Erin Davie will join the cast of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, replacing current star Betsy Wolfe on February 12. Wolfe departs the Roundabout Theatre Company revival on February 10 to he…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:59PMCheck out the Official Music Video of LIVE THE DREAM by rising country music and Broadway star Rachel Potter, with cameos by Ricky Martin, Orfeh, Marty Thomas, Michael Cerveris, Max Von Esse…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 11:37PMThe People's Choice Awards 2013 aired tonight, January 9, on the CBS Television Network from the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles. Among the winners were GLEE's Lea Michele and Chris C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:28PMby: Dan Mason (@djdan1079) Nominations won’t be out for months, but the Tony race for Best Revival of a Musical is already over. Back to the orphanage, Annie. Nice try, Edwin Drood. Ma…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 11:24PMIn the control room at Kilgore studios the Sierra Nevada has given way to Bud Light and between moments of quiet awe, listening to songs for Drew Gasparini’s new compilation I Could Us…
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After playing the role of Bert for over two years on the North American tour of Mary Poppins, with a stint on Broadway in Summer 2010, Nicolas Dromard returns to the New Amsterdam Theatre, b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:32PMMichael Puzzo is a playwright, actor,producer and a proud member of Labyrinth Theater Company since 1997. His plays include; The Dirty Talk (Fringe NYC & CSNY),&…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 07:28PMPhaedra’s Lust reworks the classic tale of forbidden love through the lens of modern stage conventions and subplot constructions, including an intense seduction scene. But it's still set …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:20PMDigital Theatre has launched an iPad app, allowing audiences to watch recordings of theatre productions via their tablet device. Launched in 2009, Digital Theatre records theatre productions…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMA new Friday-night cabaret club opens tomorrow at the fabled Café de Paris in London's Leicester Square. The Grade II-listed venue's subterranean ballroom, where Marlene Dietrich, Frank Sin…
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For many years that incomparable cartoonist, Jules Feiffer, drew barefoot modern dancers heralding the arrival of spring, even if they often seemed plagued by all the seasonal affective diso…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:50PMBack in November of 2012, we added 10 new web sites to the BWW family, covering TV, Movies, Fashion, Music, Dance, Opera, Classical Music, Comedy, Visual Arts and Books. I'm excited to repor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:49PMNever underestimate the power of tap dancing. Case in point is TapMan — a tap-dancing superhero who will fight evil at the Skokie Theatre every Friday night in January in “TapMan: Origin…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:48PMIn a magical World Premiere, Virginia Stage Company will present the new pre-Broadway musical Frog Kiss, January 15-February 3, 2013 at the Wells Theatre in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. Once …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45PMFor Christian Hoff and the three other members of The Midtown Men, a group of four singers who performed on Broadway together in “Jersey Boys,” entertaining an audience is a bit like win…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:44PMCan all the ladies in the house say Hell Yes?! Female performance makers - how excited are you about the January festival offerings? This feels like our year! What a plethora of exciting wr…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 06:39PMJeanine Durning interviewed by Marin Sander-Holzman for AMERICAN REALNESS 2013
SOURCE: Culturebot at 06:39PMSan Francisco's 42nd Street Moon will celebrate 20 years of presenting musical theatre with IT'S DE-LOVELY, a gala fundraising evening with special guest star, two-time Tony winner Sutton Fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:37PMI'm Back…FinallyWhere was I and what was with the radio silence? Well, I was in Texas spending Christmas with my family and taking a bit of a media fast, ergo the radio silence. But I got …
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 06:28PMTheatreWorks, the nationally acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, presents the regional premiere of SOMEWHERE, a captivating new play told in exuberant dance as well as drama by playwright M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:26PMLinda Lavin, the actress and singer, demonstrated passion, vigor and versatility in her show at 54 Below.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:10PMWhatsonstage.com Awards sponsor Digital Theatre has today (10 January 2013) launched its new app for the Apple iPad. According to a statement from the company, "Following the successful laun…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:08PMTony Nominee Yul Vazquez will join Chris Rock, Bobby Canavale Tony Nominee Elizabeth Rodriguez Tony Nominee and Annabella Sciorra - all in their original Broadway roles - for this 2011 Tony …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:05PMLauren Brotman (photo credit: Steve Carty)When Much is Given and More is Wishedby Christian BainesIt’s almost impossible not to admire the intent behind Laura Mullin and Chris Tolley’s A…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:04PMIt is and has always been 'a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll' for America's dynamic duo, brother and sister act, Donny and Marie Osmond. Due to their never-ending popularit…
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The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham UTR Festival Director, Mark Russell will begin performances for the 2013 UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:54PMThe American Repertory Theater A.R.T., under the Artistic Direction of Diane Paulus has announced the complete cast for its February 2013 production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menageri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:50PM(Too) Ordinaryby David C. JonesLove Relephant Theatre – love musical theatre – love these actors – love that artists support other artists. Love talent, but did not love the show. Like…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:48PMAnnex Theatre will open its 2013 season with "Undo," a "darkly comedic" play about family and divorce by Seattle writer (and Teen Tix head) Holly Arsenault (Jan. 18-Feb. 16). Also coming up…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 05:46PMAccording to an Equity casting notice, the revised version of the show will include some new characters- 'AuntieLoretta' and 'SirTodd Browning.' While the latter seems to be a similar to 'Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:43PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, January 9, 2013 ‘Cotton Club Parade’ Will March Onto Broadway ArtsBeat Blog/NYTimes.com – by PATRICK HEALY After two popular engagements…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:41PMWhat year is it again? Anyone scanning the marquees of Broadway this winter could be forgiven the confusion. There’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Glengarry Glen Ross, Who’s Afraid of Virginia …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:38PMFear and Addictionby Jay Catterson@ScienceOfSmutInsights into what causes addictions and our biggest fears are highlighted in the one-man play, Medicine, written and performed by Fringe…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:34PMGlenn Weiss and the directing team of the 66th Annual Tony Awards have been nominated for a Directors Guild Award in the category of Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Varie…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:30PMSpinneret now offers a revolutionary way to market your tickets online. Their cloud-based system is easy to use and greatly reduces the costs associated with creating and maintaining a ticke…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 05:27PMAfter Trilogy, A Departure for Pulitzer RecipientJust a few things that didnt make it to the main stiory of the "Water by the Spoonful" opening in New York earlier this week.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:25PMRussell Crowe is generating Oscar buzz for his 'Les Mis' performance as a man who is a much worse singer than all the people around him.
