NEW YORK — Frederick Neumann, an actor and director whose affinity for Samuel Beckett’s works and his friendship with the man himself helped forge the distinguished New York experimental…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:24PMNOTE: What follows are my personal opinions. Agree with me or disagree with me as you like. I invite your thoughts.I've let this fester inside me since those fateful two and a ha…
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By Brett Epstein
BOTTOM LINE: Dead Accounts comes alive with a brilliant central performance from Norbert Leo Butz and, as expected, sharp dialogue by The…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:07PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Friday, December 7, 2012.
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Brian Stokes Mitchell and Elaine Stritch will host the premiere screening of Barry Arvich's Show Stopper The Theatrical Life of Garth Drabinsky, an official selection of the Toronto Internat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:42PMAnything Goes opens Friday, December 7 at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina on Hilton Head Island. The classic show features the music of legendary Cole Porter, including such hits as Anyt…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:37PMSadlers Wells, LondonMatthew Bourne has already branded his imagination on two of the great Tchaikovsky ballets, reinventing a dark, Dickensian Nutcracker and a feral Swan Lake. But in tackl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25PMWhat is truth? Is it fixed or fluid, personal or universal? Does it require hard evidence or simply belief? These are the areas of interest poked and prodded in this co-production between th…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:11PMA Christmas Fair | Shows for children | Robin Hood And His Merry Mam! | Family-friendly theatre | The Greatest Story Never Told | My Fair LadyA Christmas Fair, MaltonJim Cartwright, who wrot…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMBy 1969, the celebrated theatre reviewer Ken Tynan had been recruited from the critics’ ranks to join the National Theatre team, which was resident at London’s Old Vic, so he was working…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:03PMThe world premiere of The Second Citys A Christmas Carol Twist Your Dickens, a hilarious take on Charles Dickens classic Christmas tale, is currently playing the Center Theatre GroupKirk Dou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00PMLittle did we realise, when Jonathan Miller unveiled his Art Deco Mikado in 1986, that the production would run as long as it has, or that it would be so influential: many shows have paid ho…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMHow would you react if someone stole your life? That's the question posed in Laurence Boswell's Dostoevsky adaptation. Mr Goliadkin is an everyman working in a government office.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
Before the year comes to an end, let's take a look at the state of musical theater art in late 2012.
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 06:50PMThesis: A group of actors, with very little infrastructure, can create audience engaging, artistically satisfying events. The Actors Salon is a group of actors who gather a few times a year …
SOURCE: 2AMT at 06:25PMRob McClure, Jenn Colella and Michael McCormick join Seth Rudetsky for his weekly chat show Seth's Broadway Chatterbox, proceeds from which benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fight AIDS. McClure …
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:18PMThe New 42nd Street Gala took place on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, to celebrate the New Victory Theater Education Programs. The event honored the Australia Council for the Arts and included…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:17PMIn the video below, Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson talks with What's Trending on the TREVOR LIVE red carpet about working with The Trevor Project and how to bring humor into tough s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:10PMKathleen Turner plays the leading role and directs the 1964 play “The Killing of Sister George” at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:03PMBefore Sam Henry Kass moved to LA, where he worked on Seinfeld in 1994-95, he wrote plays in New York. Now he revives three of his one-acts under the title Siddown! One of them stars former …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:00PMHere’s my favorite quotes from our 5-star reviews of our ‘Favorite Shows’ for November 30-December 7th. Here we go! (1) Eileen Ivers at The Barns at Wolf Trap. Jessica Vaug…
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In celebration of the 15th anniversary of The Lion King on Broadway, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, with Emmy Award-winning host Meredith Vieira, will host two principal actors from the hit …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:54PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, December 7, 2012 Today’s Tweets: click on hyperlinked items for more information @DEADACCTSBway star @missjudygreer will be hosting @anderson…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:51PMLincoln Center Theater’s anniversary production of the classic boxing drama Golden Boy opened at Broadway’s Belasco Theatre on December 6. Broadway.com went inside the ring with …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:46PMNew York City’s theater world is home to many awards honoring stage veterans, but the Clive Barnes Award seeks to recognize the accomplishments of theater’s newest stars. With th…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:44PMDec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Will Swenson, an actor, writer and film director currently starring in the Manhattan Theater Club's rock musical "Murder Ballad," discusses his Kickstarter.com drive to…
SOURCE: Bloomberg at 05:23PMWhen Al Pacino does a play, nothing happens thoughtlessly. As everyone knows who has seen him gnaw through decades of theater roles like a pit bull on an ankle, Pacino pummels his way into a…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 05:15PMKurt’s love life is about to take a major left turn. Deadline reports that Glee has added English actor Oliver Kieran-Jones to play the leader of the glee club at NYADA, the dramatic a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:14PMRobert 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 05:11PMFor the first time since the North Shore Music Theatre began performing Dickens’“A Christmas Carol” in 1989, one of the key roles in the upcoming production — Tiny Tim — will be p…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:07PMThis week, The Graham Show welcomes Rick Elice, writer of Broadway's Jersey Boys, The Addams Family and Peter and the Starcatcher. In Episode 5, Part 1 Words, New York amp Yale Drama, Rick r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:07PMPeter Herrndorf presides over the National Arts Centre like a benevolent grandfather
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 05:02PMMy play The Hummingbirds won the Internationalists Global Playwriting Contest. The award grants at least six different presentations in six different countries over the course of the next…
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It’s not every day that a cash-strapped city decides to lay out nearly $1 million to install an air conditioning system so people will come to rock concerts and touring Broadway shows duri…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:58PMFive-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald, The Fifty Shades Parody and the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic Oklahoma! are among the lineup for Berkshire Theatre Group's 2013 spring sea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:57PMLincoln Center Theaters 75th Anniversary production of the Clifford Odets classic Golden Boy, directed by Bartlett Sher, opened last night at the Belasco Theatre 111 West 44 Street, the same…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMAs an inaugural outing, Rebekah Theatre Project has chosen an ambitious work both in scope and tone, and is largely rewarded for the effort.
