Peter Jackson spent gazillions of dollars to tell the story of “The Hobbit.” For the new off-Broadway epic “P.S. Jones and the Frozen City,” playwright Robert Askins and director Jos…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:53PMJackie Hoffman should know better than mixing things that shouldn’t be mixed.
In this case, it’s not dairy and meat but pills, which her stage alter ego washes down with a splash of Man…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:53PMIf you’ve got $40 million lying around, you, too, can be a Broadway theater owner.
That, I’m told, is the asking price for the Foxwoods Theatre, that white elephant on West 42nd Street, …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:49PMHugh Jackman receives 27th Annual Museum of the Moving Image AwardHugh Jackman By: Sandi DurellPerfect timing for this salute to Hugh Jackman prior to his much anticipated performa…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:08PM Reviewed by: Paulanne Simmons Alton Fitzgerald White’s show at Metropolitan Room, “Can’t Wait for Christmas,” featured a good number of Christmas songs, b…
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Mamaroneck teen makes it interesting Carly Rose Sonenclar singing John Lennon’s “Imagine” last night. Photo by Ray Mickshaw/Fox. It didn’t look good for a while there…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 09:43PMPresident Obama recently likened the Congress' threats to send American over the fiscal cliff to Ebenezer Scrooge sending Bob Cratchet home without a Christmas goose for Tiny Tim. In the int…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:33PMColm Wilkinson, who originated the role of Valjean in "Les Misérables" nearly 30 years ago, plays the Bishop in the new film.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 09:23PMCharming, fresh and staged with total sympathy, "Trelawny of the 'Wells'" is as delectable today as when Arthur Wing Pinero first wrote it.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 09:21PMRECOMMENDED “Society’s nothing but a school for lies. This city’s built on them. And may it wilt on them.” You’ve got to hand it to playwright David Ives. For h…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 09:20PMNEW YORK — A visit backstage at “Elf” finds Santa in a festive mood — he’s decorating a Christmas tree. To be more specific, Wayne Knight, who has donned the red suit in the Broadw…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 09:14PMThe Radio City Christmas Spectacular was once the only major family holiday show in town. Now there’s a flurry of them, including How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Elf and, new to the New Yo…
SOURCE: cititour.com at 09:07PMTheatre Notes will remain here as an archive. The blog is fully searchable using the search box to the right, and there are browsable lists of all reviews since 2004 and of notable interview…
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ANN, a new play written and performed by Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor, will begin previews on Broadway at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street Monday, Feb…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:57PMThe League of Chicago Theatres, in partnership with Choose Chicago, announces the first annual Chicago Theatre Week, celebrating the rich tradition of theatre-going in Chicago and encouragin…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:44PMThe Andrew Lloyd Webber musical will commemorate the milestone with an invite-only performance on the show's actual birthday.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:44PMProfiles Theatre Artistic Directors Darrell W. Cox and Joe Jahraus announce the World premiere of Resident Artist Neil LaBute’s revised stage version of In the Company of Men, opening at T…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:40PMThe Colony's next show will go on, thanks to the success of the extended current show, The Morini Strad...Sideways moves up from Ruskin to La Jolla...Jane Kaczmarek and Gregory Harrison at t…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:32PMAnything goes in live theater. And that includes injuries, illnesses and all sorts of physical mishaps that come with performing in high-energy, high-impact productions eight times a week.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:18PMA production spokesperson tells us Lilla Crawford suffered a minor injury to her foot while on stage at the December 12 matinee performance of Annie. She is expected to return to the product…
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According to the Daily Mail, David Beckham has given producers permission to use his name in the title of a new musical based on the film Bend It Like Beckham, which will also feature footag…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:59PMAccording to the show's official website, the new musical Kinky Boots, from four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein book, Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper Music amp Lyrics, T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:56PMDavid Beckham has given his blessing to a musical celebrating his football abilities; a West End version of film Bend It Like Beckham, writes BAZ BAMIGBOYE.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 06:50PMStar of stage and screen Hugh Jackman was honored in Hollywood today, December 13, with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame. Jackman's LES MISERABLES film co-stars Anne Hathaway and Amanda …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:47PMIt’s been only six weeks since George Wendt checked into a Chicago area hospital for coronary bypass surgery, but soon he’s bound for Broadway. Come March 4, the actor best known for his…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:38PMThe American Repertory Theater A.R.T. presents its production of Pippin, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Roger O. Hirson, directed by A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:34PMA PENNY’S WORTH In the mood for some light-hearted, endearing entertainment that will make your face and heart smile? Then get yourself a ticket to Barry Kleinbort’s (direction, bo…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:15PMWe've been thrilled with all of the buzz generated from the Storefront Playwright Project this last week. There have been so many great articles, tweets, posts and comments, but this blog po…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 06:14PMThe sun will come out next week for Lilla Crawford, the title star of the Broadway revival of Annie. “Crawford suffered a minor injury to her foot while onstage at the December 12 mati…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:10PMTomorrow night, December 13, at 9, Piers Morgan sits down with Barbra Streisand on Piers Morgan Tonight for an hour-long primetime interview. Watch a clip below as Streisand, a Democrat, tal…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:09PM“FELA!,” the stage musical based on the life of Fela Kuti, will return to Chicago for six performances, Feb. 19-23, 2013, at the Arie Crown Theater, 2301 South Lake Shore Drive. Directed…
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High-tech neon suits and a dark stage are all that iLuminate: Artists of Light needs to light up the night at Off-Broadway’s Duke Theatre. Take an illuminating look behind the scenes a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:56PMSee Elf songwriters Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin share their experiences creating the merry musical and its score. It's sparklejollytwinklejingley fun!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:51PMA Christmas Story, The Musical arrives on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre just in time for the 2012 holiday season. Based on the 1983 movie perennial, the musical plays an eight-week l…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:51PMAccording to Variety, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman recently commented on a potential movie version of South Park creators' Trey Parker and Matt Stone's hit Broadway musical The Book of Mormon.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:50PMBroadway’s Kinky Boots will strut into town earlier than expected. The new musical, featuring music and lyrics by Grammy winner Cyndi Lauper and a book by Tony winner Harvey Fiers…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PMSergei Polunin, the Ukrainian prodigy who stunned the dance world by walking out on the Royal Ballet, is to return to the UK for a brutal show "as far away from Swan Lake as you can get".