SOURCE: The Onion at 05:24PMBroadway may have been using up all the oxygen in the room in recent years. But not anymore. Below, find some of the many good reasons to believe that Off-Broadway is regaining its primacy a…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 05:21PMThis week Tony Award ballots are due and although I am not one of the 700-plus voters, it’s still fun to do a virtual ballot.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:16PMMark Packer will be fourth executive director in SOPAC's six-year history
SOURCE: NJ.com at 05:12PMSeattle Shakespeare Company swerves from high comedy to high drama in a new production of Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama of human liberation. Through Jan. 27, 2013.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 05:10PMHappy New Year. Been off the grid? Let's get you caught up with various prospects and developments in Chicago theater.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:10PMTHEATER REVIEWS: "The Unveiling / Dozens of Cousins" at Trap Door Theatre ★★★ and "Purple Heart" at Redtwist Theatre ★★½
KERRY REID reviews "The Unveiling / D…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:10PM"Now and Forever: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber": The Marriott kicks off the new year with this world-premiere revue of songs by the mega-hitmaker of the 1970s and 1980s. Marriott's Aaron…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:09PMFashion icon Isaac Mizrahi is no stranger to theater. He spilled his guts off-Broadway in his one-man-confessional, Les MiZrahi, two years after his big 1998 breakup with Chanel. Ben Waltze…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:08PMRosie O’Donnell and her wife Michelle Rounds have welcomed a new member to their family. O’Donnell and Rounds announced the birth of their daughter Dakota via Twitter on January …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PMIn it’s 4th year, the International Voices Project will have a home venue for the first time, in residency at Victory Gardens Theater, the 2001 Regional Theater Tony Award recipient. Play…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:02PMDo you hear the people sing? It's probably because the Les Misérables soundtrack landed at number one on the album charts this week. According to Billboard, the soundtra…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:01PMTo do perform 8 times every week on Broadway, the star of Mama Mia has to take care of her body and her voice.
SOURCE: ABC-TV at 05:00PMThis is a post about defining success. On Sunday night, as Polly Carl’s post about defining success was landing on HowlRound, the Arts news of the New York Times broke the story of the And…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PMI hate iTunes. It's official.Organizing my digital music collection has always been tricky. Many of the recordings I own aren't commercially available so the data often fails to correspond t…
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WABC 'Eyewitness News' reporter Lauren Glassberg caught up with Mamma Mia's Judy McLane on a trip to the Broadway star's favorite winter destination for her Juice Generation beverage of choi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:58PMTony Award nominee Yul Vázquez will reunite with the complete original Broadway cast of Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Motherf**ker with the Hat for L.A. Theatre Works beginning Jan. 3…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:56PMWABC “Eyewitness News” reporter Lauren Glassberg caught up with MAMMA MIA!’s Judy McLane on a trip to the Broadway star’s favorite winter destination for her Juice Generation beverag…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:49PMComedy Begins Performances at Playhouse on Park Jan. 23"Moonlight and Magnolias," Ron Hutchinson 's comedy about the making of the script to "Gone With the Wind" begins performances this w…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:49PMIt’s baby number five for Rosie O’Donnell!
