NEW YORK (AP) — The union representing hundreds of Broadway theater cleaners, porters, elevator operators and bathroom attendants voted Wednesday to authorize its leaders to call a strike …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:44PMNEW YORK (AP) — Desperation, poor timing, denial, miscommunication, estrangement, insecurities. All the stuff of comedy — thanks to Melissa James Gibson's gift of quirky, intellectual wr…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:44PMNEW YORK (AP) — Hearing ordinary people talk about their jobs can provide surprising and moving glimpses of other lives. In Studs Terkel's 1974 book "Working" he interviewed hundreds of Am…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:16PMI had meant to post this link a few weeks ago, but you know how things get around the holidays. Back in May, Jeff Brooks at Future Fundraising Now listed 20 Mistakes that Drive Away Donation…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:06PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Wednesday, December 12, 2012.
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Rob McClure as Charlie ChaplinCongratulations to Chaplin's Rob McClure! He is the recipient of the 2012 Clive Barnes Award for Theatre! Congratulations to the cast and crew of Th…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 10:52PMDon’t go to “What Rhymes With America” expecting a traditional plot, or even a satisfying explanation for the title. Melissa James Gibson’s quirky play meanders gently from cryptic s…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:47PM‘working” is best described by the subtitle of the book it’s based on, Studs Terkel’s 1974 oral history: “People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They D…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:46PM‘Are you having a good time?” an actor asked me during the intermission of “Restoration Comedy,” the new party — sorry, production — at the Flea Theater.
It was a fair question,…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:40PMSpoiler alert: Clarence gets his wings.
That you know absolutely everything that’s going to happen doesn’t spoil the pleasures of “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.” Antho…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:38PMNEW YORK (AP) — Tom Hanks' Broadway debut will include an old buddy — former "Bosom Buddies" co-star Peter Scolari will share the stage with the Oscar winner.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:28PMIt's the final week of performances before the finals, and only four contestants remain in this week's The X Factor.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:15PMA little over nine years ago Culturebot.org started at Performance Space 122 under the leadership and guidance of Mark Russell. Without his support, Culturebot would never have come into e…
SOURCE: Culturebot at 10:02PMNothing. That is the actual answer to What Rhymes With America, which is the title of Melissa James Gibson's often hilarious and consistently thoughtful new play, now receiving its world pr…
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“Viva Forever!,” a London stage show based on the girl-power ideals of the Spice Girls, opened this week, and critics were not impressed.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 07:49PMIt was a magical snowfall, a too-long-deferred bliss. It was the kind of beautiful fib one finds only in a theater.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:36PM“Working” has always been a heartbreaker. Based on Studs Terkel’s celebrated 1974 nonfiction book, the musical was the brainchild of composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz, who…
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:30PMWest 44th Street became the hottest block on Broadway in Fall 2012 when celebrity chef Guy Fieri opened his new restaurant Guy's American Kitchen amp Bar right next door to Broadway's Best P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:29PMIt's been over five years since a strike has threatened Broadway, but according to the Associated Press, if a new contract for the 32BJ union isn't approved soon, that's how December might e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:15PMChristmas plays are a seasonal curse of British theatre. But there are alternatives to pantos and Dickens monologues. At the Royal Court Theatre, there is a tradition of more edgy Christmas …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:11PMAccording to the Chicago Tribune, American Idol finalist Syesha Mercado has joined the cast of The Book of Mormon in Chicago and will be playing the featured role of 'Nabulungi'. Stephanie U…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:08PMThey’ve returned — to put the “fun” in holiday dysfunction. Fine Print Theatre’s “Christmas in Chicago,” a 75-minute, musical sketch comedy revue, returns for a second year. Eq…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:08PMStampeding elephants! Raging typhoons! Runaway trains! Hold onto your seats for the original amazing race. It’s 1872 and Phileas Fogg has agreed to an outrageous wager that puts his fortun…
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:07PMBehind every great man there’s a great woman. In the case of Charles Dickens, there were quite a few. Acclaimed British actress Miriam Margolyes, perhaps more familiar to American audience…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:04PMHeads invariably turn when just one Rockette walks into a room. But when two, long-legged members of the world’s most famous kick line move into view — particularly if they are decked ou…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:00PMViva Forever! isn’t the clunker it’s been labelled. It’s also not the thin gruel of the standard West-End jukebox musical. The real problem is that it can never be Mamma Mia!, the glob…
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Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its Broadway and cabaret events for December 14-February 3, featuring performances by Sasha Allen amp Rob Lewis Christmas Time Is Here, Lady Rizo, Taylo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:54PMShe was in "Les Troyens" as Ascanius in 1993. Now she's taking on the production's most complex and human creation, Dido, Queen of Carthage.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 06:50PMThey're not actors, musicians or stagehands, but a strike by some workers could soon shut down the shows at 32 Broadway theatres who are threatening to walk out if they don't have a new cont…
SOURCE: NY1 at 06:46PMCrooner Ron Hawking, best known for his shows featuring the music of Frank Sinatra and the rest of the Rat Pack, is adding a bit of Christmas to the mix for his upcoming show at theDrury Lan…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:44PMWhen did it become unfashionable for Americans to call ourselves “workers”? Certainly, it goes back way before 1978. That was when “Working” opened on Broadway, a musical co-conceive…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:44PMThe holidays are here! But before you get too wrapped up in decking the halls and donning your gay apparel, head out and see the blazing theater before you. This week’s Countrywide Gui…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:43PM"Cheeky, dorky, delectable comic-book theater is alive and well."-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 06:41PMKnown for his thrilling live performances and irreverent style, award-winning musical troublemaker David Yazbek returns to the stage with his band in this ongoing series at 92YTribeca, prese…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:41PMThe Irish Repertory Theater’s stage adaptation of the classic Christmas movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,” set in a 1940s radio station, is a small triumph.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:33PMSeattle performers from different disciplines celebrate John Cage’s 100th birthday with stagings of rare works, Dec. 14, 2012.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 06:32PMLula del Ray is a sad and soulful coming-of-age story of young Lula growing up in rural mid-century America who runs away to the city. Though the plotline might seem a bit trite, but the way…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:31PMWhile this exuberant, interactive, choose-your-own ending musical may be a bit vulgar, it is also skilfully directed, joyously performed and a darn good time in a season of unimpressive musi…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:30PMSyesha Mercado, a finalist on the "American Idol" talent show, has taken over the featured role of Nabulungi in the Chicago production of "The Book of Mormon," representatives of the show ha…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:21PMPigPen Theatre Co., the troupe behind the off-Broadway fable The Old Man and The Old Moon, released an original Christmas carol titled "Father Hare" for download. Featuring just th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:13PMWicked and Brooklyn star Eden Espinosa is hosting a CD Release Party on Monday, December 17 for her debut album, Look Around --- available December 18 on iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, and Eden Es…
