlus: "Madame Josette's Naughty & Nice Cabaret" and "2 Pianos, 4 Hands"
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:19PMMinnesota Museum of American Art reopens after four years in temporary quarters in downtown St. Paul.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:17PMThe troupe regroups to inject comic anarchy into an 18th century Italian play.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:15PMIt's an amazing statistic in itself that Jonathan Miller's now iconic production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado is one-fifth as old as the piece itself - that is 26 years. For 25 of thos…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:04PMThis item is from Aktina Stathaki Between the Seas Festival has launched a Call for performance submissions for its 3rd edition that will take place in NYC in July 22-28. We invite Mediterra…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 03:02PMJohn Stark took his cues from his own experiences and from Stanislavski in writing Tom, Dick and Harry Meet Mary, which opens Friday at the Odyssey. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:00PMOur staff picks the best of the coming week.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:00PM
Thesis: If you produce a show inside a bar, you might find people interested in seeing it in other bars. Example: The Pink Line Project is an endeavor to raise the visibility of the arts in …
SOURCE: 2AMT at 02:43PM"Thugs the Musical," the new faux-documentary short film starring David Alan Grier, Margaret Cho and Kevin Avery, will be screened in New York City Dec. 15 as part of the New York …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:43PMO come, all ye faithless: Behold a “Nutcracker” to banish ghosts of sugar-plum hangovers past. Ballet West’s production, which opened Wednesday at the Kennedy Center, fairly bursts wit…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:38PMThis item from Marine Cornuet HERE has been one of New York’s most prolific producing organizations since 1993, and today, stands at the forefront of the city’s presenters of daring ne…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 02:35PMKennedy, a remake of the 1983 musical One Shining Moment that is aiming for a Broadway bow in November 2013, is presented in a free workshop through Dec. 8 in Chicago. The production co…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:34PMTony Award winner Michael McGrath takes on the role of Ralph Kramden in this new musical comedy based on Jackie Gleason's legendary 1950s television series.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:32PMThe Big Easy is about to become an even bigger draw for theater lovers.Five award-winning leading ladies – Patti LuPone (Evita), Sutton Foster (Anything Goes), Megan Mullally (Young Franke…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:29PMFull casting has been announced for the Atlantic Theatre Company's New York premiere of Rolin Jones’ The Jammer, a play about professional roller derbies in 1950s Brooklyn. The pla…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:28PMFull casting has been announced for the Atlantic Theater Company's New York premiere of Rolin Jones’ The Jammer, a play about professional roller derbies in 1950s Brooklyn. The pla…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:28PMWhen a musically-inclined Brooklyn couple decided to call it quits, they created a breakup video to share the news with friends.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:28PMThe Acting Company's 40th anniversary Ruby Ball was held Dec. 3 at Capitale. James Houghton (founding artistic director of the Signature Theatre and the Richard Rodgers Director of Juill…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:28PMThe New York City premiere of Rolin Jones' The Jammer — his 1950s-set play about roller derby — will feature Patch Darragh, Dan Domingues, Christopher Jackson, Billy Eugene J…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:28PM"The Honeymooners" lasted only one season on television but its legacy in the world of comedy has been far more enduring, thanks to re-runs and DVD. Next year, a new stage musical adapted fr…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:27PMMy Fair Lady, featuring Manna Nichols and Nicholas Rodriguez, is currently curring at Arena Stage through January 6, 2013. BroadwayWorld brings you backstage photos below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:26PMAtlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to present the New York premiere of Rolin Jones’ play THE JAMMER, featuring Patch Darrag…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:24PMIn the newest issue of Entertainment Weekly, new SMASH showrunner Joshua Safran revealed details about the highly anticipated second season of the NBC musical drama series, premiering on Feb…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:23PMYou didn’t think Broadway.com would miss opening night of The Bodyguard, did you? We crossed the pond to bring you first-hand coverage of this exciting West End opening night, with Ton…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:23PMCarly Rose Sonenclar singing and chatting Here are some videos from Mamaroneck’s 13-year-old phenom, Carly Rose Sonenclar, on “The X Factor” (and after) last night. Carly s…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 02:17PMChristmas Carol Likely to Become a Loudoun Institution There’s a moment in Once Upon a Christmas Carol, a holiday musical by Run Rabbit Run Theatre, that appears to be a mismatch. Ph…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:14PMEmmy and Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth reveals plans for World Tour, her Broadway return in On the 20th Century and Soapdish, dating 'The Bachelor' amp More
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:09PMNominations for our 2013 Whatsonstage.com Awards will be announced at a lunchtime ceremony
held today (7 December 2012) at the West End's Cafe de Paris. The