The comedian and wife Michelle Rounds welcomed daughter Dakota through adoption on Saturday, Jan. 5, her rep confirms to PEOPLE. Weighing in…
SOURCE: celebritybabies.people.com at 04:47PMPhoto of earlier Boston Baroque performance by Kayana Szymczak.Boston Baroque always breaks out the bubbly for its New Year's Day concert - both the musical bubbly and the literal bubbly (ev…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 04:46PMBenjamin Walker on his worst audition experience: “When I auditioned for college, I was in a hotel room in Chicago. I think it was called the Palmer House Hotel. And when you walked in…
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:30PMVotes are cast, polls are closed, and results have been tabulated This was our BIGGEST year yet After a record number of voters in over 30 regions worldwide, BroadwayWorld is VERY excited to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:27PMKelly Ripa and Michael Strahan, co-hosts of "Live With Kelly and Michael," serve as the 2013 Kids' Night on Broadway National Ambassadors. Tickets for the annual even…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:16PMLaura Osnes as Cinderella and Santino Fontana as the Prince in “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” beginning previews January 25, and opening March 3, 2013
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:13PMOff-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre will explore the Itamar Moses-Gaby Alter musical Nobody Loves You, a musical comedy about the pitfalls of reality-TV dating show, in a week-long readi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:11PMKatie Finneran is cracking up audiences as iconic villainess Miss Hannigan in the hit revival of Annie at Broadway's Palace Theatre. This acclaimed comic actress is best known …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:09PMNew shingle to rep Roundabout titles
SOURCE: Variety at 04:01PMChuckleheads, morons, idiots, cretins. Those are just a few of the (printable) heckles that came in from working comedians and others who read Nina Metz and Chris Borrelli 's seemingly casua…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:01PMWritten by Charles Marowitz Directed by larry Eisenberg Picking up where Conan Doyle’s stories ended, the play centers on a death threat against Holmes by the “son” of his …
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:00PMSouthern Rep's 2013 season kicks off Jan. 9 in New Orleans. The lineup includes the Tony Award-nominated works Venus in Fur and Next to Normal.
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Currently the hospitals of Chicago, as well as other cities in Illinois, are seeing such a large amount of flu patients coming in that some are among the 11 hospitals in Illinois that will o…
SOURCE: Fragments at 03:57PMA play by N. Richard Nash with Steve Howard, David Garver, Scott Roberts, Ralph Guzzo, & Benjamin Chamberlain Directed by Jack Heller & Produced by Alexandra Guarnieri “The Rain…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:55PMWhen it premiered on Broadway, Les Miserables swept the Tony Awards. Will it sweep the BAFTAs as well? Tom Hooper's big screen adaptation of the beloved musical racked up a total of nine no…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:53PMWritten by Stephen Adly Guirgis Featuring original Broadway cast members Bobby Cannavale, Chris Rock, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Annabella Sciorra and Yul Vazquez Produced by Susan A. Loewenberg T…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:51PMSo, over at Culturebot we have a great interview up with Minneapolis choreographer/performer Emily Johnson, whose Niicugni is part of this year’s COIL Festival (she’ll be up at B…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 03:45PMBWW is excited to spend a year on the road on the bus with the cast of PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT In this sneak preview of our On the Road series, meet some of the cast as they celebrate …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:32PMEdit Kaldor C’est Du Chinois Promo from UTRFestival on Vimeo. Edit Kaldor’s C’est du Chinois, which opens at Under the Radar tonight, is one of the shows I was most interes…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 03:30PMIn part three of Marla Mindelle’s latest dark-but-campy short film, it is three months after Evelyn (Mindelle) sold her soul to the Devil (Matthew Risch) in exchange for stardom. Happy to …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMOn this date in 1961, Eugene Ionesco's absurdist allegory Rhinoceros premiered on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMOn Twitter Watch, Rosie O'Donnell wrote 'we r thrilled to announce the arrival of r daughter Dakota - withloveandthanks - AMEN
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:23PMThe single-disc highlights soundtrack of Tom Hooper's acclaimed film of Les Misèrables has placed No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, according to Billboard.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:21PMGene Siskel Film Center kicks off the New Year with two innovative, exciting series and a diverse offering of week-long runs filled with Chicago premieres and special guest appearances. The …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:15PMFrom blogging to live discussions, we're your number 1 destination for January madness news
SOURCE: Culturebot at 03:11PMShotgun Players are presenting a triumphal production of Georg B�chner's Woyzeck adapted by Robert Wilson with sumptuous music by Tom Waits and mocking lyrics by Kathleen Brennan.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:11PMThe Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. with the 8th annual “Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah,” January 19 and January 20. Chicago fav…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:09PMBased on a Jennifer Beals movie, the musical only flickers onstage.