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:51PMThe new musical Amazing Grace gets a Manhattan invitation-only showing Dec. 11-12, featuring Broadway and film star Robby Benson as Capt. Newton and Tony Award nominee Josh Young as John New…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PMA review of the joyful “Elf: The Musical,” making a stop at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre through Dec. 31, 2012.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 04:40PMGet exclusive behind-the-scenes info at PHANTOM with our exclusive four-part video series starring Jeremy Stolle.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:38PMJim Norton was here to talk about the musical "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," along with co-star Jessie Mueller and Rupert Holmes, who wrote the book, music, and lyrics. He shared his guest pi…
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:35PMJessie Mueller was here to talk about the musical "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," along with Jim Norton, who also stars in it, and Rupert Holmes, who wrote the book, music, and lyrics for. She…
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:30PMTom Hooper’s upcoming film adaptation of Les Misérables features several big names from the stage world, but one star is sure to please longtime fans of the musical. Colm Wilkin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:30PMThe obligatory row ahead of opening night at La Scala, the most glittering event on the Italian social calendar, has this year assumed international dimensions.
SOURCE: The Independent at 04:30PMAndrew Rannells, star of The New Normal, Girls, and Broadways smash hit The Book of Mormon, visited with What's Trending on the TREVOR LIVE red carpet to chat about supporting Trevor's cause…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMRupert Holmes was here to talk about the musical "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," which he wrote the book, music, and lyrics for. He stopped by with two of the show's stars, Jim Norton and Jess…
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:22PMWilliam Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Picnic returns to Broadway in a striking new production helmed by acclaimed director Sam Gold Roundabout's Look Back in Anger, Seminar. Academy Awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:15PMRosie's Theater Kids, the New York City-based non-profit organization founded by television personality and actress Rosie O'Donnell, has released the original song "Sing My Own …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:12PMHIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK LES MISERABLES premieres in London, ASSASSINS Cast reunites, NEWSIES goes to Disney World, and so much more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:11PMDave Boone, Paul Greenberg, David Javerbaum, and Adam Schlesinger are honored for the 66th Annual Tony Awards telecast
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 04:09PMTaylor Trensch, Jason Hite, Elizabeth Judd and the hot new cast of Bare are getting steamy at New World Stages this winter. Broadway.com headed off-Broadway to chat with the cast and creativ…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:04PMCharles Dickens' A Christmas Carol has been performed in so many variations over the years that audiences may be tempted to not sample another one. However, A ChristmasCarol – A Ghost Stor…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:04PMBox office records are tumbling. Top dames are booked years ahead, and Aladdin starring Lily Savage just opened at the vast O2. Booooooo to austerity, say the stars of pantomimeDeep within t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PMMeet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Lincoln Center Theater's new production of Clifford Odets' Golden Boy.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PM
Betrayal. Seduction. Revenge. To them, it’s just a game “Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!” Sir Walter Scott’s oft-used expression on…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:57PM2012 is almost over, but don't start looking ahead to the new year just yet. There is still a month left before 2013, and we guarantee it'll be filled with plenty of learning experie…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:50PMWishes do come true – at least in the theater. TADA! Youth Theater will present a new production of Michael Slade and Joel Gelpe's The Little Moon Theater, to run January 19- February 16…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:46PMPicture Yourself in ELF This winter, Broadways favorite holiday musical will make one persons holiday wish come true with a walk-on role in Elf The Musical
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:29PMHollywood's biggest names are joining music's greatest talents to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Current theater stars Jessica Chastain (The Heiress) and Jake Gyllenhaal (If There Is,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:16PMMichael Kearns helped David Trudell turn stand-up material into a solo show that covers more intimate and potentially discomfiting material. His "In Heat in Hollywood Ho Ho Ho!" opens Saturd…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:15PMCliffhangers both fiscal and presidential may have dominated Washington’s public sphere, but subtler, timeless concerns governed its stages. The year’s most memorable dance offerings pre…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:13PMAnthony Freud, general director of Lyric Opera of Chicago, today announced promotions for two senior staff members. Drew Landmesser, Lyric’s production and technical director, will bec…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:07PMCOMEDY REVIEW: Jeff Garlin in "Closer Than I Appear" at the Steppenwolf Theatre ★★★
COMEDY REVIEW: Jeff Garlin in "Closer Than I Appear" at the Steppenwolf Theatre ★…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:07PMA century ago, a minor show business figure named Barney Davis passed away. Never heard of him? How about his stage name, Plutanor? Nothing? Oh, well. It used to be, a man’s fake name …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:06PMEvery year, fans choose Broadway.com’s Star of the Year from a list of nominees that is typically top-heavy with theater vets. But 2012 has been a breakthrough year for Broadway newcom…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PMOn Thursday, December 13, ABC's Good Morning America will air a live performance by Anthony Warlow and Lilla Crawford from the Broadway musical ANNIE.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PMOn Monday, December 10th at 230pm, with an audience of 300 in attendance, the winners of the 3rd annual Clive Barnes Awards will be announced. With Michael Reidel serving as host, the presen…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:01PMIt has been over a half century since Anything Goes set sail on Broadway, but Kathleen Marshall's Tony Award-winning revival for the Roundabout Theatre Company – now at Los Angeles' Ahmans…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM"A Carol for Cleveland" is original work brimming with heart, its roots planted deeply into the city's sooty soil. The script is littered with crowd-pleasing touchstones, from navi…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 03:00PM
Universal Pictures has released four new behind-the-scenes featurettes for director Tom Hooper's LES MISERABLES, opening in theaters on Christmas Day. The videos focus on the film's costume …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:55PMWHEN THE DECONSTRUCTION OF COMEDY BUILDS LAUGHTER Jeff Garlin, comedian and star performer in HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, appears in his one-man show Closer Than I Appear at the Steppenwol…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:51PMThe West End cast of Rock of Ages is packing up their leather jackets and moving to London’s Garrick Theatre beginning January 18, 2013. Featuring a book by Chris D’Arienzo and a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:49PMLincoln Center Theater brings Bartlett Sher’s beautiful revival of Clifford Odets’ classic drama Golden Boy to Broadway. Find out if Word of Mouth panelists Phyllis, Brad and Fer…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:47PMToday we are talking again to one of Broadways recent rising stars all about his sensational sophomore solo album, STILL DREAMING OF PARADISE, as well as his role in this weekends invitation…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:40PMThe top 10 productions, trends and events in the full and hectic life of Washington theater in 2012: Woolly Mammoth Theatre. The year’s most ingenious theater piece. Playwright Anne Washb…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:33PMTony winner Hugh Jackman will be featured on the Dec. 9 broadcast of CBS' "60 Minutes."