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:48PMThis is the story, adapted from live interviews, of how the City of Chicago relocated a cemetery to make room for a new O’Hare Airport runway. Though poignant, there's still a static, clu…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:41PMOscar winner Holly Hunter has dropped out of Hamish Linklater’s world premiere play The Vandal, which she was set to lead at Off-Broadway's Flea Theater, due to scheduling con…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:37PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, December 13, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway @AP calls @AtlanticTheater’s WHAT RH…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:34PMA review of Book-It Repertory Theatre’s annual holiday production, “Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant.”
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 05:28PMThere’s a point during “Mummenschanz,” the show by the world-renowned Swiss theater troupe that came to town this week to celebrate its 40th anniversary, when you just have…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:18PMProducer 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 05:16PMThe Seattle Symphony has tapped local early-music specialist Stephen Stubbs to conduct the orchestra’s 2012 performances.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 05:15PM“Moving and funny. Daniel Aukin draws forth terrific work from the cast. A touching and sorrowful comedy.” - Charles Isherwood, THE NEW YORK TIMES “Offbeat and Beautiful. Guided by Mr.…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:13PMInterview: James Graham. The prolific young playwright talks to Dominic Cavendish about his politically minded career to-date and This House, his backstage House of Commons drama and look b…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 05:09PMThey'll be singing about a revolution! The Public Theater's Lab will present Eric Rosen and Matt Sax's musical Venice at the Anspacher Theater, May 28-June 23. The show, which features addi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:06PMThesis: Members of the public who care about local produce might be good prospects to attend local theatre. At first I thought I should file this idea away until the northern hemisphere spri…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 05:04PMThe Public Theater presents VENICE, a new musical with book by Eric Rosen, music by Matt Sax, lyrics by Matt Sax and Eric Rosen, and additional music by Curtis Moore, for its 2013 spring sea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:01PMKaty Perry and John Mayer Attended A Christmas Story, the Musical: A Christmas Story, the Musical songwriters Benj Pasek (left) and Justin Paul (right) with Katy Perry and John Mayer backsta…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:00PMIf Sprecher doesn’t raise the minimum $12 million capitalization by year-end, he must return money “forthwith” to any investors who haven’t waived their right to a refund, according …
SOURCE: Bloomberg at 05:00PMSeeking insight into what makes immersive theater work for an audience, Jeffrey Mosser observes three productions: PearlDamour’s How to Build a Forest, Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, and�…
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Name: Alex SeifeHometown: Larchmont, NYEducation: Vassar CollegeWhat is a kiki?: Having your mother repost images of you in drag on FacebookTell us about Restoration Comedy: I'm like o…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:57PMPerformances of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's highly anticipated production of The Motherfker with the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis start in just two weeks. Ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro di…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMLet's hope they don't get too smashed to accept their award. NBC's Broadway backstage drama Smash has been nominated for a Golden Globe for "Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy." Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:51PMProfiles Theatre Artistic Directors Darrell W. Cox and Joe Jahraus announce the World premiere of Resident Artist Neil LaBute's revised stage version of In the Company of Men, opening at The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:49PMIn the musical Working, now running at 59E59 Theaters, six actors portray a slew of Americans who are not actors, as they search for meaning in their day jobs. TheaterMania thought it approp…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:49PMThe Rent star reflects on his 21,549,600 minutes in autobiographical show Without You
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 04:44PMWatch stars Scarlett Johansson, Ciarn Hinds, Benjamin Walker, Debra Monk and director Rob Ashford talk about bringing Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF to Broadway. Click below to wa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:41PMThe world premiere of Neil LaBute’s new stage version of the film “In the Company of Men,” will run May 10-June 30, 2013 at Profiles Theatre. The revised stage version, based on LaBute…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:41PMLast spring, during Easter dinner, my aunt leaned across the table and asked: "Chris, have you read this 'Fifty Shades of Grey?'" I said I had not but I had heard about it and, changing the …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:41PMThe Irish are great soliloquisers. Or is the word soliloquist? It must be, as spellcheck hasn’t given me a hard time for using it.
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 04:39PMCurrently starring in THE HEIRESS as the homely Catherine Sloper on Broadway, Jessica Chastain appeared on 'Chelsea Lately' to talk about her role as a powerful woman in the action thriller …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:34PMLong about the early to mid 80s, there was a sea change in the output of some of my favorite contemporary comedians. It confused me. The original phase of Saturday Night Live (1975-1979) had…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:33PMLES 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 04:30PMThe year 2012, as Queen Elizabeth II might have said, was quite the annus horribilis on Broadway. Especially after the leaves started to turn.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:27PMAs some of you know, I write a weekly article called Brisa’s Pieces (don’t laugh!!) about the business of theater for the licensing house, Music Theatre International (MTI). They…
SOURCE: Make Musicals at 04:27PMThe new revival illustrates the problem with importing English productions, and depending on celebrity casting, for Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:26PMIn anticipation of the 25th anniversary of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, producers of the Broadway musical are offering an online sweepstakes that gives Phantom fans th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:20PMMOLIÈRE FOR DUMMIES Attend David Ives’ The School for Lies—a manic contemporary travesty—if you want to fully appreciate Molière’s 1666 masterpiece The Misanthrope, as serious a co…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:18PM“The cast came to us,” musical-theater impresario Cameron Mackintosh is saying, as his Manhattan production office hums with pre-gala electricity. It’s a few hours until the New York p…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:12PMA visit to director Eli Roth's horror palace made our reporter scream in terror. Five times.
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Ghosts, Christmas flashbacks, and an adorable child on crutches -- is there any better holiday story than Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol? (No.) Since its first publication as a n…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:54PMSometimes the plays and films and TV shows that best fill me with the Christmas spirit aren't the ones that directly relate to the holiday. Take, for example, Red Bull Theater's jaunty, frol…
SOURCE: Blank New World at 03:51PMSILENCE! The Musical will end its-month run Sunday evening, December 30th at the Elektra Theatre. The production will have played a total of 447 performances and eight previews. Originally a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:47PMIt's out of the gowns for recent La Cage Aux Folles star Christopher Sieber and back into the tuxedo! The two-time Tony Award nominee will return to the role of lawyer Billy Flynn in the To…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:37PMHank, an unemployed economist adrift in “What Rhymes With America,” is on a steady downward trend.