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Tony Award winner Blythe Danner joined the cast of Broadway's Nice Work If You Can Get It for 12 weeks starting Dec. 18 the Imperial Theatre. She takes the rich-matron role of Millicent …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:55PMProducers Barry amp Fran Weissler and Howard amp Janet Kagan present the American Repertory Theater's 40th Anniversary production of Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's Pippin, directed b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:49PMEmmy and Tony Award winner Blythe Danner has joined the cast of Nice Work If You Can Get It for 12 weeks only, continuing through March 10th. Ms. Danner assumes the role of Millicent Winter,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:45PMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The soundtrack to the big screen adaption of Broadway musical "Les Miserables" topped the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, edging out British folk rockers Mumf…
SOURCE: Reuters at 02:44PMThe name's Rutigliano! Broadway veteran Danny Rutigliano (The Lion King) will take on the role of larger-than-life New York City mayor Fiorello LaGuardia in the upcoming New York City Cente…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:43PMWhen Headlong, the theatre company behind hits such as Lucy Prebble's Enron, announced last April that it was developing a musical based on Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho, many a litera…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:42PMKelly Ripa and Michael Strahan, co-hosts of "Live With Kelly and Michael," will serve as the 2013 Kids' Night on Broadway National Ambassadors. Tickets for the annual…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:41PMGlenn Weiss, director and executive producer of the 66th Annual Tony Awards, is among the directors nominated for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in
Musical Varie…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:36PMThe Broadway League announced that KELLY RIPA and MICHAEL STRAHAN, co-hosts of Emmy Award-winning talk show LIVE with Kelly and Michael, will serve as the 2013 KIDS' NIGHT ON BROADWAY Nation…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:35PMIn The Wonka Wonka Cool Girls Club, playwright Cecilia Jenkins’ debut work, Anne Marie – the Mother Superior of Mean Girls in the seventh grade – has formed “the coolest club in scho…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:27PMThe 2012 Tony Awards telecast was recognized when the Directors Guild of America's 2013 award nominations were announced on January 9.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:27PMSpend a two-show day with Katrina Lenk, currently playing the role of Arachne in Broadway's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. She takes readers along on her morning commute and documents th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PMBobby Cannavale, Billy Crudup, Chris Rock, and Zoe Kazan will be among the all-star players going head-to-head at Labyrinth Theater Company's annual Celebrity Charades Benefit. The yearly fu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:24PMJoin the team behind Broadway's eagerly anticipated MATILDA THE MUSICAL as they take you through the show's journey from Statford-upon-Avon to London's West End to Broadway. Writers Tim Minc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:23PMAttracting repeat business to a historic home is a challenge. AFter all, the whole appeal of the estate is that it doesn’t change. So Thom Roach, program director at Gore Place in Waltham,…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:20PMAt the turn of the century, both troupes faced the disaster that eventually comes to any modern dance company. The founder, the maker of the repertory, the creator of the technique, dies. Gr…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 02:18PMChicago’s children’s theater community is back in full swing with new offerings from two troupes: Chicago Children’s Theatre’s “Bud, Not Buddy” and Lifeline Theatre’s “The My…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:14PMPromotes Efforts To Revive TheaterEd Asner surveyed the building and grounds of what used to be the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford Tuesday morning.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:09PMJoin the team behind Broadway’s eagerly anticipated MATILDA THE MUSICAL as they take you through the show’s journey from Statford-upon-Avon to London’s West End to Broadway. Writers …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:07PMTickets are currently on sale for UP Comedy Club’s roster of stand-up and sketch shows taking place January – May 2013, including Matt Braunger, Nick Kroll, Donnell Rawlings, Da…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:07PMThe 2012 Tony Awards® telecast was recognized when the Directors Guild of America’s 2013 award nominations were announced on January 9.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 02:04PMBroadway.com is the hotspot for all the latest on the Great White Way, but what about the hundreds of exciting shows being presented on stages all over the country? We’ve found five mu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:02PMLondon's Cheek by Jowl company cuts the final lines from John Ford's 17th-century incest drama 'Tis Pity She's a Whore. The company's associate director Owen Horsley, who's in charge of th…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:01PMNext up in our series highlighting MTI Shows In Literature is DESSA ROSE. The Shows in Literature series features musicals based on classic works – including novels, plays and children’s…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 02:00PMTim Minchin, James Corden and other comedians have gatecrashed the world of theatre. Now theatre is getting its own backI first saw Jackson's Way in 2003. The actor and theatre-maker Will Ad…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PM
West End star Elaine Paige, who was last seen on Broadway in FOLLIES, is set to make her Town Hall debut March 9 at 8 PM. Tickets will be available starting January 11 at Ticketmaster.com.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:59PMShirley Jones and Patrick Cassidy will perform Two Sides to Every Story as a special Feb. 10 fundraiser at the Cabrillo Theatre Founder's Room in Thousand Oaks, CA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:57PMProducers Alan D. Marks, Barbara Marks, Wade Turnbull, Steve Hendel, Ruth Hendel, and Tom Kirdahy are pleased to announce that COTTON CLUB PARADE, the Encores! Special event that played two …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:54PMDanny Rutigliano (The Lion King) will take on the role of Fiorello LaGuardia in Encores!’ upcoming staging of the bio musical Fiorello! Joining Rutigliano are…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:50PMBobby Cannavale, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Chris Rock are among the stars slated to perform at LAByrinth Theater Company's Celebrity Charades benefit. Featuring entertain…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:46PMTheater 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 01:42PMBarrel of Monkeys moves its clever, witty and poignant “That’s Weird, Grandma” to Sundays at 2 p.m. February 3 through May 5 at the Neo-Futurarium, 5153 N. Ashland. There …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:35PMBEL BORBA AQUI, filmmakers Burt Sun and André Costantini’s seminal cinematic discovery of Brazil’s most beloved and prolific artist, will play in Chicago at The Gene Siskel Film Cen…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:31PMGolden BoyGolden Boy, now playing at the Bellasco Theatre, was such a hit when it played the very same house over 75 years ago that it made the leap to film in two short years. Will the curr…