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PMEver wonder what Scandalous star Carolee Carmello would be doing with her life if she weren't a Broadway leading lady? Find out in the latest episode of Follow Me!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:27PMThe Broadway news this week was particularly brutal with three tough closing announcements — Chaplin, hanging in there against the odds for a number of months, Scandalous, quickly clos…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:24PMDespite designing outfits for the likes of Madonna, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, and Meryl Streep, fashion designer Chris March will forever be known as "that guy from season four of Project Runway."…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:23PMI stopped by Woodlands High School the other day and it was strange to know, going in, that John MacLean, the school’s longtime director, wouldn’t be there to greet me. John reti…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 02:22PMNew BroadwayWorld.com Poll - How much of an effect do you think Hurricane Sandy had on SCANDALOUS' early closing
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:21PMJudy Greer, starring in the new Broadway comedy DEAD ACCOUNTS, will co-host “Anderson Live” on Monday, December 10. “Anderson Live” airs locally on Fox 5 at NOON, check local listing…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:20PMName: Allison BuckHometown: Dobbs Ferry, NYEducation: BA Theatre Arts from Cornell UniversityWhat is a kiki?: A gab session! Tell us about Restoration Comedy: Restoration Comedy is a modern …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:15PMThe Flea Theater in association with Four Arts Media presents AMERICAN SONG, Episode 4, Swing Blue a comedy set in the 1930s starring David Hyde Pierce on Monday, December 17 at 7pm. This …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12PMLove is not merely risky business. It’s a bona fide public menace — or seems so at least, when wielded like a nuclear device by the romantic terrorists of director John Malkovich’s fas…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:10PMOrchestrator Jason Carr, Tony Award nominee for the Broadway revivals of Sunday in the Park With George and La Cage aux Folles (2010), has joined the creative team for PS Classics' upcom…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:04PMBroadway veterans and husband and wife team, David Ayers and Angela Gaynor are returning to Central Ohio to conduct a Masters Level Musical Theater class at Columbus Childrens Theater for on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:01PMTweetOk, I love this b*tch more than life itself. She is funny, fabulous and an absolutely amazing performer. Whether she is on TV, in a movie or on Stage, Betty White is amazing and that is…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 02:00PMThe film version of Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg and Herbert Kretzmer's Tony and Olivier Award-winning hit musical Les Miserables will be released in theatres on Dec. 25. D…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM
Upright Citizens Brigade will present The 2017 Tony Awardz: A Parody of Musical Proportions Dec. 17 at 9:30 PM at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:53PMClifford Odets’ boxing drama Golden Boy opened at Broadway’s Belasco Theatre on December 6. After the bell rang and the curtain fell, the drama's stars Seth Numrich…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:52PMNew Year’s Eve at The Crystal Gardens at Navy Pier The Crystal Gardens at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Monday, Dec. 31st, 2012 9pm-2am 5 Hour Premium Open Bar 9pm-2am Chicago’s #1 Party! Joonb…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:51PMThe easiest way to shatter your notions of a person is to actually meet him. Sometimes, this is a positive thing: someone who you presumed to be a jerk turns out to be friendly. Sometimes, i…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:42PMThe producers of 12-12-12 announced today that Steve Buscemi, Jessica Chastain, Chelsea Clinton, Sean Combs, Billy Crystal, Leo DiCaprio, Jimmy Fallon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Karlie Kloss, Seth Me…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:41PMBuffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE) presents “The Underpants,” by Carl Sternheim, adapted by Steve Martin, directed by BTE Associate Artistic Director Amelia Barrett*+ and featuring BTE…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:37PMIt was an evening of pure and light-hearted fun in Crystal City last night as Synetic Theater presented its latest offering, A Trip to the Moon. The show combines George Méliès’1902 film…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:35PM5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, the delicious off-Broadway comedy about five repressed housewives in the 1950s, is changing things up a bit for 2013. The show had initially extended through Janu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:31PMFINDING NEW WAYS TO TURN A BODY The big news from Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as the intrepid troupe launches their four-day “winter series” at the Harris Theatre in Millennium Park? It…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:31PMThe Fred Ebb Foundation (Mitchell Bernard, Trustee) announced Dec. 7 that its 2012 donation to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will total $1.3 million dollars.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMWhen the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMThis version of "La Belle et la Bête" never commits to a through-line about how its metaphors and rich visual imagery are supposed to operate.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:25PMThe West End production of One Man, Two Guvnors, now running at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, is to welcome a new cast, beginning performances Feb. 4, 2013.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:15PMThe iconic choreographer continues her exploration of the solo as part of Platform12: Judson Now
SOURCE: Culturebot at 01:11PMHaving trouble keeping up with all the Broadway Buzz? Streamline your Broadway news to the most popular articles each week with our new ‘Broadway News Review.’ Incorporating last…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:09PMThe theatre director talks about his ambition to direct all 37 of Shakespeare's plays, his frustrations over West Side story and his favourite Cornish beach