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Annie headliner Lilla Crawford, Giant star Brian d’Arcy James and 2 Broke Girls player Beth Behrs will join the New York Philharmonic on New Year’s Eve to pay tribute to late com…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:50PMBy any reckoning, EVERY week is “theater week” in Chicago. But now the League of Chicago Theatres, in partnership with ChooseChicago.com, has formally declared the first-ever such event,…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:46PMIt's been over five years since a strike has threatened Broadway, but according the the Associated Press, if a new contract for the 32BJ union isn't approved soon, that's how December might …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:43PMJust in time for holiday laughs, the cast recording of Forbidden Broadway: Alice & Kicking has been released by DRG Records. This acclaimed 30th anniversary version of the satirical revu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:42PMAfter all the cliches – sleezy hack, crusading attorney, tart with a heart – isn't it time showbiz tackled chemical engineering?There isn't much to recommend the Broadway revival of Glen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42PMTomorrow night, the 2012 Tucker Gala will be broadcast on PBS' Live from Lincoln Center. I attended the concert at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center on November 11th and it remains my favo…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 05:36PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Tom Hanks' Broadway debut will include an old buddy - former "Bosom Buddies" co-star Peter Scolari will share the stage with the Oscar winner....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:35PMHappy holidays! The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:28PMTheater stars know what’s hot in entertainment, fashion and pop culture, so Broadway.com decided it was high time to tap in to the after-hours obsessions of our favorite stage actors. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:27PMDoris Hernacki has been teaching Carly Rose Sonenclar the piano for five years—and doing her part to help her student advance on “The X Factor.” “Last week, I voted 1…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 05:21PMIt’s all in the family on season two of TV’s Bunheads, when Tony winner Sutton Foster will welcome her Tony-nominated brother Hunter Foster to the cast of the hit ABC series, acc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:19PMJami Attenberg, author of the novel “The Middlesteins,” and Samuel D. Hunter, whose play “The Whale” is at Playwrights Horizons, talk about why they created protagonists who are obes…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:15PMThe cast of the new Broadway production of ANNIE will perform live on ABC's Good Morning America between 830AM-9AM EST this Thursday. In the New York area, Good Morning America airs on WABC …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:11PMWell this is a sweet show. It cold have been more, but sweet ain’t bad. It especially ain’t bad when the one person doing most of the talking and singing is a woman with some life expe…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 05:10PMWith The Suit, theater director Peter Brookwhose 1987 production of The Mahabharata inaugurated the BAM Majestic Theater now the BAM Harvey Theaterreturns to BAM with Thtre des Bouffes du No…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:07PMIf I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone el…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PMHinton Battle is known to theatre audiences as an extraordinarily gifted performer and recipient of three Tony Awards. Battle now adds playwright, to his growing list of accomplishments. Hin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00PMNickelodeon star Ariana Grande, 19, appears in the title role of A Snow White Christmas, a panto at Pasadena Playhouse. So far her career appears charmed, except for those agonizing red-carp…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:00PMNot only is actor Bobby Cannavale currently sharing a Broadway stage with his idol Al Pacino in the revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, he's apparently sharing his time offstage with Bridesmaids…
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 05:00PM
There is no rest for the members of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. The company is heading to the Art Institute of Chicago’s Fullerton Hall, 111 S. Michigan, from 6 to 7 p.m. on Thursday to …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:58PMThere is something to be said for the excellence wrought (indeed, necessitated) by the fierce competition in vaudeville. Case in point: these ponies. Horses are notoriously dumb beasts, in t…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:57PMUnsungMusicalsCo. UMC has announced casting for its upcoming production of The Fig Leaves Are Falling beginning performances January 10, 2013 at the Connelly Theatre. Natalie Venetia Belcon …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:53PMThe genius of the costuming, the staging, the lighting, the entire feel of the show is that Sean Graney and Co. have clearly devoted much time and consideration to every detail to deliberate…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:53PMThe Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has announced a special performance from the award-winning musical Wicked to mark the donation and display of Elphaba costume at the Smi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:47PMPeter Scolari joins the two-time Academy Award winner in the late Nora Ephron's play, "Lucky Guy."read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:46PMSwiss-born Josephine Clofullia (1827-1875) was one of the hairiest of all historical bearded ladies, having been (at least reportedly) covered in hair at birth, and in possession of a two-in…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:36PMLabyrinth Theater Company, the award-winning, downtown ensemble has announced a special addition to its 13th Annual Barn Series of free play readings. The Forest Play, an epic, arboreal adve…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:33PMBroadway co-star remembers a girl with ‘natural,’ ‘prodigious’ talent Kate Shindle, who appeared with Carly Rose Sonenclar two years ago in “Wonderland” o…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 04:32PMChicago Shakespeare Theater brings to the stage the Midwest premiere of David Ives' comedy The School for Lies, adapted from The Misanthrope by Molire. Ives' play, Venus in Fur, was a 2012 T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:32PMTony nominee Elizabeth A. Davis keeps her Once dressing room sweet and simple: with plenty of specialty shampoo, throat medicine and walls lined with photos of family and friends. Take a pee…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:28PM"American Idol" finalist Syesha Mercado has taken over the role of Nabulungi in the Chicago production of the Tony Award-winning musical The Book of Mormon, which began previews De…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:28PMFX has signed Broadway veteran and JUSTIFIED actress Margo Martindale for an 8-episode arc on its upcoming drama series THE AMERICANS. The network recently announced the series is set to pre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:27PMCast members from the off Broadway hit OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES visited ABC TV’s “The Chew” yesterday. Master chefs Mario Batali and Michael Symon prepared Spicy Fried Cornish Hens, …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:25PMApparently, on Broadway and elsewhere, one can break out into song over any topic imaginable, no matter how odd. Here are a dozen real-life musicals covering such weird and improbable subjec…
SOURCE: www.mentalfloss.com at 04:23PMTHEATER REVIEWS: "Over My Dead Body" by the Waltzing Mechanics at the Greenhouse ★★★ and "The Feast of St. McGonagall" by Plagiarists in the Berger Park Coach House ★…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:13PMKerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs
Kerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:13PMBroadway co-star remembers Carly’s Broadway debut When Carly Rose Sonenclar was 7, she played Young Cosette in the Broadway revival of “Les Miserables.” (That’s her a…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 04:12PMAn international blockbuster arrives in Chicago next week, a production that has played for months to capacity houses and has broken box office records. Already, it has been seen by more tha…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:12PMEugene Drucker, David Finckel, Lawrence Dutton and Philip Setzer - the Emerson String Quartet.The Emerson String Quartet has a devoted Boston following, but their recent Celebrity Series con…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 04:10PMThe contract covering porters, cleaners, elevator operators and matrons at the majority of Broadway theaters expires on Dec. 30. They want better health care options.