shortlists will be live on the …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 02:06PMProducers of the Broadway revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, starring Scarlett Johansson and Benjamin Walker, have announced that discounted student rush tickets will be available at the Rich…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:02PMLegit Reviews||Regional:
A half-dozen years after his muscular Lincoln Center revival of Clifford Odets' "Awake and Sing," Bartlett Sher returns to the helm with a dynamite vers…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PM
An adaptation of the 1950s sitcom, starring Michael McGrath, will open the 2013-14 season at the Old Globe theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:59PMPBS has announced programming for its 2013 winter/spring season, which will include an intimate portrait of Tony Award winner Mel Brooks, Jeremy Piven's portrayal of Harry Gordon Selfrid…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:57PMStudent rush tickets will be available to Tennessee Williams CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF starring Scarlett Johansson as Maggie, Ciarn Hinds as Big Daddy, Benjamin Walker as Brick and Debra Monk as…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:54PMLincoln Center Theatre‘s 75th anniversary revival of Clifford Odets‘ classic play Golden Boy officially opens at the Belasco Theatre tonight, December 6 after beginning previe…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:51PMTwo-time Tony Award nominee Carolee Carmello stars as Aimee Semple McPherson, the trailblazing media superstar whose passion for saving souls was matched by her passion for making headlines.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMSince opening its doors in 1981, Backstage has provided the DC theatre community with access to theatre scripts, books, make-up, costumes, and dance supplies. This company was founded …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:46PMStudent rush tickets will be available to Tennessee Williams’ CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF starring Scarlett Johansson as Maggie, Ciarán Hinds as Big Daddy, Benjamin Walker as Brick and Debra Mo…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:44PMThe Writers Guild of America, West WGAW and the Writers Guild of America, East WGAE have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, news, radio, promotional writing, an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:38PMThe disarmingly cross-eyed puppets of “Avenue Q” may have taken up a more modest residence than in touring productions past, but they’re still thoroughly engaging in DOMA…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:38PMIn honor of the release of Les Misérables the motion picture set to open nationwide on Christmas Day, MTI presents the 24,601 Faces of Les Misérables sweepstakes. MTI in conjunction with…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 01:37PMONCE, winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, has been nominated for a 2013 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album. The production, based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:36PMMulti-platinum recording artist Josh Groban, seen in New York and London concert stagings of Chess, will release his sixth studio album, "All That Echoes," Feb. 5, 2013, on the Rep…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:36PMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
Thanks to Maureen Lipman's superbly tender performance as Joyce, delicate with comic flourishes, it remains quietly uplifting even though Wooley finally s…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:35PM"Wicked" shows us they're probably more complicated than we think.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:30PMParamount Pictures has released a new clip from the upcoming comedy THE GUILT TRIP, coming to theaters on December 19. The film stars legendary actress, singer and director Barbra Streisand …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:29PMMy Fair Lady, featuring Manna Nichols and Nicholas Rodriguez, is currently curring at Arena Stage through January 6, 2013. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the curtain call below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:28PMClifford Odets' 1937 classic Golden Boy opens December 6 at the Belasco Theatre and stars former War Horse lead Seth Numrich. Numrich plays Joe Bonaparte, a blossoming violinist who also has…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 01:25PMCHAPLIN CELEBRATES 100TH PERFORMANCE ON BROADWAY TONIGHT The new musical CHAPLIN, with music and lyrics by Christopher Curtis and book by three-time Tony Award-winner Thomas Meehan (Annie, T…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:24PMKathie Lee Gifford discussed the closing of her new Broadway musical SCANDALOUS on the Today show on NBC. So many of the brand new shows this fall really, really have struggled and are posti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:22PMThe new musical CHAPLIN, with music and lyrics by Christopher Curtis and book by three-time Tony Award-winner Thomas Meehan Annie, The Producers, Hairspray and Christopher Curtis, directed a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:18PMRoxie LucasLet's Kill Grandma This Christmas a twisted new comedy by Brian Gianci and Directed by John Dapolito celebrated its opening on Monday, December 3 Just in time for the Holidays and…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:11PMLove may or may not make the world go round, but it's certainly doing its bit for the London theater, from "Twelfth Night" and "Kiss Me Kate" to "Boy Meets Boy" and "The Effect," the galvani…
SOURCE: rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com at 01:10PMThe New 42nd Street Gala, in celebration of the New Victory Education Programs, honored the Australia Council for the Arts with the New Victory Arts Award lst night, December 5, 2012. The an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PMThe TV spot was just released for Forever Dusty the musical which is currently playing at New World Stages.