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:07PMThe theatre director talks about his ambition to direct all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays - and his favourite Cornish beach
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:07PMTo prepare for a new year, I will be moving several of my previous posts on eroticism, transgression, and tragedy over here over the next few weeks. They have been getting a little lost in t…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 01:07PMCarolyn Abbate and Roger Parker's 'A History of Opera: The Last 400 Years' admits that its subject defeats rationalisation, writes Andrew Clark
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:06PMCarolyn Abbate and Roger Parker’s ‘A History of Opera: The Last 400 Years’ is unafraid to admit that its subject defeats rationalisation, writes Andrew Clark
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:06PMIndustry bodies the Writers’ Guild of Great Britan and the Musicians’ Union are the latest groups to oppose the government’s proposal to introduce an English Baccalaureate qualificatio…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:02PMIn this week's edition, we caught up with Mitchell Sink, who is starring as 'Michael' in ELF- currently playing at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMPacked with standout performances, Charles Busch's mashup of movies is long on laughs.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00PM
Arches, GlasgowIt's not so much the spirit of Christmas birth as of Easter resurrection that possesses this Hans Christian Andersen adaptation by Catherine Wheels. It begins, delightfully, i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:56PMSoho, LondonThe bathroom is the place where we are most vulnerable and exposed, a space in which we are mostly alone; where we do the things that we don't want anyone else to see. But, in th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:56PMThey're back together again, and they've got magic to do! Tony Award winner Bill Irwin and David Shiner, who collaborated on Broadway's Fool Moon, will reunite as the creators and stars of …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:56PMJames Barbour and Chocolate Martinis Wow Once Again at Sardi’s: The musically gifted James Barbour and Laughing Dog Media continue their seasonal tradition as they brought forth their Fift…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:54PMDoug Argue's popular "chicken painting" is leaving the Weisman Art Museum for Armenia.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:54PMThe company that brought you SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DRAG QUEENS, TWINKIE AND THE BEAST and ALEX IN WONDERLAND are premiering something new this holiday season! Giving homage to classic no…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:54PMDirector Charlotte Gwinner has been appointed associate director at Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse after receiving the Quercus Award for Theatre Directors 2013. She will take up her positi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:48PM Marley was dead; that much was certain. Nothing was certain but death and taxes, and death was one of those. Now old Scrooge knew the truth of the latter part of that Yankee aphorism,…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:46PMZelda is Lost at the Oasis: Zelda at the Oasis playing at St. Luke’s Theatre, 308 W. 46th Street, runs 80 minutes and seems endless.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:45PMRobert Brustein's Last Will, the final installment in his trilogy of plays examining the life of Shakespeare, will receive its world premiere from Boston's Commonwealth Shakespeare C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMLast season, when Stray Dog Theatre presented its thoughtful production of Tony Kushner's “Angels in America,” Greg Fenner was one of the actors called upon to demonstrate his versatilit…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:43PMBarry Humphries, best known as the creator behind Dame Edna Everage, will return to the U.K. from his native Australia for what is being billed as a "farewell tour" to present a ne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMCreative Scotland is to abandon strategic commissioning, offer long-term funding to organisations and slow down the pace of change, as part of wide-ranging changes to its ways of working ann…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:35PMWhat Old Money almost succeeds in doing is taking old tropes and making them new. With a cast of walking clichés (repressed housewife, selfish daughter, senile granny, tart-with-a-heart), S…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:34PMTickets for the Wednesday concert at Madison Square Garden have been turning up on resale sites for much more than their face value.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:32PMThe West End production of Rock of Ages, which is to shutter as previously announced Jan. 6, 2013, at the Shaftesbury Theatre after a 16-month run, is to relocate to a new, smaller home, res…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMSPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark is now in its 2nd smash year on Broadway, and has been seen by more than 1 million audience members from around the world. It features music and lyrics by 22-tim…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:28PMThere's a brand new Jim Cartwright play in the middle of north Yorkshire – while Dominic West stars in My Fair Lady at the Sheffield Crucible and Kneehigh's Midnight's Pumpkin opens at BAC…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:26PMStephanie J. Block, star of Roundabout Theatre Company’s The Mystery of Edwin Drood, will be interviewed on PBS’s “One-On-One with Steve Adubato” this Sunday, December 9. Air times a…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:25PMStephanie J. Block, star of Roundabout Theatre Companys The Mystery of Edwin Drood, will be interviewed on PBSs One-On-One with Steve Adubato this Sunday, December 9. Air times are Sunday ni…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:22PMThe first in Drew Overcashs new Exposed series, Pfeil has performed Joe's Pub, the American Theatre of Actors, Sidewalk Cafe, Le Patisserie, and The Bitter End. He was the resident composer …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMChapman, Idle, Gilliam, Jones, Cleese, Palin and … Forstater?