But Melissa James Gibson’s offbeat and beautiful new comedy-dramedy purrs al…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 03:35PMGolden Boy - When it comes to dialogue that snaps, crackles and pops with the rhythms of its characters' lingo, there's no one to beat Clifford Odets. And to see a …
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 03:32PMThe former "Cheers" star will act opposite Emilia Clarke and Cory Michael Smith in the new stage adaptation of Capote's novella.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:30PMIt's a Wonderful LIfe: The 1946 Radio Play- The golden oldie movie is a fun radio play at the Irish Rep . . . . Read More …
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 03:30PMJohn Waters likes a traditional Christmas, complete with a decorated electric chair.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:27PMProfiles Theatre is to stage the world premiere of Neil LaBute's brand new stage version of the movie "In the Company of Men." The new work is based on his screenplay for the 1997 movie.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:23PMJackie Hoffman, most recently seen on Broadway in The Addams Family (where she had her amazing Broadway.com video blog), is back! The funny lady is now vlogging for us about her hilario…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:20PMTwo-time Tony nominee Christopher Sieber will return to Broadway's Chicago as cunning lawyer Billy Flynn on Christmas Day. This marks Sieber's fourth engagement as Billy; h…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:20PMThere’s a decidedly non-cheery bit of news this holiday season for Ben Sprecher, the lead producer of the ill-fated musical Rebecca, which was scrapped after a long debacle with fraudu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:20PMOn Christmas Day, Broadway's acclaimed record-breaking revival of the Tony Award-winning musical CHICAGO is pleased to welcome back two-time Tony Award nominee Christopher Sieber to the role…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMThis is a sublime production. Yep – it’s that old saw of a trifecta: good writing, good directing, good acting. It is a mystery why something like this doesn’t happen more often, but…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 03:18PMEric Ankrim and Sara Chase have been cast in a Dec. 14 New York City reading of the new musical First Date, which premiered last season in Seattle. It is penned by Secondhand Lions songwrite…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:16PMEric Ankrim and Sara Chase have been cast in a Dec. 14 New York City reading of the new musical First Date, which premiered last season in Seattle. It is penned by Secondhand Lions songwrite…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PMThirteen Minnesota artists show the state's funky side at Katherine E. Nash Gallery.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:12PMThere is nothing like a dame—or two. “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” hit theaters in May and managed to become one of the sleeper hits of the year, thanks in part to a cas…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:11PMAs a sequel to her first viral Liza Minnelli video, NEWSical The Musical star Christine Pedi recently released 'Even More Sht Liza Minnelli Says.' View it below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:09PMLegit Reviews||Off Broadway:
Credit set designer Laura Jellinek for a nice piece of deceptive visual design. Her abstract white set makes "What Rhymes With America" look like …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:07PMSome of the costumes for Troubadour Theater shows are among LA's most elaborate, yet the many quick changes and all the dancing in Troubie shows requires considerable flexibility from design…
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Venice, a new musical with a book by Eric Rosen, music by Matt Sax and lyrics by Sax and Rosen, has been added to the Public Theater’s 2013 LAB season. Rosen will also direct the produ…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:59PMThe choreographer returns with a program of new and refashioned works at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.
SOURCE: Culturebot at 02:56PMRosie O' Donnell reveals via Twitter that she is filming a cameo today for the NBC hit Smash No news on when the episode will air.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:55PMTwo-time Tony nominee Christopher Sieber will return to the cast of the Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning revival of Chicago Christmas Day.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:55PMSkewing the Lens from Works Progress on Vimeo. “It’s hard sometimes to think outside your own very complicated, very personal, very busy, life-is-overwhelming lens, but when you go t…
SOURCE: State of the Artist at 02:46PMThe Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere of Melissa James Gibson's What Rhymes With America officially opened Dec. 12 following previews that began Nov. 19 Off-Broadway at Atlan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:46PMEnglish pantomime comes to Pasadena with a sitcom wink, a Top 40 backbeat and enough topical in-jokes to make Jon Stewart woozy in “A Snow White Christmas.” This larky take on th…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:42PMThere are only two kinds of divas: those who have done musical theatre and those whom we wish would do musical theatre. That’s why we will be tuning into VH1′s Divas concert this…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:35PM Written by Susan Hasho Karen Mason is magic—pure magic. I saw her first show at 54 Below on December 10th. Looking slinky in a sexy black dress with killer, spa…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:32PMThe Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominations for the 2013 Golden Globes Awards this morning, live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Among the nominations was the hit NBC mu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:32PMThe Public Theater has announced that Venice, the hip-hop infused musical inspired by Shakespeare's Othello, will be staged as part of its 2013 spring Public Lab season Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMSix-time Tony-nomininated composer and musician David Yazbek will welcome special guest, Tony-winning Dead Accounts star Norbert Leo Butz, to his monthly concert series a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:25PMSix-time Tony-nomininated composer and musician David Yazbek will hold an ongoing concet series at 92YTribeca, launching on January 7, 2013. Special guest Tony-winning Dead Accounts&nbs…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:25PMNEW YORK (AP) — Former "Cheers" star George Wendt is heading to the other side of the bar — he'll play a bartender when "Breakfast at Tiffany's" hits Broadway next year.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:25PMWhen it comes to dialogue that snaps, crackles and pops with the rhythms of its characters' lingo, there's no one to beat Clifford Odets. And to see a Broadway play the way they used to make…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:24PM"Fela!," the Broadway musical about the Nigerian Afrobeat icon Fela Kuti, is returning to Chicago for a week in February. Yet more surprisingly, the Arie Crown Theater, which has been on ice…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:23PMFrom the moment you walk into the theatre proper at Chicago Shakes you know are in for a experience like no other. The grand parlor in which David Ives’ new adaptation of Molière’s The …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:22PMEach week, Broadway.com is packed with news items, exclusive features, polls and pop culture tidbits of interest to theater fans. Below are the 10 most-read features on the site from Decembe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:21PMIn anticipation of the release of "Les Misérables," set to open nationwide Dec. 25, Music Theatre International (MTI) presents the "24,601 Faces of Les Misérable…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:20PMLinda Eder made her Broadway debut in the musical Jekyll amp Hyde where she received a Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations and a Theatre World Award for Best Actress in a Musical. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:19PMPop singer-songwriter Carole King — known for the songs "You've Got a Friend," "I Feel the Earth Move," "Natural Woman" and more — is the 2013 r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PMTony Award-winning producers Junkyard Dog Productions and Hal Luftig announced today that they will present a reading of the new musical FIRST DATE on Friday, December 14, 2012. With a book …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:14PMPeople of the world got what they really, really wanted on December 11 when the new musical Viva Forever! opened at London's Piccadilly Theatre. See what the stars, the creators and (yes…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:11PMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
A self-styled "entertainment in three parts," it's as confrontational for audiences as it is for its characters.