SOURCE: Crain's at 04:09PMIt’s been 12 years since Erin Dilly and Anne L. Nathan met during the out-of-town tryout of Thoroughly Modern Millie, but these two ladies have built a friendship for the ages…a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:04PMTeam Starkid, the hugely popular performance company known for its internet-based musical parodies and for its popular live tours, is to produce a new prime-time show at Chicago's Second Cit…
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First images are released of the "Game of Thrones" star in the role made famous by Audrey Hepburn.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:57PMActor Norbert Leo Butz was on the Leonard Lopate Show recently -- along with his co-stars Katie Holmes and Judy Greer -- to talk about the Broadway production of the new play "Dead Accounts.…
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:55PMEmmy and Drama Desk Award winner Christopher Lloyd may not be heading back to the future, but he's definitely heading back to the stage. The chameleon-like actor, whose many notable film an…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:55PMChristopher Lloyd will star as Azdak in Classic Stage Company's upcoming production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Directed by Brian Kulick, and featuring new musi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMChristopher Lloyd will star as Azdak in Classic Stage Company's upcoming production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Directed by Brian Kulick, and featuring new musi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMAdditional artists have been announced for The New York Philharmonic's One Singular Sensation: Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch, a special New Year’s Eve concert saluting the late compo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:50PMDaniel Ings is an actor playing an actor (the colorfully named Alan Dangle) in the long-running Richard Bean comedy One Man Two Guvnors, and the 27-year-old Englishman is especially winning …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:47PMGrinchy greetings from Whoville Another seven show weekend in the books. We had our 15th anniversary celebration last week. A fantastic show indeed. So many sweet theatre donors came up to m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:44PMVoters could put Sonenclar in the finals tonight (Carly arrives for last week’s “X Factor” viewing party. Tonight’s semi-finals will determine which three acts head t…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 03:40PMLES MISERABLES might not open in movie theatres until Christmas day, but you need not wait that long to get the inside scoop on the highly anticipated new film. BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMTony Award winner Idina Menzel will ring in the new year at Walt Disney Concert Hall with performances Dec. 31 at 7 PM and 10:30 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:36PMThe New York Philharmonic has announced that actress Beth Behrs, of CBS's 2 Broke Girls actress Lilla Crawford, currently starring in Annie on Broadway and star of Broadway and television Br…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:33PMFilm and television actor Christopher Lloyd, of "Back to the Future" and "Taxi," will star as the writer-judge Azdak in Classic Stage Company's new production of Bert…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PMBroadway is still hopping during Christmas week, but many Broadway shows have an unusual performance schedule. To find out when your Broadway favorites are playing from December 24 to Decemb…
SOURCE: TDF at 03:31PMLa Jolla Playhouse announces two additional productions for its 20132014 season. Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley Glengarry Glen Ross, Memphis will direct His Girl Friday, John…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:30PMLorna Luft, Constantine Rousouli and Kate Rockwell have joined the lineup for Sparkle: An All-Star Holiday Concert, which will make its New York City debut at XL Cabaret Dec. 17 at 7:30…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMYou're an actor. Or a writer, director, entrepreneur, businessman. Whatever you want. One of your idols walks into the room, let's say James Cameron. You've only got 30 seconds of his valua…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:30PMAdditional casting has been announced for LUCKY GUY on Broadway. The production stars two-time Academy Award®-winner Tom Hanks, making his Broadway debut, in a new play by three-time Acad…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:26PMMy Gift of Thanks: New Songs for the Holidays, a benefit for The Actors Fund, is presented Dec. 9 at Feinstein's at Loews Regency.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:21PMAdditional casting has been announced for LUCKY GUY on Broadway. The production stars two-time Academy Award®-winner Tom Hanks, making his Broadway debut, in a new play by three-time Acad…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:19PM‘Tis the season for Christmas-themed shows and every year there are numerous versions of “A Christmas Carol.” One show – Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre’s A Down and Dirty C…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:14PMActorfest LA, the It Gets Better “A Better Holiday” concert, Peridance’s contemporary “Nutcracker,” Lincoln Center’s Tom Cruise retrospective, and Alison …
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:13PMName: Finn KilgoreHometown: Brooklyn, New YorkEducation: Sarah Lawrence College '12What is a kiki?: A floor thumping thigh slapping balls out shindig.Tell us about Restoration Comedy: It is …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:08PMClassic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, announced today that acclaimed film and television actor Christopher Lloyd, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PMThe Stories Behind MTI’s 2012 New Releases MISS SAIGON (SCHOOL EDITION), the LITTLE MERMAID (JR) and the LITTLE PRINCESS became the newest WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN aft…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 03:04PMEver been to an office party that seems to last, say, 17 years? Bob's Holiday Office Party is entering its 17th season, this year at Pico Playhouse. But audience members don't have to make c…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:03PMThe Pasadena Playhouseand Lythgoe Family Productions, presents A SNOW WHITE CHRISTMAS now playing through December 30. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below.
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Due to overwhelming demand, Off-Broadway's newest hit comedy How To Be a New Yorker today put a new block of seats on sale through March 30th. Written and performed by Margaret Copeland and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMIf you were to ease into a life of benign criminality, you could do worse than to land a guide like Edward Zanni. The hero of “How I Paid for College,” an amusing but unmemorable monolog…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:53PMDecember 12, 2012 by Mark LamosArtistic Director There's a question I'm asked over and over, year after year. It's a question that every artistic director on the planet is asked—…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 02:53PMIt's never been more hilarious poking fun at your favorite musicals and stars The award-winning New York sensation featuring a talented quartet of comic chameleons who perform hilarious paro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PMFormer Saturday Night Live funny-girl Cheri Oteri celebrated her opening night in Off-Broadway's NEWSical The Musical on Dec 9th where she is appearing with in the award-winning musical thro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:43PMExhibit explores Washington's early years, includes a set of his dentures
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:39PMAt first glance, Oz and Oz-Salzberger's "Jews and Words" seems to be an unexceptional if elegantly written and occasionally witty contribution to the Jewish bookshelf.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:38PMThe Broadway’s Best Shows Season of Winning!
12 Days. 12 Prizes. A New Contest Every Day.
In celebration of the 2012 holiday season, Broadway’s Best Shows is thrilled to announce…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:38PMDirector Tom Hooper's film version of the musical Les Misérables gets released Dec. 25. Hooper, along with stars Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Helena Bonham …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:38PMInspired by Studs Terkel's collection of oral histories about vocations, the musical Working, adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, boasts songs from Schwartz, James Taylor, Craig Carne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:33PMThe Broadway’s Best Shows Season of Winning!