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:13PMLet’s face it: most directors of professional or community productions of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee cast too old. They seem to ignore the fact that this competition is sup…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:12PMLONDON (Reuters) - One of Britain's top directors Michael Grandage is targeting the next generation of theatre-goers by offering one quarter of all tickets to his upcoming, star-studded seas…
SOURCE: Reuters at 12:02PM"Call Me Adam" chats with singer/songwriter Daniel Kirkley about the release of his Christmas CD "Love Is Christmas" as well as his NYC solo debut at Sidewalk Cafe on December 12, plus other…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 12:00PMAmerica's nonprofit theaters are feeling a bit better about their finances these days, according to a recent survey conducted by the sector's main national service organization, Theatre Comm…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM
Spike TV's "VGA TEN," the network's tenth annual video game awards, airs live from Sony Picture Studios in Culver City, CA, Dec. 7 at 9 PM on Spike TV. Broadway favorite Ne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMTraverse Theatre, Edinburgh: Comedy, pratfalls and deep philosophical investigation abound in the Traverse's hilarious hook-up with Peepolykus. Director Orla O'Loughlin's ligh…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:57AMThe 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 11:53AMDame Edna is set to return to the West End for one last engagement. Barry Humphries, the comedian under Edna's iconic purple hair, announced his retirement last spring, embarking on a fa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:52AMCompany member Stephen Schellhardt takes readers behind the scenes at the Chicago-area Marriott Theatre's acclaimed holiday production of My One and Only, starring Tony Award nominee Fel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AMThe New York Times called it "arguably the fastest failure of a major writer's new play on Broadway since the early-1980s duds of the Pulitzer winners Tennessee Williams, Arthur Mil…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AMToday is your last chance to enter the BRING IT ON Karaoke contest for a chance to win tickets to the show and more If you're not participating in the contest, make sure to vote for your fav…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMOur own BWW Correspondent, Audra Stafford, had an exclusive interview with Lea Salonga, who played both Eponine and Fantine in both Broadway and concert productions of the legendary musical.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:35AMMost of the New Directions members took a backseat on Glee's December 6 episode "Swan Song," which focused on Rachel finding a confident new voice at NYADA and Finn strugg…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:35AMTony Award winner Idina Menzel will be joined by Lucie Arnaz, Robert Klein, Olivier Award winner Maria Friedman and pianist Kevin Cole for One Singular Sensation, a tribute to late composer …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMPlaying leading roles in the West End and at Stratford-upon-Avon, Joy Parker was forever in the shadow of her husband, Paul Scofield, something she never regretted. The couple met in rep in …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:31AMLong Wharf Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Managing Director Joshua Borenstein, present The Killing of Sister George, by Frank Marcus and adapted by J…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMIn the forefront of the revival of folk music in the 1960s, Ian Campbell was one of the few entertainers to record a single that made the charts. This was his version of Bob Dylan’s...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:28AMWorking with the cream of British comic talent, Bob Kellett directed a swathe of films that fell somewhere between the Carry On pictures and the Confessions series of sex comedies. After pro…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:25AMRobin Pemberton-Billing was the founder of the innovative Octagon Theatre in Bolton and was its artistic director for five years. The theatre, the first to be built in north-west England sin…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:22AMIn this week's edition of 'Around BWW Regional Highlights of the Week', we take you around the country - and beyond - with the most-read theater stories for the week of December 3 Scroll bel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:22AMAlthough the Grammy Awards are mostly for the music aficionados, they still have one category for musical theater lovers to get excited about. The Grammy Award for the Best Musical Theater A…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:21AMIn 1974, John Hefin created the drama Pobol y Cwm (People of the Valley) with the playwright Gwenlyn Parry. Originally broadcast on BBC Wales and subsequently on S4C, almost four decades lat…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:19AMName: Michael AxelrodHometown: Philadelphia, PAEducation: B.S. in Theater and Asian Studies from Skidmore CollegeWhat is a kiki?: A party to end all parties- uninhibited fun without any worr…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:12AMThe West End comedy One Man, Two Guvnors will welcome brand new cast members to the show on February 4, 2013. As previously announced comedian Rufus Hound will step into the leadin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:11AMKing's Theatre, Edinburgh: It's all about the boys at the Edinburgh King's family show this year, with the return of the dream team of Allan Stewart as the dame (Mother Goose), And…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:10AMHard to believe but the winter break is almost here To tie you over until classes start back up in January, BroadwayWorld brings you a look back at the high school spotlights, features and g…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:05AMYour inner child is closer than you think - in fact, no further than the nearest Mummenschanz show, which actually is playing through this Sunday at the Schubert Theatre (thanks to Cele…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:05AMThe Broadway production of JERSEY BOYS, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, is pleased to offer audiences a “Winter Weather Guarantee.” Tickets for performances Jan…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:01AMHappy Birthday, Stephanie D'Abruzzo Though D'Abruzzo has spent most of her career performing as a puppeteer in children's television, she is best known for originating the roles of single sc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMGotta love the folks at Funny or Die for putting together this little vid. I mean, what would happen if Box Office smash Argo was made into a musical? They’re doing it with Rocky, …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMGraham Alexander, who starred in RAIN A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES, will be performing his original music at The Bitter End on Saturday, December 8th at 9pm on the anniversary of John Lennons de…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 1272012.
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This week's topics Broadway's golden age, LES MISERABLES Film Official Reviews, A.R.T Pippin, Performers You Used To Like, Performers You Used to Dislike, GLEE's Lack Of Showtunes, Favorite…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:57AMJames McAvoy will star in a West End production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth at Trafalgar Studios, according to the U.K.'s Daily Mail. Performances will begin on February 9,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:53AMIt was a golden night for Lincoln Center Theater, which celebrated the opening of its 75th anniversary revival of Clifford Odets' Golden Boy on Thursday, December
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:52AMTown Hall, Loughborough: Loughborough's panto is always one of the fastest paced and jolliest in the region, and evil doesn't have a chance of triumphing here. But Sion Lloyd'…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:50AMBelow, meet the cast of NBC's upcoming midseason comedy 1600 PENN, starring 'Book of Mormon's Josh Gad. The series will premiere January 10 with a sneak preview airing Monday, December 17 93…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:49AMGolden 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 opened Dec. 6 at the Belasco Theatr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:49AMShadow culture minister, Labour MP Dan Jarvis, calls on the government to rethink its arts policies. Last week, the extent of the damage being done to the arts was voiced by senior figures w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:45AMThe 75th anniversary production of Clifford Odets' drama "Golden Boy" has just debuted on Broadway courtesy of Lincoln Center Theater.