SOURCE: Variety at 02:02PMAssociated With Theater for Nearly 20 YearsRob Ruggiero, who arrived at Hartford's TheaterWorks as a freelance director in 1993 and stayed on as associate artistic director for many year…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:00PMThe leadership of 32BJ Local SEIU, the union representing 250 men and women who work as porters, cleaners, elevator operators and matrons in a majority of Broadway theatres, have authorized …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMWriters of new musicals will find a place to sharpen their developing works on the Goodspeed Musicals campus in Connecticut in an ambitious new writers-colony program supported by The Johnny…
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A one-night only reading of Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage's acclaimed play, Intimate Apparel, will be held at 7pm on Monday, January 7 at the Pershing Square Signature Center. Jade King…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:59PMTwo years ago the Vesturport Theatre of Iceland brought a stunningly athletic stage version of Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” to the BAM Next Wave Festival. Now this innovative co…
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:49PMWhat could be more perfect for ringing in the new year than a play about the challenges of dieting? New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre will present the world premiere of Laura Jacqmin's new pla…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:48PMAnalog Processes - First SessionPicking books...transcribing... but not exactly
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 01:46PMThe longest-running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Harold Prince and produced by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Company, Inc.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:44PMSpa Theatre, Scarborough: Perhaps the least performed of all the recognised pantomime productions these days, any production of Mother Goose provides the potential for more traditional panto…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:39PMLike something out of a fairy tale (Snow White and the Seven Rapunzels), the Sutherland Sisters Seven caused jaws to drop by letting their hair down. The seven were Dora, Grace, Isabella, Ma…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:38PMArts Depot, London: There's a Gruffalo next to me and it's roaring. Luckily it's a very small one so, like the mouse in Julia Donaldson's beloved book, I'm not afrai…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:33PMJeff McCarthy stars as Dr. Suess' famous Christmas antagonist when How the Grinch Stole Christmas comes to the Theater at Madison Square Garden tonight. The musical is directed by Matt Augus…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 01:27PMNEW YORK—Former "Cheers" star George Wendt is heading to the other side of the bar—he'll play a bartender when "Breakfast at Tiffany's" hits Broadway next year.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:26PMBroadway might get stuck with a lump of coal in its stocking this holiday season.The union that represents hundreds of theater cleaners, porters, elevator operators, bathroom attendants, mat…
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:25PMRosie O’Donnell has always been a supporter of Broadway, and now the daytime TV veteran (and Broadway alum herself) will sing her theater praises again when she pops up in a guest appe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:22PMCottesloe, National Theatre: This quirky, witty, intelligent take on one of the darkest of Grimm's Tales has mobile trees, a Russian talking oven, lots of quite sinister puppeted animal…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:20PMJessica Alba, Megan Fox, and Ed Helms joined the Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Dr. Aida Takla-O'Reilly at the Beverly Hilton Hotel this morning to announce the nominations fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMBAC, LondonKneehigh has given me – and plenty of others – some of the most joyous nights I've had in a theatre over the last 15 years, and there is no company better at excavating the da…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:16PMSoho theatre, LondonFrom Jerry Sadowitz in a Santa hat earlier this week, to David Hoyle's Christmas tree draped with dolls' heads and condoms, festive-phobes are spoiled for jaundiced enter…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:15PMRoyal Court, LondonNo one could accuse the Royal Court of offering us a piece of feelgood escapism for Christmas. Instead, they have come up with a challenging new 110-minute play from Marti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:15PMWe are giving away 2 pairs of tickets for Ethan Lipton and his Orchestra for This Saturday, December 15th at 8 PM at Artisphere. Tell us why you want to see the show by emailing dcmetrotheat…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:15PMWatch stars Scarlett Johansson, Ciarán Hinds, Benjamin Walker, Debra Monk and director Rob Ashford talk about bringing Tennessee Williams’ CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF to Broadway.
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:08PMVicki and Chris Le Vine, along with The Broadway Dreams Foundation, present the third annual White Christmas at Sweetwater Farm and Grace Winery 50 Sweetwater Road, Glen Mills, PA on Sunday,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:03PMEverybody knows his name – but this time, it won't be Norm. Six-time Emmy Award nominee George Wendt, best known for his role on the long-running sitcom Cheers, will return to the stage t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:02PMA recently divorced dad adjusts to life on his own in the world premiere of Melissa James Gibson’s hilarious and heartbreaking new play What Rhymes with America. The one-act show stars…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:01PMIn-school classes and workshops are the favorite form of educational activities offered by theaters that were surveyed by Theatre Communications Group. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:00PM"Venice," an original musical that received its world premiere in 2010 at Kansas City Repertory Theatre, will be staged at one of New York's most prestigious off-Broadway theaters.