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After using their time off from filming TV to appear Off-Off-Broadway in SoHo Rep's production of Annie Baker's adaptation of "Uncle Vanya," Meritt Wever and Micheal Shannon are reaping the …
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:57PMPlausibility takes a back seat in a show that’s spectacular, stylish and delivered with panache, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:57PMPlausibility takes a back seat in a show that's spectacular, stylish and delivered with panache, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:57PMAnouk Grinberg is utterly virtuosic in her evocation of the kaleidoscopic character from ‘Ulysses’, writes Laura Cappelle
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:57PMAnouk Grinberg is utterly virtuosic in her evocation of the kaleidoscopic character from 'Ulysses', writes Laura Cappelle
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:57PMOfficial reviews of the movie are still embargoed, but full reviews are starting to leak online. Check out what the critics are saying thus far below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:55PMCreator Rupert Holmes and stars Jim Norton & Jessie Mueller of Roundabout Theatre Company’s The Mystery of Edwin Drood, will be interview live on WNYC’s “The Leonard Lopate Show”…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:48PMSCENA Celebrates its 25th Anniversary December 16th with a Gala Event featuring international artists Washington’s premiere cultural institution for international drama is celebrating its …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:42PMHeroes our culture can’t stop recycling: James Bonds. Batmen. And, though you may not have thought about this one unless you’ve visited Bethesda’s Round House Theatre for a new origin …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:41PMHampstead theatre, LondonDoes anyone remember Noël Coward's Mrs Wentworth Brewster? She was the widow, celebrated in the song A Bar on the Piccola Marina, whose heart, at her husband's fune…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:37PMCurve, LeicesterSome people paint, others sew; Dolly Levi is a woman who meddles. She does it in pursuit of pleasure and profit, and her greatest delight is in matchmaking. She has the perfe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:37PMOld Hats is the name of the new work by clowning Tony Award winners Bill Irwin and David Shiner, who will appear in the show's world premiere by Signature Theatre Company starting in Feb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:37PMThe choreographer discusses creating a work with dancers in NYC and Israel
SOURCE: Culturebot at 12:33PM"Call Me Adam" chats with director Jose Zayas about directing Robert Atkins' "P.S. Jones and The Frozen City" at the New Ohio Theatre in NYC through December 23 as well as other details of h…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 12:33PMCreator Rupert Holmes and stars Jim Norton amp Jessie Mueller of Roundabout Theatre Companys The Mystery of Edwin Drood, will be interview live on WNYCs The Leonard Lopate Show tomorrow, Dec…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:31PMThis past year, 441 new plays were written and performed for Too Much Light. When we present to you these menus of the 30 best plays of the year, we're giving you a mere 7% of the work that …
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 12:30PMThe second revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross opens at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre Dec. 8. The Playbill Vault looks back at the play's history on Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PMTony Award winner Michael McGrath (Nice Work If You Can Get It) will star as Ralph Kramden – the small-time bus driver with big-time dreams so famously played on television by Jackie Gleas…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:29PMWithin days college students will start readying for exams and BroadwayWorld's Student Center will take its winter break. To tie you over until classes start back up in January, we brings yo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:19PMRoundabout Theatre Company has announced a four week extension of the critically acclaimed new Broadway production of Rupert Holmes’ Tony Award winning musical comedy The Mystery of Ed…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:15PMYou’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch. You really are a heel. You’re as cuddly as a cactus. You’re as charming as an eel. Mr. Grinch! You’re a bad banana with a greasy bla…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:15PMDavid Mamet hasn't got much to shout about on Broadway at the moment, unlike the much-praised star of one of his two flopsThe world is divided into two types of people: diehard Al Pacino fan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:14PMThe world premiere of Old Hats, created by and starring Tony winner Bill Irwin and David Shiner, will begin performances February 12, 2013 at the Irene Diamond Stage in off-Broadway's Pe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PMSarah Jessica Parker, Adelina Wong Ettelson and Fiona Howe Rudin Chairman of the New 42nd Street will co-chaired the New 42nd Street Gala Dec. 5, honoring the Australia Council for the Arts …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PMRobert Petkoff is joining Broadway amp film star Robby Benson and Tony nominee Josh Young in the upcoming special invitational presentation of selections from the original new musical AMAZIN…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMNPR's Michel Martin speaks with actor Larry Marshall and playwright Cheryl West about Pullman Porter Blues, a play that tells the story of three generations of African-American railway porte…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:00PM