SOURCE: NY1 at 10:43AMToday is the birthday of Raymond McKee (1892-1984). Born in Iowa, he began acting in stage melodramas as a boy after the family moved to Chicago. He broke into films in 1912 in the Florida…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:42AMThe highly anticipated, star-studded film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical Les Misérables will hit theatres on Christmas Day. With the film release a few weeks away, Playb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMAfter just opening to rave reviews in the West End, The Bodyguard musical, starring Tony and Grammy winner Heather Headley, is eyeing a Broadway run in spring 2014, according to The New…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:38AMAn adaptation of Benjamin Zephaniah’s novel Refugee Boy by Lemn Sissay will feature as part of the new season at West Yorkshire Playhouse. It will be directed by Gail McIntyre, with design…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:32AMWill Forever Dusty run forever? That's the hope of producers of the off-Broadway biomusical about the life of iconic singer Dusty Springfield, who have released a 15-second television comme…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:31AMOff Broadway, especially at a not-for-profit venue, you don’t see a big, sprawling, three-hour musical (with a cast of 25+ and 17+ musicians), but what other treatment could you expect for…
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 10:28AM'Live with Kelly and Michael's Michael Strahan just visited the show with his daughters and you can check out backstage photos below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:26AMKaren Mason has lent her big, beautful voice to a variety of Broadway musicals, including Sunset Boulevard, Mamma Mia!, Hairspray and Wonderland. This holiday season, the Christmas…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:24AMNew York Stage and Film's Annual Winter Gala will be held Dec. 9 at The Plaza Hotel (770 Fifth Avenue).
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMStudents from the Headlong Performance Institute share their work tonight @ Arden Theatre Company with 2 showings at 6:30pm and 7:30pm.
SOURCE: Culturebot at 10:22AMPaula Vogel uses Christmas past to discuss the present Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel famously said, “I only write about things that directly impact my life.” But …
SOURCE: TDF at 10:21AMThe movie event of the holiday season, the big screen adaptation of Les Misérables, is nearly upon us. During filming, director Tom Hooper had Tony winners Hugh Jackman and Eddie…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:14AMCitizens Theatre, Glasgow: Dominic Hill has got just the right level of scary in this dark and lush production of Rufus Norris' take on the Sleeping Beauty story. Parents might be frigh…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:12AM"Exposed: Blake Pfeil In Concert" will be presented Jan. 27, 2013, at the Time Out Lounge at New World Stages.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:09AMBelow, check out behind the scenes footage from the cover shoot and hear what stars Samantha Barks and Eddie Redmayne have to say about starring in Tom Hooper's musical and what co-stars Sac…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:05AMThe 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 10:02AMWhen we (and our grandparents’ grandparents) were children we dreamed of going to the Moon, shot perhaps from an enormous precise gun and flying a quarter million miles in a speeding bulle…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:02AMThe Broadway production of JERSEY BOYS, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, is pleased to offer audiences a Winter Weather Guarantee. Tickets for performances January 2 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMThese are the tweets of the week. Hilarious little gems and lovely notes from some of our Broadway favorites in 140 characters or less.
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMA new musical version of the classic 1950s sitcom “The Honeymooners” is set to open in San Diego next fall. The musical will be produced at the city’s Old Globe theater, and will s…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMThis week's guest blog comes courtesy of fabulous playwright John Patrick Bray. I have been fortunate enough to see John's work a few times and can say that he has a great ear for dialogue, …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:00AM
The Broadway production of the Tony-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys has announced that it will offer a Winter Weather Guarantee for performances Jan. 2-March 31, 2013, at the August Wilson …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:56AMNew musical shares lead position with three others in a public vote that drew more than 50,000 submissionsWithin a week of its official opening, the new West End musical The Bodyguard lea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMHere's the cover image for the last of this year's three books, the ninth edition of The Enjoyment of Theatre, published by Pearson...or whatever its name is by now. Now there is somet…
SOURCE: Stage Money at 09:54AMTranslated by Andrea Thome and Lily Padilla
Saúl EnríquezHometown: I’m from Cardel, Veracruz, a beautiful town in the Gulf of Mexico, but I grew up in a magnificent valley in Orizaba, Ve…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:54AMToday is the birthday of New Orleans-born, Sicilian-American jazz trumpeter and vocalist Louis Prima (1910-1978). Prima was one of my mom’s favorites; she often raved about seeing hi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:50AMWilliam Shakespare will get the full PBS treatment in "Shakespeare Uncovered," a six-part series announced this week to be shown on three consecutive Friday evenings starting Jan. 25.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:50AMBAFTA-winning and Golden Globe-nominated actor James McAvoy ("The Last King of Scotland," "Atonement," "X-Men") will star in William Shakespeare's Macbeth, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41AMSaúl Enríquez
Procedencia: Soy de Cardel Veracruz, un pueblito hermoso del golfo de México, pero crecí en Orizaba Veracruz un valle magifico.Ciudad Actual: Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:40AMWatch, share, repeat Someone alerted me to this happy little video, one of the Kramer Family’s favorite Christmas songs. Enjoy.
SOURCE: The Journal News at 09:39AM“AT THIS stage in my life — and this moment will not last forever — me walking my dog is news … I don’t fall out of nightclubs. I don’t have photographers catching me spendin…
SOURCE: wowOwow at 09:39AMDanny Boyle's triumphant Olympic opening ceremony has been nominated for a top theatrical award.