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 01:00PMMelissa Errico, who will take on her first major Stephen Sondheim role in New York in 2013 when she co-stars in Classic Stage Company's production of Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMOK, take a deep breath. Ready? This one is a mouthful. A delightful, delicious, and audaciously entertaining mouthful. Charles Dickens started a novel and died before it wa…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 01:00PM
In the weeks before Christmas, upon D.C. stages Runs holiday fodder for folks of all ages. There’s singing. And dancing. And pious “God bless.” Some shows convey wonder. And others, a …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:59PMTidings of Tap’s numbers are not only precisely danced, but well thought-out: the music provides a delightful underscore to the steps, in such exciting bits as “Carol of the Bells” and…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:57PMTony Award winner Alan Cumming, who stars in the film "Any Day Now," takes part in a panel discussion following a screening of that film Dec. 13 at the LGBT Center in New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PMFrom the Beast to Sweeney Todd, Broadway vet Jeff McCarthy has played his fair share of deep-voiced villains. Now he’s taking on the grumpiest bad guy of all: the Grinch in Dr. Se…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:46PMSideshow Theatre Company continues its 2012/13 season with the Chicago premiere of MARIA/STUART by Jason Grote, directed by Marti Lyons, playing March 30 – May 5, 2013 at Theater Wit, 1…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:43PMOver the past 52 weeks, the Theater Shelf column has evaluated a host of CDs, DVDs and books you might consider as gifts for your theater friends this season – or for yourself, for that ma…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:40PMGeorge Wendt, the six-time Emmy Award nominee of TV's "Cheers," and a Broadway veteran from Elf, Hairspray and Art, will play Joe Bell in the new Broadway production of Breakfa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:38PMGeorge Wendt has joined the Broadway cast of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany’s as Doc Golightly, the much-older husband of Holly Golightly (Emilia Clarke). The …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:37PMFuture At The End Of The World CLOSES TONIGHT Here’s a great write-up of the show I curated for Immediate Medium at the Farley Post Office!
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 12:34PMINTERVIEW: ZOE SVENDSEN The dramaturg of Joe Hill-Gibbins's exciting production of Thomas Middleton and William Rowley's The Changeling (which returns to the Young Vic after opening in 2011)…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 12:31PMSlow Burn Looks Ahead Slow Burn Theater Company, the Boca Raton troupe attracted to edgy, challenging work, has chosen the titles for their 2013-2014 season, said co-artistic director Patric…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:30PMThe long-running, sexually charged 1970's Off-Broadway revue Let My People Come, which also played a notorious Broadway run in 1976, will return to New York in an updated version at the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMTalk about a complete turnaround! Jessica Chastain plays a sheltered homebody in Broadway’s The Heiress, a stark contrast to the role of a CIA analyst she takes on in the new awards da…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:28PM‘Monsieur Moliere is dead, but he sends his regards.” To be sure, playwright David Ives sets us straight from the start in his bristlingly clever prologue for “The School for Lies,” …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:26PMSix-time Emmy Award-nominee George Wendt Norm' in Cheers has joined the cast of the world premiere of Tony Award winning playwright Richard Greenberg's new play, Truman Capote's Breakfast at…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMBelow, meet the orphans of ANNIE, all making their Broadway debuts, and find out why they believe you're never fully dressed without a smile
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMChoreographer and artist team for a work at Philadelphia's Fabric Workshop and Museum
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:20PMFans of Game of Thrones will undoubtedly do a double take when they see these photos of Emilia Clarke: Daenerys Targaryen has been replaced by Holly Golightly, the heroine of Truman Capote&r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:16PMNEW YORK (AP) — Al Pacino came back again and Jessica Chastain showed up for the first time. "Annie" returned and so did "Evita" and "Elf." Katie Holmes made a second appearance and that o…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:13PMThe recent Broadway revival of A Little Night Music, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury, officially opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Dec. 13, 2009. Here is a look back at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:13PMTony Award winner and screen legend Dick Van Dyke celebrates his birthday Dec. 13. Here, Playbill.com looks back at his career, including clips from film, television, Broadway and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMEddie Redmayne, star of LES MISERABLES, stopped by the 'Today' show on NBC this morning to chat about the audition process for his role in the film. Check out the appearance below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PM
On 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 11:59AMFull casting has been announced for Simon Evans' production of Anthony Weigh's new version Vercors' The Silence of the Sea, which runs as part of the Donmar's residency at Trafalgar Studios …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:58AMGuardian Extra members can save money on tickets to see Alex Jennings play Alan Bennett in two stage adaptations of the writer's memoirsHymn is a memoir of music in childhood. In 2001, Alan …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:55AMTherese Plaehn, David Cromer, and Derrick Trumbly in Our Town. Photo: T. Charles Erickson.This is just an early warning to fans of the Hub Review regarding the Huntington's re-mounting…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:53AMBroadway could be facing a very unhappy holiday season. Union 32BJ, which represents hundreds of Broadway workers such as janitors, porters, elevator operators, and bathroom attendants, hav…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:50AMIt would be easy to assume a Tony-winning actor would have no trouble landing a role in the big screen adaptation of the Tony-winning musical Les Misérables, right? Turns out, not so …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMName: Rosa GilmoreHometown: Cambridge, MAEducation: Theater and English Major at Connecticut College What is a kiki?: If you wake up the morning after this party and remember what happened, …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:43AMShakespeare Yields to Sedaris in Staunton You hear a lot of laughter at Blackfriars Playhouse. Usually it builds, develops, accumulates slowly, and then overflows in torrents that are hard t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:42AMIn a good theatregoing year, you’re lucky to get one production of such exhilarating high quality; this year, I got two—Clifford Odets’s “Golden Boy” and Mike N…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 11:42AMJoe Iconis has been tearing through the New York music theater scene for years, both as a writer and a performer. His concert group, Joe Iconis & Family, plays shows that feature a uniqu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:39AMAnd we're back with our Meet a Master Mason series. Meet Actor, Director and NYIT Award Nominee Ivanna Cullinan! Not a season goes by where you won't see her handiwork somewhere on The Brick…
SOURCE: bricktheater.blogspot.com at 11:39AMWe’re less than a month away from our first public event of 2013, “Pat’s New Years Resolutions” - a pop culture trivia night at the gorgeous Highline Ballroom hosted by NY1 morning n…
SOURCE: www.trivworks.com at 11:38AMOlivier Award-winning actress Kathryn Hunter is returning to the Arcola Theatre to star in Leyla Nazli's new play The Mare Rider.