When I was a young, aspiring stand up comedian of 19 and 20 I idolized, idolized Steven Wright (still do). The early-mid 1980s, when he first hit, were his perfect time. His minimalist, de…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:59AMWe never glimpse the source of the old money in Sarah’s Wooley’s new play, for it’s his funeral that opens proceedings. We will get no sense of the man, or the extent of his wealth, or…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 11:58AMKristen Johnston and Steven Weber co-star in the L.A. Theatre Works production of Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally's Lips Together, Teeth Apart, which begins Dec. 6 at the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMTreatment Action Group, an independent AIDS research organization, will honor Tony Award winner Judith Light at its 16th annual Research in Action Awards (RIAA) Dec. 9 at 404NYC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:51AMSky Arts has launched a new app for iPhones that offers users facts about key cultural figures, which are linked to a specific location. The app means that whenever a person is near an area.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:50AMBrunton Theatre, Musselburgh: Tim Licata keeps it local, current and very much on traditional Scottish lines as he takes over the director's chair at the Brunton for his pantomime debut…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:41AMPitlochry Festival Theatre: A show with the 'wow' factor. In these days of economic stringency when no amount of glitter can cover over the cracks in the Christmas show budget, thi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:37AMThe 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 11:37AMThe cozily-dressed cast of A Christmas Story, The Musical continues to make the holiday rounds across New York City, spreading the show’s holiday spirit through its infectiously cheery…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMName: James FouheyHometown: Salem, MassachusettsEducation: BFA, Acting, Boston UniversityWhat is a kiki?: A Kiki is what you need it to be--however depraved...Tell us about Restoration Comed…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:36AMRock of Ages ensemble member Joey Calveri will take over the role of Stacee Jaxx in the headbanging jukebox musical beginning December 17 at the Helen Hayes Theatre. Calveri succeeds Jeremy …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:35AMCarnegie Hall, Dunfermline: Jonathan Stone puts the story first in a vaguely Bavarian-set Hansel and Gretel which has plenty of fun but smacks of inhibition, as if it were itching to release…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:35AMBroadway's David Furr (The Importance of Being Earnest) has received the Actors' Equity Foundation's annual St. Claire Bayfield Award for his work as Orlando in the Public Theater's 2012 Sha…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:32AMI am so happy to announce that Mark Dewey, Editor of The Shenandoah Press has joined the team of writers at DCMetroTheaterArts. Mark will be reporting on and reviewing shows in the Shenand…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:31AMChantel Riley and Andile Gumbi, stars of the long-running Disney musical The Lion King, visited the ABC daytime program "The Chew" to perform "Can You Feel the Love Tonight&qu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AMRobert Petkoff, of Broadway's most recent Ragtime and Fiddler on the Roof, has joined the special reading presentation of the new musical Amazing Grace, the backstory of the famous spiri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMThey were lighting the tree the other night at Rockefeller Center in New York. Streets were crowded with revelers headed out for a skate on the famous ice rink, where for $300 during the hol…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:30AMWill Stephen Sondheim's beloved musical Follies, which won the Grammy Award in 1987 for its famed Lincoln Center concert, take home a second trophy, or will Broadway's Once, which received t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:27AM Today is the birthday of silent western star William S. Hart (1864-1946). I’ve got a westerns project coming up but that’s a couple of years down the dusty dirt road. In t…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:26AMBarbra Streisand has revealed that she may be interested in casting another music icon, pop star Lady Gaga, in the title role of her film remake of the Tony Award-winning musical Gypsy, acco…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19AMThe Old Globe will kick off its 2013-14 season with the world premiere of The Honeymooners, a new musical based on the iconic TV series, according to San Diego Union-Tribune. Tony …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AMTwo-time Tony winner Patti LuPone and three-time Oscar nominee Debra Winger star in the world premiere of David Mamet’s thought-provoking prison drama The Anarchist. Broadway.com resid…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AMLONDON (AP) -- Does "The Bodyguard" have the muscle to be a hit?...
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:15AMTHEATER REVIEWS: "Long Way Go Down" from Jackalope Theatre at the Viaduct ★★★ and "Foreverendia" at the Athenaeum Theatre ★★
NINA METZ reviews "Long Way Go Dow…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:15AMKerry Reid on what's onstage in Chicago's suburbs.