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:39AMThis is the one article that got a way this month from Columnist Peter Filichia’s column on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday.’‘ This week: Musical Theatre Mus…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:38AMClifford Odets' 1937 drama gets a superb revival by Lincoln Center Theater
SOURCE: NBC New York at 09:32AMThe New York Post reports that Nederlander Theatre Organization's James Nederlander Jr. and Nick Scandalios plan to meet with David Ian and Michael Harrison, producers of the new London …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:25AMRock of Ages will transfer to the Garrick Theatre in January next year. The musical is currently running at the Shaftesbury Theatre, where it will close on January 6. It will re-open at the …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:22AMLONDON (AP) — Director Danny Boyle's Olympics opening ceremony is a finalist for theater event of the year at London's Whatsonstage awards.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:17AMCulturebot, which will celebrate its tenth anniversary next year, has launched a new initiative called the “Citizen Critic Project,” which seeks to empower writers and thinkers o…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 09:15AMGrowing up as pretty much a ‘church kid,’ I was certainly exposed to more than my share of Christmas music around this time of year. When I found out that two of my favorite singer-songw…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AMCanal Cafe Theatre, London: Perhaps best known as the home of regular political satire through its long running News Revue, this Christmas the team at the Canal Cafe bring us something a lit…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:05AMPallas Theatre Collective: An (Informal) Introduction By Michael Boynton Pallas Theatre Collective had its humble beginning in the Graduate Assistant Office, deep in the bowels of the Clari…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMJoey Calveri will take over the role of rock star Stacee Jaxx in Broadway’s “Rock of Ages” on December 17. Calveri currently plays the ensemble role of Joey Primo in the production…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 09:00AMLast Saturday we held our very first Intro to TML 1-Day Crash Course, and last night our most recent group of Neo-Futurism Master Class students participated in their final class with our Fo…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 09:00AM
Finborough, London: Tom Morton-Smith's intriguing play - part of the Papatango New Writing Festival - probes the place where sexual fantasy and reality meet.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:57AMGet big savings on the musical about the little tramp Save over 30 on tickets to Broadway's CHAPLIN starring Rob McClure now playing through January 6 only
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:47AMDaniel Swee is casting director for Lincoln Center Theatre and for the revival of Golden Boy at the Belasco on Broadway, he has helped the management and director Bartlett Sher assemble a st…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:45AMKing's Theatre, Glasgow: Despite Karen Dunbar playing the Fairy Godmother through the filter of a Glaswegian punter, Cinderella is the most traditional of the pantomimes on in this part of t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:45AMOn Sunday, the New England Philharmonic and music director Richard Pittman are presenting a family concert that pays no heed to the season but showcases some of the area’s finest young per…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:29AMArts, London: While many will not be as familiar with the stories of the USA's Dr Seuss as they are for homegrown children's literature one cannot have escaped the influence his wr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:27AMHackney Empire, London: Expectations are always high when it comes to Hackney Empire's Christmas panto, and the crowds of children and parents (not to mention unaccompanied adults) who …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:19AMFor many, young adulthood is a period of hard-hitting reality, in which we must face the realisation that our long-held dreams have somehow dissipated into a purgatory with no obvious direct…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:08AMIt was another rollercoaster of a show last night as the six remaining acts became the final four on THE X FACTOR. Unfortunately for CeCe Frey, the competition came to an end at the top of t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:08AMThe nominations have been announced for the 2013 Whatsonstage.com Awards - the only major UK theatre prize to be decided purely by the ticket-buying public.The shortlists have been drawn up …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:01AM
The big story on the London opera scene this
week has been the late departure of the lead soprano from the Royal Opera’s new
Robert le diable, when it should have been the revival of
M…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:55AMWhodunit? Rupert Holmes, that’s who! Responsible for Book, Music and Lyrics for this festive and frolicking, stylish and impeccably cast Roundabout revival of his award winning THE…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:44AMDo critics think "Golden Boy" is punching up to its weight?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 07:43AMOn Thursday, December 6, BroadwayWorld.com was there for the opening night of Lincoln Center Theaters 75th Anniversary production of the Clifford Odets classic Golden Boy, directed by Bartle…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:36AMToday, in the New York Post, Michael Riedel reports that the show, whose producers include the Nederlander Organization, is aiming for Broadway in the Spring of 2014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:29AMJames McAvoy is set to star as Macbeth in a new season of work directed by Jamie Lloyd at Trafalgar Studios next year. The show runs at the West End venue from February 9 until...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:26AMTricycle Theatre, London: This production of Mary Zimmerman's 1994 take on the wonderful fables from the Islamic Golden Age is not the first Arabian Nights I have seen staged. But it is…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AMLast King of Scotland and Atonement actor James McAvoy is to make an appearance at London's West End playing the title role in Jamie Lloyd's Macbeth.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:01AMI’ve talked a bit on this blog about my love of customising the WordPress admin panel. It’s an excellent way of improving your experience with WordPress and making it easier (and…
SOURCE: www.vanpattenmedia.com at 07:00AMThe Holiday Magic Train will host Chamber Project St. Louis and Miss Jubilee and the Humdingers.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 7 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AMAnthony Rapp on Without You, the one-man show that he's bringing to the Panasonic Theatre from Dec. 13 to Jan. 6 as part of the new "off-Mirvish" season.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AM
Without a hint of bias I think we can safely call the launch party of the Whatsonstage.com Awards - which takes place during the first Friday in December (ie, today!) - the hottest Christmas…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:48AMMy professional adventures, rooted in my own fascination with and questions about who we are as humans (how we identify ourselves, how we are layers of each version of our selves over time, …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 06:43AMThe DryWrite company likes to set its authors intriguing challenges. For example, to test the degree to which it is possible to simulate the authentic voice, it once gave a group of dramatis…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:38AMClifford Odets’ rarely seen 1937 drama Golden Boy is receiving a loving revival courtesy of the Lincoln Center Theater, which previously mounted his classic Awake and Sing! to great ac…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 06:29AMSir John Mills Theatre, Ipswich: The knack of delivering a punchline or visual gag with unadulterated glee as if it is the first time it has ever been performed is a rare thing indeed. Altho…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AMRoyal Opera House, London: It was back in 1890 that Covent Garden last staged Meyerbeer's grand opera - once a repertory mainstay that subsequently fell out of fashion with the rest of …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:10AMMacRobert Arts Centre, Stirling: A sparkling script and ebullient plot from Johnny McKnight are the galvanising forces of the MacRobert's Cinderella, directed by Julie Brown. He returns…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AMLyric Hammersmith, London: Joel Horwood and Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's fourth pantomime for the Lyric Hammersmith follows the same formula as previous offerings - which is no bad thing, as …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:02AM"Call Me Adam" chats with rising performer Katie Webber about starring in Brian Gianci's new comedy Let's Kill Grandma This Christmas through January 6 at the Theatre at St. Clements. We als…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:01AMWhat happens when two Broadway tenors and an opera singer from Boston Conservatory work in harmony? In the case of Kevin Massey, Jamison Scott and Patrick Massey, they formed Shubert Alley, …
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AMThe 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 06:00AMTwo stocking-stuffer-sized kids are making giant impressions in their Broadway debuts.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
The Playhouse needed to do something special match last Christmas’s feelgood revival of Annie. But Ian Brown, making a speedy return as director to the house he left just this year after m…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:55AMCumbernauld Theatre, Cumbernauld: Storytelling is the key to Ed Robson's portmanteau Christmas show, combining ten different tales into one extended story session as five clown figures …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:52AMLegit News:
Actor joins starry 2013 lineup on West End
SOURCE: Variety at 05:49AMThe nominations were announced today for the 2013 Whatsonstage.com Awards (click here::E8831354809194 for full story) - the only major UK theatre prize to be decided entirely by the theatreg…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:20AMWithout a hint of bias I think we can safely call the launch party of the Whatsonstage.com Awards - which takes place during the first Friday in December (ie, today!) - the hottest Christmas…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:19AMDonmar Warehouse artistic director Josie Rourke has urged culture secretary Maria Miller to “take some time” to engage with the theatre community about the future funding of the sector. …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMBy Dennis Polkow If Chicago actor James Vincent Meredith looks familiar, he has been a fixture on Chicago stages for years. But even those who have not caught his distinctive performances ac…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AM
Dr Seuss's "Cat in the hat" stories are a staple diet of kindergarten culture on the other side of the Atlantic and deserve to be much better known here than they already are.