Directed by artistic director Mehmet Ergen, the production …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:33AMThe high-energy Green Day musical American Idiot crossed the pond to the U.K., where the touring company has rocked cities including Cardiff, Wales, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, Ireland, Manc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMTHE HEIRESS congratulates Jessica Chastain on her 2013 Golden Globe Nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for Zero, Dark, Thirty. Zero, Dark, Thirty receive…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:28AMThe Hall of Hams is my series on some of my favorite actors who have brought the art of melodramatic acting into the modern era. Today is the birthday of Christopher Plummer (b. 1929). As pa…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:19AMChristopher Sieber, a Two-time Tony nominee, is scheduled to return to the cast of the Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning revival of Chicago beginning December 25, Christmas Day.…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:19AMThursday Evening Performance Tonight – Four Shows This Weekend – Audiences Love The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!! ONLY FIVE PERFORMANCES REMAIN – CLOSING WEEKEND Produced in partnershi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:18AMClifford Odets’ 1937 drama Golden Boy explores the lengths a young man will go to in order to achieve the American Dream—and at what cost. To mark the 75th anniversary of this cl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:17AMThe 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 11:17AMEven legends have to go through the awkward years. Take that icon – stealing from the rich and giving to the poor – Robin Hood. Celebrated in song and story for hundreds of years…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:16AMHuffPo blogger and Kennedy Center chief Michael Kaiser recently wrote a post reflecting on the financial corner that many arts organizations have painted themselves into (which he compares …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:08AMAnother week, another brilliant X Factor performance from pint-sized Broadway vet Carly Rose Sonenclar. The young talent wowed the judges and audience with her stellar take on John Lenn…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:07AMBack to Back's tale of the elephant-headed deity journeying into Nazi Germany to reclaim the swastika made for unmissable viewingAn argument is brewing in the rehearsal room. Scott wants Mar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMEarlier this week, Transport Group presented GIMME A BREAK an evening of performances honoring Christian Borle, Sue Frost, and Paul Huntley at it's benefit gala at the Asia Society and Museu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMLast week, I tweased (tweeted + teased) that I’d be signing up to produce a show on Broadway this spring. And that show is . . . Kinky Boots! I’m thrilled to be playing a part in…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe recent stage adaptation of the bestselling novel "Sideways" that debuted in May in Santa Monica is moving up in the world. The La Jolla Playhouse said it will produce the play starting i…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM
But sometimes, though it may defy certain sorts of expectations, Jews excel not because they have higher sports IQs but just because they are better.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:53AMBy now, you’re pretty tired of hearing Anne Hathaway talk about eating two Nilla Wafers a day and suffering for her Fantine. Like. You’re going to kick a baby deer in the face if she men…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:48AMJessica Alba, Megan Fox, and Ed Helms joined the Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Dr. Aida Takla-O'Reilly at the Beverly Hilton Hotel this morning to announce the nominations fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:45AMCarly Rose Sonenclar demonstrated that she has more in her bag of tricks than just a stellar singing voice. The 13-year-old played the piano as she sang a moving version of the John Lennon c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:45AMAnthony Head brought his school blazer, Freddie Fox a road sign and Meera Syal a belly-dancer’s waist chain. But it was Tracie Bennett, last seen playing Judy Garland in End of the Rainbow…
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:43AMWe’ve got a treat for you. How about winning a pair of tickets to The Changeling at the Young Vic next week (17th-22nd)? Call it an early Christmas present from us to you, but whatev…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:42AMA poor young soldier in a sleepy town, Woyzeck is freaking out. Not so much about being a poor young soldier, although he’s certainly aware that he has trouble getting by, but about how th…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:32AMLegit News:
Regional taps director to be new leader
SOURCE: Variety at 10:31AMHave you recently experienced an existential meltdown in an elevator to the tune of Wham's "Last Christmas?" Does the mere concept of passing another improperly-lit plastic menorah in a lon…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:29AMAtlantic Theater Company celebrated the opening night of Melissa James Gibson's What Rhymes With America on Wednesday, December 12. Following the performance, the cast and gu
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:26AMBroadway legend Mandy Patinkin may play a terrorist-fighting teddy bear on Homeland, but the velvety vocalist was decidedly less cuddly when he appeared on The Colbert Report on December 12.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:25AMA new V&A archive shows that while in some ways theatre changed unrecognisably between 1945 and 2010, some things remain toxically the sameGallery: 65 years of theatre – in 10 picturesWhat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:21AMOr at least it's definitely in the top five! Bill Pinckney's Original Drifters sing White Christmas. Animation by Joshua Held. Just try not to sing along.The Hub Review, the guid…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:19AMThe Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominations for the 2013 Golden Globes Awards this morning, live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Check out how the stars are reacting to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMA new app from the V&A draws on its remarkable archive to present the 100 most influential postwar British plays. Ten are shown here. Spanning 65 years from 1945 to 2010 the app reveal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:17AMA new app from the V&A draws on its remarkable archive to present the 100 most influential postwar British plays. Ten are shown here. Spanning 65 years – from 1945 to 2010 – the app reve…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:17AMThis is one in a series of posts we are producing in connection with our new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, available from Bear Manor Me…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:13AMThe Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the 2013 Golden Globe Awards Dec. 13 in Beverly Hills, CA. The 70th annual awards ceremony will be hosted by Tina Fey and A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:10AMTony Award winner Martin Short (Martin Short Fame Becomes Me) has been added to the roster of performers who will be appearing at State Theatre in New Brunswick in 2013. He will offer a si…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:07AMToday in 2009, A Little Night Music opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre, where it ran for 425 performances. A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:05AMA scheming green grump is invading Madison Square Garden! Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas begins performances on December 13, starring Broadway vet Jeff McCarthy. Direct…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:01AMAdditional 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 Aca…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:00AMThe union representing most of the service workers at Broadway theaters is in a dispute with the Broadway League that could lead to a worker strike during the holidays. Local 32BJ of the Ser…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMAge & Hometown: 30; Sydney, Australia