Kerry Reid on what's onstage in Chicago's suburbs.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:15AMProducers of the five-time Tony Award nominated hit musical ROCK OF AGES have announced that Joey Calveri, who currently plays the ensemble role of Joey Primo, will step into the spotlight a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:11AMWhen we read Charles Castronovo’s Music Mix questionnaire, we could have sworn he was channeling a late-stage Baby Boomer pining for the glory years of Led Zeppelin. In fact, opera fan…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:09AMAge & Hometown: 12; Chicago, IL
Current Role: Holiday-obsessed nine-year-old Ralphie Parker, whose desperate quest for a Red Ryder BB Gun is chronicled in the classic movie-turned-Bro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:07AMContinuing its 25th Anniversary Season, Lookingglass Theatre Company presents the 2010 Pulitzer Prize Finalist Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, written by Rajiv Joseph and directed by En…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:07AMThe chief theater critic of The New York Times answers readers' questions about David Mamet, what to see in London and the role of professional critics.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:03AMJohn Travolta and Olivia Newton-John have just unveiled the music video for their new single 'I Think You Might Like It'. The song is featured on their new Christmas Album 'This Christmas', …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMHot, hot, hot off the Broadway League presses . . . here comes the sexy stats about you . . . yes you . . . the people that see Broadway shows. Every year, members of the Broadway league get…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTwo weeks ago you all nominated who you thought was Broadway’s Sexiest Man Alive, last week you voted and now we’ve tallied up all the votes for our Top Five! *Drum Roll Please…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 11:00AMThe cast of Broadway's A Christmas Story, The Musical, based on the classic 1983 film of the same name, visited the set of ABC's "Good Morning America" to perform "It …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM
Joey Calveri, who currently plays the ensemble role of Joey Primo in the Tony-nominated musical Rock of Ages, will step into the spotlight as wild rock idol Stacee Jaxx beginning Dec. 17 at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMFREUD’S LAST SESSION, New York’s 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. Lewi…
SOURCE: losangeles.broadwayworld.com at 10:57AMCITY OF HOPE BROADWAY BLOWS BACK, a benefit concert to raise funds for New York and New Jersey communities affected by Hurricane Sandy, is set to take place on Monday, December 10 at 730 PM.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:56AMToday is the birthday of Agnes Moorehead (1900-1974). One of the marks of a good actor is a willingness to take risks, to be as “bad” as often one as one is “good”. A…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:55AMWriters’ Theatre continues its season with Sweet Charity, book by Neil Simon with music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, directed by Artistic Director Michael Halberstam …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:54AMBroadway vet Carly Rose Sonenclar has been astounding TV audiences week after week with her soulful renditions of “Feeling Good,” “Something's Got a Hold On Me,” …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:51AMCITY OF HOPE BROADWAY BLOWS BACK, a benefit concert to raise funds for New York and New Jersey communities affected by Hurricane Sandy, is set to take place on Monday, December 10 at 730 PM.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:46AMCast recordings of the Broadway musicals Newsies, Once, Follies, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess and Nice Work If You Can Get It, as well as music from "Smash" are among nominees…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AM"At its best, I think it's more like singing than it is acting," revealed Emily Mortimer about Aaron Sorkin's scripts for the HBO drama series "The Newsroom.…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:44AMREVIEWED BY: MELODY UDELL From the Brothers Grimm to sanitized Disney animations, fairy tales have certainly earned their place in musical cannon — they’re classics that can be endlessly…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:35AMLots of thoughts, and hopefully I'll carve out some time today to post more about it. Most importantly I'm even more of a Scott Shepherd fan than I was when I only knew him as that awesome a…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 10:33AMLincoln Center Theater has released a series of first looks at their 75th anniversary revival of Clifford Odets’ classic play, Golden Boy, which oficially opens at the Belasco Theatre …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:31AMThe Menier Chocolate Factory’s production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Merrily We Roll Along will add another two weeks due to its run. The Maria Friedman-directed musi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:29AMMaria Friedman's acclaimed revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along has extended by two weeks at the Menier Chocolate Factory to 9 March 2013.Based on the 1934 play of the same na…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:24AMArne Gundersen, president of Actors' Equity Foundation, announced Dec. 6 that Merritt Wever and Michael Shannon have been selected to receive the 2012 Joe