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 01:30PMAfterWork Theater Project, a New York City-based theatre company providing working professionals with a creative outlet, will present their inaugural production, the sixties rock musical Hai…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMAccording to MTV News, 'Les Miserables Highlights from the Motion Picture' has now reached 1, hitting 92,000 in sales. The musical's album beat out Mumford amp Sons' 'Babel,' Taylor Swift's …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:27PMBroadwayWorld is excited to expand its popular feature series outside the U.S. borders setting our sights on showcasing performance companies around the world Each month we will introduce yo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:26PMDerby theatreSince it first appeared in 1952, EB White's story about the enduring bond between a pig and a spider has sold more than 45 million copies. It's a simple fable whose key elements…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PMCotton Club Parade, the musical revue conceived by Jack Viertel, will debut on Broadway this coming fall. No theater, casting or dates have been released at this time. Warren Carlyle, who he…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:24PMVotes are cast, polls are closed, and results have been tabulated This was our BIGGEST year yet After a record number of voters in over 30 regions worldwide, BroadwayWorld is VERY excited to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:23PMRivendell Theatre Ensemble (RTE ), Chicago’s only Equity theatre devoted to the work of women theatre artists, is proud to announce American Wee-Pie as the second production in its 2012-…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:23PMIn continuing with a series we’ve been doing that highlights MTI shows which are based on classic literature – including novels, plays and children’s books – today we’re featuring …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 01:19PMCasting has been announced for Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick’s Fiorello!, the opening musical of the Encores! 20th Anniversary season, which will play New York City Center Jan. 30-Feb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:19PM Lost Note Theater Company, dedicated to presenting concert readings of obscure and forgotten musicals, is pleased to announce its inaugural production: I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE, p…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:17PMBock and Harnick's Fiorello, the opening musical of the Encores 20th Anniversary season, will star Kate Baldwin, Erin Dilly, Jenn Gambatese, Shuler Hensley and Emily Skinner, with Danny Ruti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:17PMBroadway and West End alum Elaine Paige will perform a solo show on March 9 at famed New York City concert venue Town Hall. The Follies and Evita star will stop in New York as part of her U.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:15PMA new French production of The Fever, the Obie-winning monologue from actor-playwright Wallace Shawn, will make its American debut beginning Jan. 24 at La MaMa e.t.c.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:15PMChicago born singer, cabaret performer, writer, lyricist and actress, Charlene Brooks, returns with her full band to the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, 111 W. Campbell Street. Brooks wil…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:10PM“Taking Care of Our Own” is the name of a financial aid effort for local actors and other artists run by a regional advocacy group, Theatre Washington. But this week, it also characteriz…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:08PMFive-time Emmy-winning host, Peter Marshall of TV’s classic game show Hollywood Squares is making first major NY club dates since the '50s, January 11–14, at Metropolitan Room with And T…
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 01:07PMNEW YORK (AP) — Maggie Grace had a scary moment during a recent matinee of "Picnic" on Broadway.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:04PMTwo weeks have been added to Manilow On Broadway, singer-songwriter Barry Manilow's new concert at the St. James Theatre. The man who writes the songs that make the whole world sing, as …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03PMNEW YORK—Maggie Grace had a scary moment during a recent matinee of "Picnic" on Broadway. William Inge's script calls for a struggle at the end of the play between Grace's characte…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:02PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Maggie Grace had a scary moment during a recent matinee of "Picnic" on Broadway....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:01PMBroadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce that individual tickets for the all-new production of JEKYLL & HYDE go on-sale to the public Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 at 10 a.m. JEKYLL & HYD…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:01PMEncores! production of the musical revue Cotton Club Parade will arrive on Broadway this fall. Directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle and conceived by Jack Viertel, the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:00PMEncores! production of the musical revue Cotton Club Parade will arrive on Broadway this fall. Directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle and conceived by Jack Viertel, the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:00PM
Producers Alan D. Marks, Barbara Marks, Wade Turnbull, Steve Hendel, Ruth Hendel and Tom Kirdahy announced Jan. 9 that Cotton Club Parade, the musical revue that played two engagements at Ne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58PMProducers Alan D. Marks, Barbara Marks, Wade Turnbull, Steve Hendel, Ruth Hendel, and Tom Kirdahy have just announced that COTTON CLUB PARADE, the Encores Special event that played two accla…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:57PMSydney Festival is celebrating 100 years of Stravinsky’s work by stripping it down and staging it in a former railway station, writes Ken Smith