12 Days. 12 Prizes. A New Contest Every Day.
In celebration of the 2012 holiday season, Broadway’s Best Shows is thrilled to announce…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:32PMConfirmation of the lack of female actors, writers and directors has made me ask how best to tackle this inequalityIt's a relief to know that what I regularly see – so few women on stage, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PMYork Theatre Company James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director presents Broadway's Marc Kudisch 9 to 5 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Jeffry Denman Irving Berlin's White Christmas Yank at the Y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMSpice Girl Power was in full force on December 11 as Viva Forever!, the new musical featuring songs of the beloved British girl group, opened at London’s Piccadilly Theatre. Although t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:23PMGolden Globe and Emmy Award nominated Singer, Actress, Producer and Writer Lorna Luft along with Broadway's Constantine Rousouli and Kate Rockwell join the previously announced Tony Award wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:21PMAren't they lucky! Additional casting and creative team have been announced for the late Nora Ephron's never-before-seen play Lucky Guy, starring two-time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks in …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:21PMCory Michael Smith (The Whale, Cock) will star as the ‘Fred’ to Emilia Clarke’s (HBO’s “Game of Thrones”) ‘Holly Golightly’ in the world p…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:15PMNina Raine’s family drama Tribes, starring Russell Harvard and Susannah Flood, will extend for two weeks past its initial closing date. The production, which was originally scheduled t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:05PMFrom Irving Berlin to Stephen Sondheim, and from Fanny Brice to Barbra Streisand, the film explores the phenomenon of how Jewish-American songwriters created a uniquely American art form
SOURCE: PBS at 02:05PMThis Friday is the application deadline for our Audience (R)Evolution Learning Convening from February 20-22, 2013, in Philadelphia. Convening 150 theatre, arts and cultural professionals at…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 02:04PMTom Hanks will get by with a little help from his friends—or more appropriately, his buddy—when he makes his Broadway debut in Nora Ephron’s Lucky Guy. Hanks’ former&…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:01PMThe One-Minute Play Festival and Playwrights Foundation present: The 3rd Annual San Francisco One-Minute Play Festival livestreaming on #NEWPLAY TV for the Sunday, December 16th performance …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:00PM“American Idol” star, Bo Bice, will join Alexander Germignani, Erik Hayden, Justin Hosek, Jane Pfitsch, Leenya Rideout in Pump Boys and Dinettes. Pump Boys and Dinettes will begin previe…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 02:00PMBare, now playing at New World Stages, has everything a high school sex romp rom-com needs to succeed: a slutty girl with a mysterious past, a hilariously perky student, a teacher who turns …
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 02:00PMThe opening week of British Invasion 2012 showcased consummate performing skills and sharp writing. No surprise there, because it's consistent with the two previous editions of the Invasion,…
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 02:00PM
Additional casting has been announced for LUCKY GUY on Broadway. The production stars two-time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks, making his Broadway debut, in a new play by three-time Academy …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMAcademy Award winner Tom Hanks will be reunited with his "Bosom Buddies" co-star Peter Scolari in the Broadway production of late writer Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy. The cast will …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PMVIVA Broadway an initiative of The Broadway League in collaboration with 5000 Broadway Productions and United Palace of Cultural Arts PresentIN THE HEIGHTS: IN CONCERT featuring performances…
SOURCE: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 01:54PMEarlier this year, an unlikely series of events led two of the world's most gifted sleight-of-hand artists, Derek DelGaudio 2011 Close-Up Magician of the Year and Helder Guimares 2011 Parlou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:52PMNeil Patrick Harris, a fan of magic since his childhood, directs Nothing to Hide, a unique theatrical event featuring sleight-of-hand artists Derek DelGaudio (2011 Close-Up Magician of …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PMNina Raine's hit family drama Tribes, about a young deaf man who must face leaving his own dysfunctional clan in order to secure his own future, has extended its Off-Broadway run an addi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PMVideo shot and edited by John Dargan.
Social worker-turned-playwright Cheryl L. West spent more than two decades studying people. "As a writer, your charge is to create a story that tells a…
SOURCE: PBS at 01:37PMPhotography by Jason Bell. Makeup by Sonia Kashuk, Sonia Bashuk Beauty, for Target; Hair by Umberto Savone, Umberto Beverly Hills, for Target.
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 01:37PM<![CDATA[While this exuberant, interactive, choose-your-own ending musical may be a bit vulgar, it is also skilfully directed, joyously performed and a darn good time in a season of unimp…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 01:30PMA Hard-Hearted Annie: The beloved children’s musical Annie is a hit, but mostly miss.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:25PMDiscover, LondonNarnia has got nothing on this interactive, gingerbread-making, storytelling show for three-to-six-year-olds, touched by that old Punchdrunk magic and a sprinkling of festive…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:22PMProducer Judy Craymer presents Viva Forever, the new musical written by one of Britain's most brilliant comediennes and BAFTA winning writers Jennifer Saunders, Absolutely Fabulous, French a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:22PMSpecial guests have been announced for the York Theatre Company's upcoming production of The Holiday Guys in Happy Merry Hanu-Mas — starring Broadway's Marc Kudisch and Jeffry …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:20PMEmilia Clarke will star in the world-premiere stage production of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's, which will begin Broadway previews March 4, 2013, at the Cort Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:20PMCitizens, GlasgowAs pantos across the land ramp up the contrast, volume and colour, the Christmas show at the Citz is refreshingly austere. Against a backdrop of naked winter trees, this Sle…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:16PMThe first photos of Emilia Clarke HBO's Game of Thrones as 'Holly Golightly' in the world premiere of Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg's new play, Truman Capote's Breakfast at…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:14PMAbout twenty years ago, more or less as a dare to myself, I read Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, all 1,088 pages of it, from cover to cover. About 150 pages into it, I began to develop a sl…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 01:10PMProducers of Broadway’s Evita have announced that the production will close January 26, 2013. The production will have played 26 previews and 337 regular performances at closing. The p…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:05PM
Corn Exchange, King's Lynn: Confidence is the name of the game at King's Lynn. Three years in, Jordan Productions' Aladdin is flying as high as that magic carpet. It's got a c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:58PM"Dream big" was the message from Broadway on December 10, when the Broadway Dreams Foundation's 2nd Annual Champagne
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:56PMSean Graney, director, playwright, and founder of The Hypocrites Theatre Company here in Chicago, is the kind of person who dreams big. For example, he is currently adapting 32 existing play…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:50PMDue to overwhelming demand, Off-Broadway’s newest hit comedy HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER today put a new block of seats on sale through March 30th. Written and performed by Margaret Copeland an…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:48PMCat on a Hot Tin Roof has announced that they will offer discounted student rush tickets. Tickets will be sold to those with a valid student ID two hours prior to each performance at the Ric…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:47PMRight up there with being told there is no Santa Claus is the news, suddenly prevalent, that “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is not just a sweet duet for the holidays. First some…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:41PMBurton Taylor Studio, Oxford Playhouse: Christmas theatre isn't all about pantomime - in addition to its Dick Whittington, Oxford Playhouse is also putting on this more intimate, intera…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:41PMThe Arts Council's £11.6m budget cut can only lead to cancelled productions, job losses and boarded-up theatres. But out of sight is out of mind for this governmentIf you travel around the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:38PMNorfolk and Norwich Festival has unveiled highlights of its 2013 programme, which will include the UK premiere of Life and Times by New York-based company Nature Theater of Oklahoma and the …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:35PMREVIEW: The touring production of "Catch Me If You Can" is a splashy crime story that supposedly has "more curves than a Playboy bunny." Yet it is surprisingly strait-laced and predictably c…