A. Callaway Award for their per…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AMYou don’t need to wait one day more to join the licensing revolution, because now the full-length version of LES MISÉRABLES is available to license, for a limited time, for performances s…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:16AMThe great improviser lifts a conventional standup routine into something extraterrestrial in this foaming torrent of a show Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:15AMThis summer, BroadwayWorld reported on KENNEDY, based on the life of the 35th president, which was preparing for workshops in anticipation of a Broadway opening. The musical, a heavily rewor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMOpera Lafayette is an opera company based in Washington, DC that produces French operas from the 17th and 18th Centuries. It was founded in 1995 by Ryan Brown and performs at the Kennedy Ce…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:05AMWade McCollum, Bryan West and Scott Willis will star in the upcoming, first-ever U.S. National Tour for “Priscilla Queen of the Desert.” The previously announced tour will kick off Janua…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMClifford Odets’ boxing drama Golden Boy officially opens at Broadway’s Belasco Theatre on December 6. Presented by Lincoln Center Theater and directed by Tony winner Bartlett She…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:00AMDavid Furr has been named the recipient of the annual St. Claire Bayfield Award presented by the Actors' Equity Foundation.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM
Happy Birthday, Ira Gershwin A lyricist, Gershwin collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century. With George…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:58AMThe National Alliance for Musical Theatre is now accepting submissions for the 25th annual Festival of New Musicals, which will take place in New York City in fall 2013.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AMSherman Cymru, Cardiff: Sherman's modernised story focuses on the experience of Wendy, a teenage girl growing up painfully fast. Rebecca Newham makes a confident stage debut complimente…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:51AMNominations have been announced for the 55th annual Grammy Award, which will be presented on February 10, 2013. Five Broadway productions are in the running for Best Musical Theater Album, w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:48AMIn 2013 Seth Rudetsky's popular Broadway Concert Series will make the leap from its summer home at The Art House in Provincetown, MA, to NOCCA’s Lupin Hall in New Orleans.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:44AMJonathan Harvey, who passed away yesterday, was considered one of the most important new music composers of the past 40 years (which explains why the New York Times hasn’t yet run an o…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 09:36AMNominations for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards were announced Wednesday night in Nashville by the Recording Academy and, once again, Once is in the running for a major award. The cast recordi…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:30AMTony and Emmy Award winner Tyne Daly will host The 42nd Annual Theatre Hall of Fame ceremony, which will be held Jan. 28, 2013, at 7:30 PM in the Gershwin Theatre's North Rotunda.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMWhen I first opened my New York City studio in 1977, I had just been hired as one of the pianists for the new Broadway musical, Annie. Many of my fellow voice teachers were quite upset that …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:15AMTheres no denying the endless list of responsibilities designated to a productions beloved stage manager. Its hard to imagine a show running smoothly without one, and even harder to believe …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:04AMEffective January 01, 2013, Michael Wright, founding Artistic Director of SeeNoSun OnStage, will join Molotov Theatre Group as Co-Artistic Director. “I have always admired the artistic and…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMCirque du Soleil’s extravagant show “Iris” will end its Los Angeles run January 19, 2013 due to disappointing ticket sales. It was announced recently that demand for tickets to the…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 09:00AMFor the first time since it premiered at London's Barbican Theatre in 1985, the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Les Misérables will become available for licensing…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AMLegit News:
Off Broadway vets line up for Atlantic production
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM
ATA's Sargent Theatre, The Seeing Place Theater, Off Off Broadway
By Zak Risinger
BOTTOM LINE: A nice presentation of an offbeat love story by an up-and-coming theatre company.
The …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:57AMThere are certain things that always signal the holiday season: among others, candy canes, Santa Claus in the mall, and The Nutcracker. The Nutcracker is the ballet of the holiday season, an…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:54AMTell the stage manager to cue the snow as we welcome two Broadway veterans teaming up and joined by a small instrumental group. Then, two other albums: both vocalists from the Washington, DC…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:51AMLiza BirkenmeierHometown: St. Louis, MO Current Town: Brooklyn, NY Q: What are you working on now?