They are smart…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 02:42AMJames McAvoy will play Macbeth in a new production to be played in the round at Trafalgar Studios next year, directed by Jamie Lloyd.According to the Daily Mail, the production will run from…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 02:34AMThe office One could argue that it's gimmicky, and at times it seems to disappear as a conceit altogether. It gives the production a welcome freedom, though. And it works as more than j…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 02:24AMSo here’s the thing about Jeff Garlin’s show, “Closer Than I Appear,” now at Steppenwolf Theatre Upstairs: While I can describe almost everything the actor-writer-comedian did Wednes…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:16AMCall it political satire. Or macabre comedy. Or political allegory.
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 02:05AM
Zoë Winters, Harry Zittel, Peter Friedman, Sarah Steele and Lisa LewisDecember 3, 2012 Ken Davenport of Davenport Theatrical Enterprises presented a reading of the new play "Schooled&q…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:58AMBECKET
Renewed and revitalized, Dance Theatre of Harlem is on its feet and on the road again -- and Jacob's
SOURCE: The Berkshire Eagle at 12:55AMFor more information visit www.ScroogeandMarleyMovie.com Tracy Baim was executive producer of the award-winning and critically acclaimed lesbian feature film Hannah Free starring Sh…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:35AMYour Theatrics Inc. presents the reading of a new musical, VILLAINY, today, December 7th at 200pm at Shetler Studios 244 West 54th St. btwn Broadway amp 8th Ave..
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMReagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston has finalized castingReagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston has finalized castingfor its annual holiday revue CHRISTMASTIME, now in its 30th edition. B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThis month, Broadways Matt Dickson who just finished a run in Lincoln Centers War Horse and also appeared in all three parts of The Coast of Utopia will direct the premiere of THE MAN-MADE R…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMFlux Theatre Ensemble @ The Secret Theatre44-02 23rd StreetLong Island City, NYthrough December 15, 2012Running Time: 100 minutes (no intermission)Photo/Isaiah TanenbaumIs there such a …
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 12:25AMKabuki actor Kanzaburo Nakamura, who helped boost the popularity of the traditional Japanese art form, has died. He was 57.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:02AMThree Stand-ups, Three Flame-outsComedy stars miss, miss and missby Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisWhy can't everyone be like Louis CK. I have every one of his recordings and there is not …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMAll the Rage, a new solo play by Martin Moran, will debut Off-Broadway in January 2013 at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater. The work reunites Moran with his Obie-winning The Tricky Part coll…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMIn today's Wall Street Journal drama column I review a rare and important Broadway revival of Clifford Odets' Golden Boy...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMIn today's Wall Street Journal "Sightings" column I hold forth on the fertile topic of flawed masterpieces. Here's an excerpt....
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"I like to do nothing, to escape from purpose: to brood, to think back and forth; to sit by a...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMStephen Kaplan's new play, A Real Boy, about an unusual teacher-student relationship, gets a private reading in New York City at 6:30 PM on Dec. 7. Brad Oscar (The Addams Family, The Pro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"A Very Broadway Christmas," a new Christmas CD that supports the Dr. Carol Channing-Harry Kullijian Foundation For The Arts in its mission to promote the arts in public education,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDerrick Trumbly, Therese Plaehn, Stacy Fischer and Christopher Tarjan join actor-director David Cromer for the Huntington Theatre Company production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town. Cromer…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Hub Theatre presents the world-premiere production of Marc Acito's How I Paid For College beginning Dec. 7 at John Swayze Theatre in Fairfax, VA. Alex Brightman stars.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMatt Dickson, who appeared as Private David Taylor in the Broadway production of War Horse, directs the new Justin Adams play The Man-Made Rock, which begins its Off-Broadway premiere engage…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMShubert Alley, a new country and bluegrass trio that features Memphis alumni Kevin Massey and Jamison Scott, makes its debut Dec. 7 at the Manhattan nightclub 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1879 Composer Rudolf Friml (1879-1972) is born in Prague. He will emigrate to the U.S. and become one of the top Broadway operetta composers of the 1910s and 1920s. His works will include Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMEconomist editor Daniel Franklin details the most pressing issues the world faces in 2013. Then Rupert Holmes, who wrote the book, music, and lyrics for “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” wil…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMThe Roundabout Theatre Company is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens with new Broadway production of “The Mystery of Edwin Drood.” Rupert Holmes talks about writing the…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM 