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:56PMThe lyrical language of Quiara Alegria Hudes’ Pultzer Prize-winning Water by the Spoonful came alive on January 8, when the cast of the moving family drama celebrated their official op…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:55PMNBC's new comedy 1600 Penn comes to the White House today, January 9 as President Obama will host the cast and crew at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for a screening and reception for the series t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:53PMBarry Manilow fans now have even more chances to catch the man who writes the songs "that make the whole world sing" during his Broadway concert run. Manilow's concert engageme…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:49PMA slew of Broadway stars have signed on to honor five-time Tony winner Audra McDonald at the Drama League's 29th annual Musical Celebration of Broadway gala. Hosted by McD…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:43PMIt was announced today that, due to popular demand, Grammy Award-winning superstar Barry Manilow's hometown concert event, MANILOW ON BROADWAY, has added two additional weeks of performances…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMTony Award nominee Justin Vivian Bond, Jackie Hoffman, Lea DeLaria and Natalie Joy Johnson will offer selections from their solo shows during a special Jan. 13 performance at Joe's Pub.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMThe American Society of Cinematographers nominated four of the likely Oscar nominees, including frontrunner "Life of Pi" as well as "Les Miserables," "Lincoln" …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:38PMCan't get enough of Patti LuPone A documentary following the legendary performer has just been released on Youtube, titled 'Entrances, Exits, and Everything In Between.' Creator Josh Johnsto…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PM"I'm looking for something that will surprise me," said Mark Russell, Director of Programming for the Public Theater's annual Under the Radar Festival. "Something that resonates with contemp…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:34PMThe stars came out for the 2013 NBCUniversal Press Tour held on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at The Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, California. Featured in the event were SMASH stars Megan …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33PMThe Bucks County Playhouse BCP has announced a limited engagement of The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler and directed by Karen Carpenter. Performances will be Wednesday, February 13 Sunday,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:31PMJews were prevalent in movies in 2012, though not necessarily in major Hollywood releases. You had to know where to look, and you had to be quick given the short runs of most independent and…
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 12:25PMThe 9 PM Jan. 27 performance of Broadway Bares: Winter Burlesque, the evening of steamy theatrical striptease that benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, is nearly sold out, prompting t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23PMThe Other Place, which ran last spring at MCC and which opens tomorrow night on Broadway at MTC's Friedman Theatre, has been described as a "psychological thriller" and a "dark comedy." It s…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 12:23PMImagine a world where the sounds of the cityscape are all you can hear, and street dancing is all you know. Now imagine that all you can see is the incredible feats of dare-doing acrobats an…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:17PMRebecca Naomi Jones, who appeared in the Broadway productions of Passing Strange and American Idiot, will perform a solo concert at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater in February.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMTwo familiar musical properties are about to make their way to The Main Stem — a revival of Stephen Schwartz's "Pippin" and the made-for-TV Rodgers and Hammerstein show "…
SOURCE: NY1 at 12:14PMGay Soper will join the cast of Maurice’s Jubilee to replace Sheila Reid for the latter part of the national tour. Soper will appear alongside previously announced cast members Julian Glov…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:09PMRemember 1960s starlet Joey Heatherton, a favorite TV guest of Dean Martin? Even if you don’t, you’ll appreciate the antics of Heatherton’s (fictional) niece Tawny, a ditzy…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PMBackstage readers are invited to attend a screening of "Les Misérables," followed by a Q&A with director Tom Hooper and cast members Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne an…
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:05PMTonight we're taking 100 theatregoers to see the West End transfer of Goodnight Mister Tom at the Phoenix Theatre - until recently the home of West End longrunner Blood Brothers.Olivier awar…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:02PMMichael Gove’s proposed “revamped” EBacc which will replace current GCSEs will include only five core subjects (maths, English, sciences, languages and humanities) and will place no em…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:02PM
Idly Bent Theatre Company, a D.C. newcomer, appears to be shooting for the moon with its first production in town. Hailing from the University of Virginia, two of the founding Idly Benters p…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 11:59AMThe actor, who's currently starring in Glenngarry Glen Ross opposite Al Pacino, has been acting for the stage since he was a teenager in Union City, N.J. "It was the only thing I ever wanted…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:59AMBroadwayWorld.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 11:58AMMost theater aficionados can recall with delight their first theater experience—and on Jan. 24, Broadway’s Palace Theatre will be filled with more than 2,500 New York City public…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:55AMIt’s Bob Denver’s birthday! But I bet you were already celebrating that, weren’t you? I think it’s a pretty good sign of how toxic, weird and perverse our culture can…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:52AMNow that Josh Gad is living in the White House (on TV at least!) the 1600 Penn star dressed his best for a hilarious appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Appeari…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:50AMQuasimodo may get to ring his bells on Broadway as Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame is eyeing a Rialto run after all, according to The New York Post. Peter Parnell (The Cider …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:50AMAward-winning actor-writer Charles Busch will star in The Peccadillo Theater Company’s upcoming staged reading of Sidney Howard’s 1926 play The Silver Cord Jan. 14 at Theatre at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMTwo-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone and her filmmaker son, Joshua Johnston, are at it again! Broadway.com has your exclusive first look at episode three of Entrances, Exits, and Everythi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:41AMProlific actor, playwright and screenwriter Charles Busch is set to star in The Peccadillo Theater Company's upcoming staged reading of Sidney Howard's 1926 play THE SILVER CORD Monday, Janu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:40AMIs it big-name stars, a favourite director or the play itself that will tempt you to take the ticket plunge in 2013?The inbox is full of emails announcing upcoming shows, and the 2013 season…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:37AMBust out the cupcakes and clunky overpriced shoes. Carrie Bradshaw has returned. And how… In The Carrie Diaries, AnnaSophia Robb (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) plays your favorite sho…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:37AMFull casting has been announced for the 20th anniversary U.K. concert tour of Rent, which will launch on April 25 in Manchester, England. Broadway.com Audience Award winner Kerry Ellis …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:34AMPlaybill.com has learned that Olivier winner Elaine Paige, who played Carlotta in the Tony-nominated Broadway revival of Follies, will make her Town Hall concert debut in March.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:34AMIt's a very exciting time at Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella because we are just days away from moving out of our rehearsal studios and into the Broadway Theatre. It's truly astounding…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMSeason 1 of SMASH saw Iowa native Karen Cartwright pursuing her Broadway dream all the while navigating the shark-infested waters of the professional theater world to win the role of a lifet…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMThe Ordway Center for the Performing Arts will present the second installment in its 2012-13 Broadway Songbook Series, The Words and Music of Stephen Sondheim, Jan. 18-27 in the company'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMToby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia is off to a sensational start for their new season. A bright and brilliant beginning to the new year comes in the form of a dazzling musical revue — Hot…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:28AMSecond Stage Theatre celebrated the off-Broadway opening night of Quiara Alegría Hudes' 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Water by the Spoonful on Tuesday, January 8 wi
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:27AMBobby Cannavale, Zosia Mamet, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Chris Rock and Daphne Rubin-Vega will participate in the Labyrinth Theater Company's "Celebrity Charades" Jan. 14 benefit …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:26AMNews website and ticket company Theatermania.com, which is based in New York, has bought Whatsonstage.com. Whatsonstage.com was previously owned by Time Out Group, which bought the online th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AMThe feature film of Richard Alfieri's poignant comedy Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks will begin shooting later this spring in Budapest and Florida, according to a casting notice.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AMThe sleeper musical success Let It Be finishes its initial West End run on January 19 at the Prince of Wales Theatre before resuming performances on February 1 across town at the Savoy, with…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:19AMHull Truck Theatre has appointed Pat Weller as an interim executive director, following the departure of Andrew Smaje last year. The company said Weller, who was most recently interim chief …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AMOscar and Tony-winning composer Alan Menken will write new songs for Broadway’s Aladdin when the Disney musical heads to the Amsterdam Theatre in the spring of 2014, according&nbs…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:16AMMichael Feingold, writing in the Village Voice, takes in the latest Pulitzer Prize winning play to have originated at a regional theater outside of New York City. Water by the Spoonful, la…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 11:13AMLabyrinth Theater Company Co-Artistic Directors Stephen Adly Guirgis, Mimi O'Donnell, Yul Vzquez, and Managing Director Danny Feldman, the award-winning, downtown ensemble has announced its …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:10AMFiona Shaw, the versatile Irish actress who brought a searing "Medea" to Broadway in 2002, is set to return to the New York stage in a role that ought to raise eyebrows -- Mary, the mother o…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:10AMGail Simone made me a Wonder Woman fan.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:04AMI think we all knew that a Fifty Shades of Grey musical was inevitable. Thank goodness the one that will premiere at the Gramercy Theater in New York is a satire. I am not a fan of the Fifty…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:00AMThat fiscal cliff drama last week was better than some shows I’ve seen! Special holiday sessions of Congress, negotiations into the wee hours, nonstop blame-games . . . but we finall…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe 2009 revival of A Little Night Music, which features a Tony Award-winning score by Stephen Sondheim, closed on Broadway Jan. 9, 2011. In celebration of the musical, Playbill.com takes a …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMThe three-stage complex of the National Theater in London allows for one particularly meaningful tradition, described by an American visitor and participant, John Lithgow.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:00AM
“Harbor,” which had its world premiere at Westport Country Playhouse last year, will open off-Broadway at Primary Stages, running from July through September.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:54AMJosh Gad’s new political sitcom 1600 Penn is heading right where it belongs: the White House! Deadline reports that President Obama will invite cast and crew members from NBC’s u…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:53AMMore great news for Boston theater. One of our playwrights, Melinda Lopez, has been chosen for one of the Mellon Foundation's residencies for playwrights, which will provide salaries a…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 10:45AMA host of Broadway understudies will get their chance to stand in the spotlight Jan. 20 at 54 Below in an evening titled Not At This Performance.