Current Role: A Broadway debut as Lorna Moon, “the tramp from Newark” who wins the heart of Golden Boy Joe Bonaparte (Seth Numrich) a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:00AMWith its child-friendly blend of humor, thrills and spectacle, Circus Flora was made for the holidays.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:00AMJust as the Broadway theater community was getting back on its feet following Hurricane Sandy, another potential showstopper is headed its way.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMThis weekend we kick off the first ever ConnectorCon. The goal will be for everyone to know one another by the time they leave the conference and to have helped one another in some way. It's…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:00AM
Atlantic Theater Company presents the world premiere of Melissa James Gibson's WHAT RYHMES WITH AMERICA, starring Atlantic ensemble member Chris Bauer leading a cast featuring Aimee Carrero,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:59AMThe Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse has added two shows to its 2013-14 season. Tony Award nominee Christopher Ashley (Memphis) will direct His Girl Friday, an adaptation by Tony Award…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:56AMThe critically acclaimed, record-breaking, cult-sensation PigPen Theatre Co. spread holiday cheer by lighting their very own Un-Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree and marked the occasion with…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMThe North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, MA, has announced its 2013 summer season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMThe big-screen adaptation of Les Misérables continues to storm the awards season barricades, receiving four 2013 Golden Globe nominations. Presented by the Hollywood Fo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:47AMStrictly Come Dancing judges Bruno Tonioli and Darcey Bussell were among those who turned out for the opening of Matthew Bourne's new ballet Sleeping Beauty at Sadler's Wells recently.Sleepi…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:47AMLyric Hammersmith, London: Barry McCarthy's take on Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas is a homely, flesh and blood old chap who snores, feels cold, goes to the loo, grumbles, enjoys…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:42AMEpstein, Liverpool : The first pantomime at the recently refurbished former Neptune Theatre contains all the traditional fairytale elements and plenty of saucy hilarity - but is so overwritt…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:38AMThe golden oldie movie is a fun radio play at the Irish Rep .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:35AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville # 91: Lillian Roth (1910-1980) (for more on her and her vaudeville beginnings go here). I’ve seen more of her films since my earlier posts &…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:31AMLegit News:
Dauman, creatives drop film hints but no timeline
SOURCE: Variety at 09:24AMVicki and Chris Le Vine, along with The Broadway Dreams Foundation, will present the third annual White Christmas at Sweetwater Farm and Grace Winery, described as an "old-fashioned pia…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:18AMDid we hear you right? Did you say “Bah-humbug..(groan).. Not another A Christmas Carol?!!! “*****A proverbial circus of entertainment for the whole family to enjoy, this delightfu…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AMIt's a wonderful feeling, finding an eye-opening, ear-opening dazzling treasure-chest of songs with melodies by a master, many of which have never (or rarely) been recorded.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:15AMBroadwayWorld 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. The …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:10AMToday, the Wall Street Journal reports that the stock broker has been under investigation since 2009 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, in 12 different cases.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:01AMIn November we introduced the Top 5 Theatre Trailers of the month, but for December we’re opening this out beyond trailers into the widespread area of general theatre related videos. S…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:01AMThe 70th annual Golden Globe Awards will be handed out on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, during a ceremony hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and airing live on NBC.
FILM&nbs…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:01AMTomfoolery musical to Open at Elden Street Players January 25th with Apologies from Producer; Tom Lehrer to Blame Although many of those involved with Elden Street Players had high hopes for…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the net, continues its expansion into other areas of entertainment with our latest feature -The Regional Opera Company of the Week This week, w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58AMImmortalized by Rose, the quintessential stage mother in Gypsy, stage mothers and fathers have often been characterized as pushy, annoying, meddling, gossiping individuals who will stop at n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:57AMIt’s Old Home Week in the comments section of my post “Theatre blogosphere dead; no services planned” from Tuesday (which, curiously, garnered even more page views than Mon…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:46AMRe-capping Carly’s ‘X Factor’ semi-final performances Mamaroneck’s Carly Rose Sonenclar sings Elton John’s “Your Song” in the semi-finals of “…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 08:45AMBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- The Golden Globe nominations for best actor in a musical or comedy film have been announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Hollywood Foreign Press Associa…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:42AMJessica Alba, Megan Fox, and Ed Helms joined the Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Dr. Aida Takla-O'Reilly were on hand at the Beverly Hilton Hotel this morning to announce the n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:41AMFull of advice and insider tips for directors, companies and performers, Veronica Aloess reports back from the final day of National Theatre Connections Directors Weekend.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:37AMAll BroadwayWorld Fans See the stars of Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln and Downton Abbey and save up to 30 for performances through February 3
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:31AMCarly Rose Sonenclar demonstrated that she has more in her bag of tricks than just a stellar singing voice. The 13-year-old played the piano as she sang a moving version of the John Lennon c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12AMWith jobs increasingly tight and relegated to robots, the songs in this new version of Studs Terkel's 1974 book have a new kind of poignancy
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:09AMMelissa James Gibsn's plays are all buoyed by dialogue that reflects a truly original voice and her latest is no exception. . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:07AM
NEW YORK—Al Pacino came back again and Jessica Chastain showed up for the first time. "Annie" returned and so did "Evita" and "Elf.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:59AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Al Pacino came back again and Jessica Chastain showed up for the first time. "Annie" returned and so did "Evita" and "Elf." Katie Holmes made a second appearance and tha…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:59AMAs a parent, particularly of little girls, one can grow heartily sick of the saccharine world of princesses, fairies and their tyranny of pink.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:57AMLandor, London: Within three years Above The Stag's pantomime established itself as one of the modest successes of the London fringe. With their home in Victoria demolished earlier this…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AM Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. December 12, 2012 Patti Issues is an extraordinary autobiographical play by Ben Rimalower directed by Aaron Mark that began performances last month at…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 07:53AMJack Whitehall and Sacha Baron Cohen were among the winners at last night’s British Comedy Awards. Whitehall was crowned king of comedy following a public vote, and beat Alan Carr, Graham …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMIf the holidays have got you down or you need a refreshing break from the hustle and bustle, why not try a visit with the Holiday Guys? In a relaxed, cabaret setting, two abundantly talented…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:40AMThe Royal Court has a proud tradition of offering alternative Yuletide fare and this year they have surpassed themselves with Dominic Cooke's razor-sharp production of a work that could be d…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:23AMLyceum Theatre Sheffield: Casting local pantomime favourites on an annual basis is proving both fashionable and good for the box office and Sheffield's golden boy is comedy actor Damian…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:22AMLONDON (AP) — Degas painted it. Chopin wrote variations on it. Balzac and Dumas mentioned it in their fiction. The Paris Opera performed it 100 times in just three years.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:14AMPaul Kerryson is artistic director of Leicester Curve, which opened in 2008. His current production is a revival of Hello, Dolly! starring Janie Dee in the title role, which continues until …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:14AMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