A: I am working with collaborator-director-friend Katherine Brook on a piece that…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 08:50AMNEW YORK (AP) — Carol Channing has affected a great many people during the course of her great career — none more so than Telly Leung.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:49AMActors Playhouse director David Arisco teasingly asks the reporter doing a story on the upcoming musical The Last Five Years, “Don’t you want to take a picture of our Broadway star?’ H…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:48AMHeather Headley and Lloyd Owen lead the cast in new musical The Bodyguard, directed by Thea Sharrock. Other cast members include Debbie Kurup, Mark Letheren, Ray Shell, Nicolas Colicos, Mark…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:40AMNEW YORK—Carol Channing has affected a great many people during the course of her great career—none more so than Telly Leung.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:39AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Carol Channing has affected a great many people during the course of her great career - none more so than Telly Leung....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:38AMMost of the attention in a theatre review usually goes to the actors and the strong eleven person cast of Young Robin Hood certainly deserves praise. Yet the success of this world premiere…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:26AMThe cast of the Broadway musical A CHRISTMAS STORY sang a holiday medley of songs on yesterday's 'Good Morning America' on ABC. Check out the performance below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:25AMFive of the entertainment worlds leading ladies will perform in New Orleans in 2013 as Seth Rudetsky's popular Broadway Concert Series makes the leap to NOCCAs Lupin Hall from its summer hom…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:25AMToday is the birthday of Kathryn McGuire (1903-1978). A dancer by training, she studied seriously both in her native Illinois and in Hollywood when her family moved there in 1917. In 1919 sh…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:20AMLegit News:
Irwin reunites with Shiner for Off Broadway show
SOURCE: Variety at 08:15AMBroadway's Carly Rose Sonenclar chose to perform Justin Bieber's As Long as You Love Me for her unplugged number and wowed the judges with her vocal abilities. I love you so much, said L.A. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:09AMThe Old Globe will open its 2013-14 Season with the world premiere of The Honeymooners, a new musical based on the legendary CBS television series. 2012 Tony Award winner Michael McGrath Ni…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:03AMInvisible Dot, LondonThree hundred and sixty-four presents. That's how many you'd get if you were given everything mentioned in The Twelve Days of Christmas. Nick Mohammed has worked this ou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AM
Michael McGrath, the Broadway clown who won a Tony Award for playing a Noo Yawk bootlegger in Nice Work If You Can Get It, will bring his populist touch to the iconic role of bus driver Ralp…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:59AM Members of comedy troupe Monty Python have denied that the producer of the film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail is owed royalties from the stage production of Spamalot. Mich…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:57AMShe is best known as the dozy “Trend Analyst” Coco Lomax in Twenty Twelve and for her stand-up, but Sara Pascoe also moonlights as a playwright.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:47AMLegit News:
Musical to bow at San Diego's Old Globe
SOURCE: Variety at 07:41AMWhen Viva Forever!, the new musical inspired by the Spice Girls, opens next week, it will be an opportunity to revisit some old chart hits. “Wannabe”, “Mama” and “Goodbye” will a…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:40AMwritten and performed by Baba Brinkman, this is a hard to categorize show, but however you bill it, it’s a one of a kind theatre piece . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:17AMKatie Holmes. The name comes up every time Dead Accounts, her new Broadway play, is mentioned.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:13AMLooking like a severe Gwen John portrait, Maureen Lipman as tart, 60-ish Joyce stands tight-lipped and beady-eyed through the opening funeral scene of Sarah Wooley’s lacklustre comedy …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:13AM
Sarah Frankcom has made her mark; and there's plenty more to come as the last of the veteran directors, Braham Murray, retiresManchester's Royal Exchange theatre, which sits like a spaceship…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:46AMWomen who get a new lease of life through merry widowhood aren't a rare breed in either life or art.
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:46AMCurve, Leicester: "Hello, Dolly, well Hello Dolly, It's so nice to have you back where you belong," goes the lyric to the title song of Jerry Herman's 1964 musical, and i…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AMArts, London: For many families, reading A Christmas Carol is as much of a December tradition as decorating the Christmas tree. But however good your dad happens to be at putting on a Tiny T…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:24AMThe UK’s film and television industries are to benefit from a new £6 million investment in training announced by chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne in yesterday’s Autumn Stateme…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:19AMHampstead Theatre, London: It is a delicious premise - a woman, no longer young, finds the courage to be herself after years spent fulfilling the requirements of others. Jenny Joseph's …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:14AMThe Department for Culture, Media and Sport has warned that the arts are set to face further cuts as a result of the Autumn Statement. Yesterday, it was revealed that the DCMS’ budget …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:07AMCatherine Noonan talks to 1927's Lillian Henley about the company's influences, performance style and success as The Animals and Children Took to the Streets begins its Christmas run at the …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:06AMLeicester Square, London: For some, the Christmas season would not be the same without a hearty helping of filthy humour delivered in the guise of the adult pantomime. This particular dish, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AMPlayhouse, Liverpool: Vibrant, colourful, loud, boisterous, energetic and funny on so many levels, this production brilliantly delivers on its guarantee to have audiences on their feet.