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:34PMWritten by Jennifer Saunders, this jukebox musical tries to do for The Spice Girls what ‘Mamma Mia!’ did for Abba, Ian Shuttleworth writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:32PMWritten by Jennifer Saunders, this jukebox musical tries to do for The Spice Girls what 'Mamma Mia!' did for Abba, Ian Shuttleworth writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:32PMThis revived 1993 performance piece takes place in a maze of 350 refrigerator boxes, writes Apollinaire Scherr
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:30PMShia LaBeouf, the BAFTA and Emmy Award winning star of “Transformers” “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” and “Lawless” will make his Broadway debut this spring in Orphans. This…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:30PMPaula Vogel has penned a historical perspective on an age-old tradition - Christmas. Her version is a dramatic triptych on the holiday which takes place during the civil war. Eac…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 12:30PMLeicester Square Theatre, London"It doesn't interest me," said Jerry Sadowitz in a recent interview, when asked about his now notorious 1980s routine that branded Jimmy Savile a paedophile. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:28PMThe stars of Disney’s The Lion King recently appeared on ABC’s “The Chew”. Watch Chantel Riley and Andile Gumbi sing “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” in t…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:28PMThe weather may have been chilly, but TV viewers got a truly heartwarming treat last night. Five-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald (The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess) appeared on the Decemb…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:27PMStreisand and Rogen take Guilt Trip; Streisand has new CD: old, unreleased tracks, "Release Me"; nd returns with more old material in February: remastered Classical CD, with two unreleased t…
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 12:26PMLES MISERABLES star Anne Hathaway visited last night's 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' on NBC. Below, check out clips including Fallon and Hathaway performing some very popular Christmas tune…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:25PMThe revised version of Working, featuring new material by Lin-Manuel Miranda, opens Off-Broadway Dec. 12 at 59E59. The Playbill Vault looks back at the show's Broadway premiere 34 years …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:20PMThe same week that the Broadway League released its annual demographics report, rehearsals began for a new play called "Bethany" at the Women's Project Theater.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:19PMCory Michael Smith has joined the Broadway cast of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany’s as Fred, the narrator and Southern writer who strikes up a romantic relationship…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:17PMNEW YORK (AP) -- A union representing hundreds of Broadway porters and theater cleaners plans to vote on whether to authorize their leadership to call a strike, potentially throwing a wr…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:17PMBroadway’s A Christmas Story, The Musical officially opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 7th. Based on the the classic 1983 film, the musical will play a limited holiday en…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:15PMCurt Hansen, of Broadway's Hairspray and Next to Normal, plays Snow White's Prince in an English-flavored "panto" production of A Snow White Christmas at Pasadena Playhouse…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PMCurt Hansen, of Broadway's Hairspray and Next to Normal, plays Snow White's Prince in an English-flavored "panto" production of A Snow White Christmas at Pasadena Playhouse…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMTonight we're taking 180 theatregoers to see the Whatsonstage.com Award-nominated musical The Bodyguard, which premiered at the Adelphi Theatre last month.
Starring Heather Headley and Lloyd…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:06PMGerard Alessandrini and the cast of Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking, which was recently extended through April 28, 2013, at the 47th Street Theatre, celebrated the show's new DRG R…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PMNew West End shows The Bodyguard and Viva Forever! feature plenty of female whooping at male nudity. Would it be acceptable the other way around?Is it all right for theatregoers to be sexual…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:04PMThe Broadway production of Jersey Boys, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, has announced a “Winter Weather Guarantee.” Tickets for performances January …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:04PMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the Internet, is excited to announce a new feature to its comprehensive regional coverage - the Featured Regional Theater of the Week Each week…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PM
Of all the arts, the cinema has traditionally been the most passive from the audience's perspective. We stare at the screen, and any reactions we have (burying our faces in pillows, crying, …
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 11:59AMGrand, Blackpool: Television soap operas are still a vital breeding ground for pantomime casts and Danny Miller, fresh from Emmerdale, makes a decent debut as a handsome Prince Charming, sho…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:58AMThe National Gallery of Art kicked off its Year of Italian Culture by unveiling Michelangelo’s David-Apollo on Wednesday. The statue is on loan from the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Flo…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:55AMCory Michael Smith (The Whale) will join previously announced star Emilia Clarke in Tony Award winner Richard Greenberg's new stage adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's, whic…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:54AMDerby Theatre : This is beautiful. Roger Haines has scaled down Charles Strouse's Broadway musical, transposed it to the West Country of the 1950s and tailored it for Derby Theatre, whe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:52AMFive-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald helped Stephen Colbert ring in the holiday season when she joined The Colbert Report host for a duet of the holiday classic "Baby It'…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:50AMElf Returns: Elf is back on Broadway and this time it is the dumb and dumber version. The 2010 mounting had charm, with Sebastian Arcelus bringing a loveable innocence and gawky wit to the …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:48AMWe sat down with talented performer Daniel Buckley as he prepared for a performance of Loserville at the Garrick Theatre. Buckley originated the role of Marvin in the pop musical when it pre…
SOURCE: Cheap Theatre Tickets at 11:47AMCory Michael Smith, who currently appears in the Playwrights Horizons staging of The Whale Off-Broadway, will co-star with Emilia Clarke in the world-premiere stage production of Truman Capo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMClowns for Christmas? Why only in Howard Community College’s Arts Collective’s presentation of A Christmas Carol, written by Dickens and adapted by Doris Baizley. A proverbial circus…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:39AMDan Stevens had some very noble guests in the audience at The Heiress on December 11, when a group of his Downton Abbey co-stars came all the way from England to catch his performance! After…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:38AMToday in 1991, the second Broadway revival of Peter Pan opened at the MInskoff Theatre, where it ran for 48 performances. Peter Pan is a musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:34AMElevator Repair Service's epic, eight-hour adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby was a triumph of wit and theatrical ingenuity – and a heroic achievement2012 was a year of th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:31AMRoundabout Theatre Company's limited run of If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet plays through December 23. The limited run of If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet will have played 30 previews a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:28AMAnne Hathaway is certainly making the rounds to promote the upcoming movie-musical Les Misérables, and the latest stop on the press tour is the desk of late night host Jimmy Fallon. I…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:28AM“You basically have to live like a monk,” Amanda Seyfried said of her intense self-health regimen during the shooting of Les Misérables. Seyfried took to The Late Show wit…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:27AMBrewhouse Theatre, Taunton: Journeying through a willow 'river', audiences enter the magical world of Kenneth Grahame's riverbank.