One giant question hangs over Judy Craymer's "Viva Forever." Has her new jukebox tuner done with the Spice Girls back catalog what her "Mamma Mia!" did wi…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:01AMCabaret performances at arts centre Lauderdale House are at risk of being axed unless the venue can raise vital funds needed to redevelop its facilities. Based in Waterlow Park in Highgate, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 13 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AMSchool for Lies, a ribald sequel to Molière’s The Misanthrope, stars married Canadians Ben Carlson and Deborah Hay.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AM
Legit News:
Actor joins cast of Capote adaptation
SOURCE: Variety at 06:56AMBAC, London: There are two magnificent balls during Kneehigh's inventive reworking of Cinderella, a narrative device designed to give the mixed-age audience as much time to dance around…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMWolverhampton Grand Theatre: Those in need of a cheer-up in these days of floods, frosts and fiscal failures should hurry along to the Grand Wolverhampton for a brightly-staged panto, which…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:44AMBring on the Viva Forever! musical. Girl Power gets knocked by some feminists, but try giving The Female Eunuch to a pre-teenBeing as I am easily amused by celebrity frivolity (my one and on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:41AMBroadway service employees are considering strike action that would affect the majority of the theatres in New York’s theatre district. The Service Employees International Union, which…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:38AMI listen to many interesting things in my job, and I love it. As an AV cataloger at NYPL (Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound), I have listened to many archival recordings at …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 06:33AMLegit News:
Hip-hop musical joins Off Broadway season
SOURCE: Variety at 06:22AMByre Theatre, St Andrews: This is a little gem hidden away on Scotland's east coast. A hugely talented sextet work their colourful socks off in Gordon Barr's often hilarious versio…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AMAlthough the feeling is suggested in many plays, it is rare that one truly feels like a fly-on-the-wall when at the theatre. BAFTA-winning writer Jack Thorne’s new play takes its name from…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:12AMBoublil and Schonberg’s Les Misérables is one of the more epic pieces of musical theatre, and Tom Hooper’s film adaptation further proves this. This is Les Misérables on a gran…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:11AMBook your standard price seat for £25 and get upgraded to a seat worth £30* for SALAD DAYS at Riverside Studios
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:09AMAs a child of the 90s The Spice Girls played a huge part in my upbringing. It wasn’t just the music, it was the momentum and power behind the message and global reach of the British gi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:02AMWriters have become the latest group to complain about working for free and are now calling on the government to support their right to be paid. Their complaints follow those of performers, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AM
Jerwood Downstairs, Royal Court Theatre, London: Martin Crimp's latest work is his most innovative since his 1997 masterpiece Attempts on Her Life, and the first at this venue since The…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:39AMThe Theatre at the O2, London: I've already experienced two of the worst 'live' entertainment nights of the year at the O2, with the loud and vacuous Jesus Christ Superstar ar…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:33AMWyvern, Swindon: When Keith Chegwin starred as Buttons at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon last Christmas, it was announced he would be returning this year in Jack and the Beanstalk. Plainly, h…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:17AMEnglish National Ballet’s Nutcracker is a muted production lifted by sparkling dancing. From stars Vadim Muntagirov and Daria Klimentová through to the corps of Snowflakes, the company da…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:14AMCivic, Darlington: Civic regulars husband-and-wife Linda Lusardi and Sam Kane are back where they first met 16 years ago and in top form as Carabosse and castle henchman Oddjob respectively.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:11AMArts organisations need to better articulate the regeneration benefits they can bring to town and city centres when approaching private donors, according to a leading philanthropist. Michael…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AM
'Tis the season for sucking up at company holiday parties — or, as Frank, the central character in David Ives' "The School for Lies" would put it, this is prime time, baby, for "two-fa…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:54AMA talk with Mike Tyson is . . . an uneasy thing.
Will he go off? Is he still the barely contained human detonation of the 1980s and 1990s?
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:32AMTennis Legends Showdown at Powershares Tour
Join us as we serve up an exclusive visit to the Powershares Tour's stop in Anaheim, where tennis legends Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, Jim Courier,…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM'Zero Dark Thirty' Star Edgar Ramirez Gets Diplomatic
The dashing Edgar Ramirez pays a visit to our Studio -- and attempts to wreck it! The 'Zero Dark Thirty' actor has some pillow fighting …
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMNikki Reed & Paul McDonald Perform Live In-Studio
Happily married couple -- 'Twilight' actress Nikki Reed and "American Idol" alum Paul McDonald -- pay a visit to the Studio to show off some…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
Scott Siegel's BROADWAY BALLYHOO tonight, December 13th at 11 pm at Feinstein's will feature four superlative talents the positively legendary Christine Pedi Broadway, Off-Broadway, Drama De…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMRecording sessions have the mystique of making music history behind closed doors. No matter that the single most famous one in pop culture - the December day in 1956 when Elvis Presley, John…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:13AMComing in January, and already on the verge of selling out, is the mystical, must-hear Tristan und Isolde at COC. The images coming to us from this import from Europe give even greater cause…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMFrom to Mame to Annie, from Ibsen to Thornton Wilder, our choices for the greatest Christmas scenes in modern stage history are a varied lot. (No, we didn't include medieval nativity pla…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM"It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMJonah Productions presents The Messenger, an original drama by Paul Kodiak, beginning Dec. 13, prior to an official opening Dec. 14, at Roy Arias Stages in New York City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents Irving Berlin's White Christmas, which is based on the 1954 film of the same name and officially opens Dec. 13, following…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe new musical Somewhere in Time, based on Richard Matheson's romantic novel and film of the same title, receives a private New York City reading Dec. 13 featuring Andrew Samonsky and K…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJeff McCarthy is a mean one in the New York return of Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, which begins performances Dec. 13 at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1925 Birthday in West Plains, MO, of actor Dick Van Dyke, who will appear on Broadway in Bye Bye Birdie and The Girls Against the Boys, and create memorable TV and film roles in "The Di…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM 