Read…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04AM
City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds: Rock 'n' roll is here to stay, according to the old Danny and the Juniors hit. After last year's hugely successful introduction of rock '…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:59AMGive the theatre collective Shunt a space and it will create a spectacle in it. From its first incarnation in the railway arches in Bethnal Green, to the Shunt Lounge in the tunnels undernea…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:55AMAdelphi, London: Almost ten months after Whitney Houston's tragic death on February 11, a stage version of the 1992 film she starred in called The Bodyguard has arrived in the West End …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:53AMThe Bodyguard premiered last night (5 December 2012) at the West End's Adelphi Theatre, with a host of celebrity guests turning out to see London's latest screen-to-stage sensation.
Starrin…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:24AMWhile the West End is overrun with musicals filled with glam rock anthems of the 60s, a new type of musical has made its way into town: one filled with enough angst ridden pop punk anthems t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:22AM“Coming up,” promised the continuity announcer during an ad break for The Royal Variety Performance 2012, “Alan Carr and David Walliams as you have never seen them before!” Which was…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AM
Performance could have used a bit of a twist
So what maketh an excellent Grinch? Well, take one part Harvey Fierstein, add one part Christopher Walken, shake the whole with just a macabre s…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:56AMCast recordings of the Broadway musicals Newsies, Once, Follies, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess and Nice Work If You Can Get It are among nominees of 55th Annual Grammy Awards, announced …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:41AMHEDY WEISS: The very best thing about the 90-minute musical version of Dr. Seuss’ classic children’s book is that kids love cranks and obstructionists and identify immediately with them.…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:23AMA JOLLY OSMOND HOLIDAY To fans and detractors alike, Donny and Marie represent a cultural and show business ethos so strong, and so specific, that their actual talents sometimes get lost in …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:16AMChef Curtis Stone Dishes Double-Dipping & The 3-Second Rule
Rise and shine! Time to head to Culina at the Four Seasons for a delicious breakfast with "Top Chef Masters" host Curtis Stone! Th…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM"Vegas" Stars Show Their Best Poker Faces
We head to the set of "Vegas" where we ante up with the stars Michael Chiklis, Dennis Quaid, Jason O'Mara, Taylor Handley, and Aimee Garcia to see t…
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IT’S A WONDERFUL SHOW After a long and trying day, I entered Victory Gardens a bit of Scrooge on Saturday night. So when Christmas-y sweater-wearing performers, their smiles stretching fro…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:37AMLaughing Dog Media continues Manhattans Holiday celebrations with Broadway star and vocal powerhouse JAMES BARBOURS Fifth Annual Holiday Season at Sardis 234 West 44th Street, New York, NY w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe Shakespeare Theatre Company welcomes the Thtre de lAteliers production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, directed by John Malkovich, to Washington, D.C. This French-revival stageplay, present…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMLips Together, Teeth Apart Bart DeLorenzo directs two-time Emmy Award winner Kristen Johnston 3rd Rock from the Sun and Steven Weber Wings when L.A. Theatre works records Terrence McNally's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMBack in 2004, I had made plans to see the 5-time Tony winning revival of Weidman and Sondheim’s Assassins after Roundabout announced an extension. Within a couple of weeks, this exten…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 12:23AMIt's never too early to plan for the new year's theatre outings and this is one that we plead with you to see. If you do not know the haunting, troubling, musical kick of Assassins, you do n…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AM"It's one thing to develop a nostalgia for home while you're boozing with Yankee writers in Martha's Vineyard or being...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMThe Shakespeare Theatre Company's presentation of Théâtre de l'Atelier's production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, directed by stage and screen star John Malkovich and…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Program in Educational Theatre at New York University's Steinhardt School launches a new play development pilot, curated by Amy Cordileone (New York University) and Sean Daniels (Gev…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe world premiere of Tony Award nominee Sarah Ruhl's Dear Elizabeth, a play in letters from Elizabeth Bishop to Robert Lowell and back again, starring Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway singing actor James Barbour returns to Sardi's Dec. 6 for his annual holiday season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMGolden Boy, Clifford Odets' 1937 drama about a young musician who takes a gamble on his own artistic dreams when he enters the boxing ring, officially opens Dec. 6 at the Belasco Theatre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLooking for the perfect holiday gift for the Broadway theatre fan on your list? With the holidays just a few weeks away, Playbill.com has put together a 2012 holiday gift guide for your thea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1896 Birthday of Ira Gershwin (1896-1983), one of Broadway's most sterling lyricists, mainly in collaboration with his brother George Gershwin. Ira's musicals will include Porgy and …
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