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:25AM Audiences familiar with Arlington’s award-winning Signature Theatre know that size matters, but not necessarily how one would expect. Signature is known for intimate productions tha…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:24AMKristin Chenoweth had a few hilarious surprises up her tiny sleeve when she served as host for this year's American Country Awards. Clad in a bright pink dress and blonde curls, Che…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:24AMTony Award winner Hugh Jackman wass honored at the Museum of the Moving Image's 27th annual Salute Dec. 11 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AMCory Michael Smith The Whale, Cock will star as the Fred' to Emilia Clarke's HBO's Game of Thrones Holly Golightly' in the world premiere of Tony Award winning playwright Richard Greenberg's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMVenue Cymru, Llandudno: This is a pretty pantomime. Time and again the large Llandudno stage reveals what seems to be a page from a glorious picture book. Not that there's anything stat…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:13AMLONDON (Reuters) - They came, they saw, but sadly Britain's music critics largely failed to enjoy Tuesday night's revival of girl power at the world premiere of the Spice Girls' musical "Viv…
SOURCE: Reuters at 11:10AMTony and Emmy Award winner Hugh Jackman was honored by Museum of the Moving Image at its 27th annual Salute last night, December 11, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. Jackman wase on hand…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:06AMWho
would have thunk it? After years of
being dissed, theater has become the place where all the cool kids want to hang
out. A pileup of Hollywood actors— Jake
Gyllenhaal, Kati…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 11:01AMHave you ever seen a new show on Broadway that you absolutely LOVED only to hear that a month later it has closed? All too often amazing shows have shorter lives than we may feel they deserv…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:00AMEvery couple o’ months, the powers that be at Telecharge share insidery ticketing insights to industry professionals through an email listserv-like called “Market Notes”. �…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMLate last month it was announced that the starring three members of Broadway’s current production of “Evita” – including Ricky Martin – would be leaving the show January 26…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 11:00AMHugh Jackman, Denzel Washington, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, "Downton Abbey" and "Glee" are among the nominees for the 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM
Oakengates Theatre, the Place Telford: You don't need a million pound budget to stage a successful panto, you just need commitment, warmth, and a spoonful of that elusive ingredient - t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:58AMFamed for its nudity, the show will play at an Upper West Side bar and lounge, with the producer hoping for a full run to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its Off Broadway opening.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:57AMGerard Alessandrini and the cast of the acclaimed Forbidden Broadway ALIVE AND KICKING just performed selections from the recently released cast recording, Forbidden Broadway ALIVE AND KICK…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:56AMLES MISERABLES star Amanda Seyfried stopped by 'Late Show With David Letterman' last night to chat about the challenges she faced while filming the musical drama. You really basically have t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMThe Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA, has announced that Tony nominee Emily Skinner will offer a five-performance run of her There Is Nothing like a Dame concert Jan. 9-12, 2013, in the AR…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMWORKING, from the book by Studs Terkel, is adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, with additional contributions by Gordon Greenberg. Songs are by Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Lin-Manuel …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:51AMImages of famous 20th century British theatre productions that were captured by photographer Douglas H Jeffery have been revealed in a new collection available to view at the V&A museum.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:46AMGhostlight Records will release the Original London Cast Recording of Jason Robert Brown's 13 digitally Dec. 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMJudy, Barbra, Liza. Bernadette, Julie, Patti… The names of legendary divas roll off the tongue like a litany of saints and martyrs. But, ultimately, we all choose just one to whom we …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:42AMHappy day-after-birthday, Liza with a Z! Tony Award winners Liza Minnelli and Alan Cumming will join forces for a one-night concert at Town Hall on Wednesday, March 13, a day after Minnelli…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:39AMHappy day-after-birthday, Liza with a Z! Tony Award winners Liza Minnelli and Alan Cumming will join forces for a one-night concert at Town Hall on Wednesday, March 13, a day after Minnelli…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:39AMToday is the birthday of Frank (1915-1998). Today we treat NOT of what you might call “the classical Sinatra”, he of the Rat Pack, Nelson Riddle, Ava Gardner, From Here to Etern…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:38AMThe career makeover of Shia LaBeouf has taken another unexpected turn with the announcement that the young actor will make his Broadway debut in the spring alongside Alec Baldwin in a reviva…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:38AMA 235-seat theatre in Shoreditch, London, has been proposed to occupy a site where Shakespeare’s works are thought to have been first performed. The London Borough of Hackney has received …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:35AMNational Performance Network is a national organization supporting artists in the creation and touring of contemporary performing and visual arts. The 2012 Annual Meeting—taking place this…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:34AMLes Misérables continues its march toward award season glory with a slew of Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.The film snagged nods for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Moti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:31AMIt took less than an hour for the author of 230 children's books to turn a bunch of second through fourth-graders at the Torah School of Greater Washington into potential writers.
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 10:27AMGoodman Theatre announces a special staged reading of Roberto Bolaño’s epic novel 2666—co-adapted for the stage and co-directed by Goodman Artistic Director Robert Falls and new Goodman…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:21AMGeorgian Theatre Royal, Richmond, North Yorkshire: That master showman and esteemed performance historian Tony Lidington creates pantomimes that are so wonderfully appropriate for the Georgi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:20AMSam Hodges will take over at The Nuffield in Southampton next year when Patrick Sandford and Kate Anderson step down as joint CEOs on 1 June.
Hodges, who is currently the producer of the Cr…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:16AMThe Dome Theatre, Liverpool: In a city almost overrun with Christmas entertainment, this latest production from Life in the Theatre is one that should certainly go to the top of the wish lis…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:16AMPenny Fuller stars in the NY premiere of the new musical 13 THINGS ABOUT ED CARPOLOTTI, based on the play by Jeffrey Hatcher, with book, music and lyrics and directed by Barry Kleinbort. Che…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:15AMOn November 26th, BroadwayUnderstudies.com invited some of Broadway's most talented understudies to the stage of the Laurie Beechman Theatre to share their rare talentthe ability to perform …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:10AMFormer “American Idol” contestant Bo Bice will head to Broadway early next year in the revival of the musical “Pump Boys and Dinettes.” The production will be held at the Circle in t…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AM
Current West End cast members Kevin Kennedy (Pop) and Brenda Edwards (Killer Queen) will star in the UK leg of the first ever We Will Rock You world arena tour.
They will be joined by Mig A…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:57AMBroadwayWorld and THE HEIRESS invite you to enter to win a one-of-a-kind prize package featuring holiday wish lists from your favorite characters from the new production of THE HEIRESS. Each…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMMILAN (AP) — This Lohengrin is no knight in shining armor, confidently riding in on a swan to defend a beautiful maiden.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:51AMA host of theatre-related events will be offered at Manhattan's The Town Hall in the coming months.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:51AMLegit News:
Actor will star in Off Broadway production
SOURCE: Variety at 09:43AMYou know what I’m excited for in just two weeks? Yes, yes…Christmas is the same day. But I’m THRILLED about the Les Miserable movie coming out. I love everyone being a part…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 09:40AMShakespeare's The Winter’s Tale - an intense family drama - might seem off-limits to those of a very young age. Yet with In A Pickle, acclaimed children’s company, Oily Cart, hav…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:34AMToday is the birthday of Charles Frederick Gebhart, a.k.a Buck Jones (1889-1942). Born in Indiana, he was raised in Montana, where he learned to ride and rope. Folliwng military service, he …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:34AMIn our last foray into the philosophies of theater we began our journey into the relationship that we, as people, have with the art that we call theater (and pretentious people call theatre)…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:34AMName: Stephen StoutHometown: Haddonfield, NJEducation: I've had one! BFA! NYU! TISCH! What is a kiki?: A dance sequence that may or may not happen during Restoration Comedy. Also a restorati…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 09:34AMComplete casting has been announced for The Guthrie Theater's upcoming production of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night, which will begin previews Jan. 12, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:33AMInstead of recasting the show, following the departure of its original stars, the record-breaking and 2012 Tony Award-nominated production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical�…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:31AMNominees for the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards for outstanding performances in 2012 in five film and eight primetime television categories as well as the SAG Awards honors for outst…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:31AMNote: This post was originally sent out via my email newsletter, so consider this another preview of what the newsletter offers. You should subscribe. Click here to do so. One of the grand p…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:30AMWhat have I learnt?This is a question I try and ask myself towards the end of every production. Being a stage manager can be an odd thing and the skill set required varies from job to job. D…
SOURCE: Girl in the Dark at 09:24AMLegit Reviews:
Making a delicious song 'n' dance -- literally -- out of attitudes to class, gender, sex and patriotism, Peter Nichols' 1977 "Privates on Parade" is set in a …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:20AMHalf Hour 2: A Last Minute Concert, featuring Broadway understudies from Wicked, Bring It On: The Musical, Once and more, was recently held at The Laurie Beechman Theatre. Here are highlight…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:20AMIn this special Downstage Center, we celebrate the legendary Stage Door Canteen (a war relief effort founded by early members of the American Theatre Wing). Opened on March 2, 1942 in the 44…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:12AM'Charmless, messy, lacklustre,' 'scrappy, lazy, inconclusive,' 'I wanted it to stop' ... The reviews are in for Jennifer Saunders' Spice Girls musical, and they don't make pretty readingOn T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:11AMRoundabout Theatre Company's THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD is the critically acclaimed smash hit of the season - now playing through March 10 Click below to save on tickets
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:11AMLES MISERABLES might not open in movie theatres until Christmas day, but you need not wait that long to get the inside scoop on the highly anticipated new film. BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:10AM‘Tis the season to be jolly! And jolly is indeed what Colonial Players is offering up for the holiday season with their unique time honored tradition of performing a version of Charles Dic…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:05AM
Radlett Centre, Radlett: It's a tale as old as time, but not in the Technicolor Disney sense. Good versus evil, a traditional love story and a right royal knees up all come together in …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:54AMProducer Judy Craymer presents Viva Forever, the new musical written by Britain's BAFTA winning writers Jennifer Saunders, Absolutely Fabulous, French amp Saunders and featuring the multi-mi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52AMLegit News:
Scolari, Masur among actors joining Broadway play
SOURCE: Variety at 08:51AMThe stars came out on the red carpet for last night's L.A. premiere of THE GUILT TRIP, held at at the Regency Village Theatre. The comedy, from Paramount Pictures, is opening in theaters on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:48AMWhen you enter the Maryland Ensemble Theatre in Frederick, Maryland this holiday season to see It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play one is instantly transported to a radio studio back …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:43AMFairfield Halls, Croydon: As the smoke clears and Laila Morse enters stage-right as Fairy Sugarsnap, it's comforting to know that certain pantomime traditions are in safe hands. Morse h…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:36AMWhen Michael Billington began his “A to Z of modern drama” series for the Guardian late last year, he began with a look at Absurdism. I responded shortly after it was posted; the…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:35AM Written By Joel Benjamin December 4th, 2012 For a chamber music lover there can be no better place to see and hear a string quartet than in a small…chamber! The Metropolitan Playh…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 08:35AMNorthern Stage, NewcastleLike most young children, Arrietty would rather play with her food than eat it. Unlike most girls, though, she uses an onion ring as a hula hoop. But Borrowers are a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMBy Judd Hollander
Photo by Jeremy Daniel
Actress Carolee Carmello is nothing short of stupendous as the lead role in the Broadway musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Sempl…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 08:28AMTransformers actor to play troubled brother who abducts a mobster in next year's staging of OrphansShia LaBeouf is preparing to make his debut on Broadway.The Transformers star will appear o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:28AMOn last night's THE COLBERT REPORT on Comedy Central, five-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald joined Stephen Colbert in a duet of the holiday classic Baby It's Cold Outside. Check out th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:26AM Written By Joel Benjamin The Boss by Edward Sheldon boosts the Metropolitan Playhouse’s reputation for presenting fine tuned productions of plays from the turn of the Twentie…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 08:23AMPalace Theatre, Mansfield : It's always an advantage when the panto director is also the writer, because they pull the very best out of the script. And Andrew Ryan's script is a ni…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:20AMProducer and director Sam Hodges will lead the Southampton’s Nuffield Theatre in the new role of creative and executive director and chief executive from June 2013. This follows a move b…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:18AMJudge rules that Shakespeare Theatre Company's landlord can't boot it from the Lansburgh Theatre [City Paper]
The controversial "Drum Major" inscription on the Martin Luther King Jr. memoria…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 08:18AMMelanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell, Melanie Chisholm and Victoria Beckham appear on stage for the curtain call of Viva Forever!
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:11AMLegit News:
Cory Michael Smith to co-star in Broadway play
SOURCE: Variety at 08:06AM Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. December 10, 2012 Award winning cabaret performer Sharon McNight has been performing her very special Christmas cabaret act on the West Coast and some…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 08:04AMSTUDIO 54 has its 54 Below and now 59E59 has 59 Above where the very talented Penny Fuller is appearing in this one act, hard to remember title, sixty minute, almost one woman chamber-cum-ca…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:03AMShia LeBeouf will make his Broadway debut next spring alongside Alec Baldwin in “Orphans.” The production will begin previews March 19, 2013, with an opening slated for April 7. LeBeouf …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 08:00AM
Viva Forever!, the Spice Girls musical from Mamma Mia! supremo Judy Craymer, premiered last night at a celebrity-packed Piccadilly Theatre.
The show is billed as a comedy musical about "fam…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:58AMA DC Superior Court Judge has issued a preliminary injunction against Lansburgh Theatre Inc. and its principals, preventing LTI from tossing the Shakespeare Theatre Company out of its 7th St…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:50AMThe Spice Girls were in London last night to promote new musical Viva Forever! penned by their good friend Jennifer Saunders and including their greatest hits from "Wannabe" to “Spice Up Y…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:12AMNewly-anointed Music Theater God Dave Malloy (Beowulf, Three Pianos, Pierre & Natasha) and Bushwick chanteuse Brittain Ashford team up for this haunting rendition of Beck’s Please …
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 07:09AMAfter I spoke about Customising the WordPress admin panel in Toronto, I gave a modified version of the same talk to our local WordPress meetup group in Buffalo (a fine group of folks, if you…
SOURCE: www.vanpattenmedia.com at 07:06AMWhile the annals of vaudeville magic are chock full of Chinese and pseudo-Chinese practitioners, with Indian (and pseudo-Indian) being the second most numerous specialty, one encounters very…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:04AMTheatre Royal, Nottingham : If all the spectacular stuff failed and the only people left to carry this show were the Grumbleweeds (Robin Colvill and Graham Walker), I reckon audiences would…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 12 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AMSatire of Rob Ford’s term in office is full of obvious jokes, broadly told.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AM
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story is set to tour the UK and Ireland from next autumn to celebrate its 25th anniversary year. The musical will begin its run at the Cheltenham Everyman Theatre o…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:59AMLONDON—The critics have spoken—"Viva Forever" did not spice up their lives. British reviewers were scathing Wednesday about the big-budget stage show built around the songs o…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:57AMRoyal and Derngate Theatre, Northampton: Bobby Davro, as Buttons, is a real workaholic, entertaining audiences of all ages throughout the performance. But his mellow singing voice is too sel…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:57AMGhost the Musical will tour the UK from next spring. It will open at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff in April 2013 before touring to other venues yet to be announced. Ghost the Musica…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMDave Malloy and Brittain Ashford team up on Beck's "Please Leave a Light on When You Go:, from Beck's new release Song Reader.
SOURCE: Culturebot at 06:50AMThe 2013 Whatsonstage.com Awards launched on Friday (7 December 2012) with a star-studded party at Cafe de Paris. You may have already seen our gallery of pictures from the press room, but h…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:50AMThe sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, who helped to create the 1960s psychedelic sound through working with The Beatles, has died in the Californian city of San Diego at the age of 92. His wife, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMNaro and Zita Lockford were a French brother-sister adagio act who came over to the U.S. in the early 20s from the Folies Bergere. In 1922 the two appeared in the Broadway show The Rose of …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:40AMGrand Opera House, Belfast: Just when it seemed that it could get no bigger or glitzier, the Grand Opera House has upped the ante on a Cinderella, which is all about glitter and sparkle and …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:30AMTowngate, Basildon: Last year, pantomime perennial Simon Fielding quizzed audiences with festive show requests for 12 months time. With the JM Barrie classic a unanimous choice, Fielding and…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:28AMOxford Playhouse, Oxford: It seems pantomime is alive and thriving in these recessionary times, and Oxford Playhouse's traditional offering is a real heart-warmer this year. There are s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AMPhilip Ridley's epic fairy-tale is the last production to be presented in Southwark Playhouse's current venue under the arches of London Bridge Station before it moves to temporary premises …
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:18AMBournemouth Pavilion: Su Pollard has to be one of the loudest, meanest bad fairies on the panto stage.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AMConnaught Theatre, Worthing: The Connaught has a considerable reputation for excellent pantomimes but this year's production falls way short of its previous standard. The script is poor…
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A yin and yang vibe imbues Jason Robert Brown’s intriguing and imaginative two-character musical tracking the life cycle of a romance and marriage, The Last Five Years, receiving a warm, e…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:56AMPoole Lighthouse: I wish I was a kid again then I could have joined in the snowball-slinging 50 minutes of sheer delight that was Snow Play without drawing undue attention.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:56AMAudience members at The Bodyguard last night got an unexpected bonus performance from Hollywood legend Danny DeVito.DeVito, who was sitting in the stalls of the Adelphi Theatre, stepped in t…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:39AMRussell Grant will appear on stage once more with his Strictly Come Dancing partner Flavia Cacace in MIDNIGHT TANGO, the live tango show from Strictly stars Cacace and Vincent Simone, which …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:37AMColin McKean, the 36-year-old son of actor Michael McKean, has been identified as one of two men who died of suspected heroin overdoses in Ashland last week.
SOURCE: www.dailytidings.com at 05:37AMA chorus girl at 13, she worked her way to center stage, and her saucy personality and showstopping acrobatics made her a star at 18 on the black theater circuit in the mid-1930s.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:34AMHow do you describe a production which throws everythng but the kitchen sink at a play in the hope that a few things will hit the target? A few years ago I would have used the term Rupert (a…
SOURCE: John Morrison at 05:34AMPiccadilly Theatre, London: In Mamma Mia!, producer Judy Craymer struck theatre gold with a musical that had just enough of a story to cleverly showcase the excellent pop songs of Abba, but …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:25AMLegit News:
Casting hurdles scuttle longer Broadway run
SOURCE: Variety at 05:25AMMonday night was the official premiere of the new Les Miserables film, based on the international hit Broadway musical by Boublil & Schönberg, and you know what that means; I can “officia…
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GLEE icon and Broadway megastar Idina Menzel will be in the house on ELLEN, today, December 12th. The superstar will discuss life with her husband Taye Diggs, their family, and her brand new…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe musical will have given 337 performances.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 12:26AMfu-GEN, the Toronto-based company, has launched its tenth season. The Asian-Canadian theatre company presented this terrific video to give you a feel for the celebration. (And, we don't want…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMA scene from the 1952 film version of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Anthony Asquith and...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"Humility, which is very difficult to maintain at a certain level and not be pretentious." Israel "Cachao" Lopez (interviewed in...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMNorbert Leo Butz, Judy Greer, and Katie Holmes talk about the play “Dead Accounts.” Jack’s (played by Norbert Leo Butz) unexpected return throws his family into a frenzy, and his siste…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMNorbert Leo Butz, Judy Greer, and Katie Holmes talk about starring in the Broadway play “Dead Accounts.” Then, Orhan Pamuk discusses an early novel of his, called Silent House, which has…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMFor All The World To See
Through March 10 At UMBC’S Center For Art, Design, And Visual Culture
Forty-five years before Barack Obama’s election as president, James Baldwin was…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMJack W. Schneider
Through Dec. 22
Green may be the color of our era. We talk now about “going green” to mean living in a more environmentally friendly way. And while this met…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMOffice Ladies
Written and directed by Lola B. Pierson
Music by Alex Scally and Stephen Strohmeier
through Dec. 16 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AM1902 There will be two debuts in Everyman. Edith Wynne Matthison makes her American debut, and Charles Rann Kennedy makes his stage debut.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA closer look at the new Tom Hooper-directed film version of the London, Broadway and international stage hit Les Misérables, with notes, comment and spoilers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDavid Cromer's Obie Award-winning 2009 Off-Broadway staging of Our Town officially opens Dec. 12 at Boston's Calderwood Pavilion. Derrick Trumbly, Therese Plaehn, Stacy Fischer and C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe New York premiere of Prospect Theater Company's Working, a fresh adaptation of the 1978 Broadway musical that features new material by Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere of Melissa James Gibson's What Rhymes With America officially opens Dec. 12 following previews that began Nov. 19 Off-Broadway at Atlant…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLibrettist-director John Caird and composer-lyricist-librettist Paul Gordon, who created the musicals Daddy Long Legs and Jane Eyre, are together again for Little Miss Scrooge, a new yule-fl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMClifford Odets was a vibrant New York playwright in a vibrant period in American theater: the 1930s. Life during the Great Depression provided rich material for works confronting the difficu…
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