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #102: Gypsy Rose Lee (for more on her and her equally classy sister June Havoc go here). Here’s a clip of Gypsy in action in the 1943 wartim…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:41AMIn the Heights, the groundbreaking musical created by Latino American writers, populated by an eclectic cast including Latino American performers and offering a slice of the Latino American …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AMProducer reveals two of his biggest flops are set for revivals while Miss Saigon may follow Les Miserables onto filmIs Cameron Mackintosh getting nostalgic in his old age? Having hinted that…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #281: Gracie Fields (for more on “our Gracie” go here). Here she is singing her naughty song “The Biggest Aspidistra in the Worl…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:35AMJanuary 9, 2013 --- TheaterMania.com, Inc., announced that it has acquired WhatsonStage.com, a leading digital theater content and ticketing company based in the United Kingdom, from Time Ou…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:35AMArmando Riesco, Liza Colon-Zayas and Zabryna Guevara, who appeared in the 2011 Hartford Stage world premiere of Quiara Alegría Hudes' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Water by the Spo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:31AMThe Les Misérables film adaptation is quickly proving to be an awards season favorite. The movie wracked up nine BAFTA nominations on January 9, including Best Film. Les Miz also earn…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:29AMTickets are now on sale for the Signature Theatre Company revival of David Henry Hwang’s drama The Dance and the Railroad. Starring Ruy Iskandar and Yuekun Wu, the play begins performa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:23AMThe Drama League Executive Director Gabriel Shanks Artistic Director Roger T. Danforth will honor five-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald at The Drama League's 29th Annual Musical Celebra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:21AM My View written by Stephen Sorokoff Linda Lavin with Billy Stritch at 54 Below Yes, I know she is a Tony Award Winner, many films, plays, Alice for 9 Years etc etc. …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:19AMThe 20th Anniversary season of New York City Center Encores opens with Fiorello, the show that launched the series in 1994. Get tickets to this special anniversary production for as little a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMThe Drama League will honor five-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald at its 29th Annual Musical Celebration of Broadway, which will be presented Feb. 11 at the Pierre Hotel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMThe Drama League will honor five-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald at its 29th Annual Musical Celebration of Broadway, which will be presented Feb. 11 at the Pierre Hotel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AM'White Collar's Matt Bomer guest starred on last night's episode of NBC's THE NEW NORMAL entitled 'The Goldie Rush.' Check out photos below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMToday in 2011, In the Heights closed at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where it ran for 1184 performances. In the Heights is a musical with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMIn Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, Emily Bergl may play the greedy Mae Pollitt, but offstage, she’s an art-loving, disco ball-collecting, tea-making and robe-wearing Broadway sweetheart. C…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:08AMWe're in the news again. We're pleased to announce that Whatsonstage.com has been acquired by New York-based company TheaterMania.com, Inc. from Time Out Group.
WhatsonStage and TheaterMania…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:04AMSince Wednesdays are usually really busy days for me, I thought it best rather than not blog at all to revisit older blog posts that still resonate. So today starts the first in a series of …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:00AM
Lilla Crawford, who stars in the title role of the current Broadway revival of Annie, will be the special guest at Seth's Broadway Chatterbox Jan. 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMWas there ever a time when Ken Dodd wasn’t waving his tickling stick while firing off more gags than most of us ever learn in a lifetime? Now 85, the indefatigable jester of Knotty Ash...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:57AMWATER BY THE SPOONFUL began previews on Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 and officially opened last night, January 8th, 2013 at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theatre 305 West 43rd street. For more i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:56AMPassion and politics are often intertwined, and Your Colonel, a new play by Montgomery Sutton, explores that fusion during the American Revolution. Premiering as a part of the Metropolitan F…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:49AMA Co-Production between Arizona Theatre Company and San Jose Repertory Theatre, Next to Normal is opening tomorrow, January 10, in San Jose, CA. The show features the talents of Joe Cassidy,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:45AMQuiara Alegra Hudes Pulitzer Prize wsinning play premieres at Second Stage
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:45AMThe Lyric Stage actors and pianist Catherine Stornetta do an excellent job making all of "33 Variations" intelligible and, sometimes, very funny.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:45AMRolin Jones’ 1950s roller derby drama The Jammer begins performances off-Broadway on January 9. Directed by Jason Gay and starrring Patch Darragh, The Jammer runs a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:42AMInitial casting has been announced for the Shakespeare Theatre Company's upcoming productions of Coriolanus and Wallenstein.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37AMA Co-Production between Arizona Theatre Company and San Jose Repertory Theatre, Next to Normal is opening tomorrow, January 10, in San Jose, CA. The show features the talents of Joe Cassidy,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMMost of the time it doesn't work out. The first book doesn't sell very well. Neither does the second. The people don't come to the show. The music doesn't get a lot of downloads. When people…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:30AMRoyal Albert Hall, LondonAnother new year, another Cirque du Soleil juggernaut rolls into town. This one – which has toured worldwide (the £10 programme comes in three languages) – may …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMWith sold out audiences in Chicago screaming for more, and a hit run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a 4-star review, the original parody 50 SHADES THE MUSICAL is coming for the first …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03AM(A Special encore edition) Broadway’s premier animal trainer Bill Berloni got his foot in the door in 1976 as a teenager when he rescued and trained the original Sandy for the Goodspeed Op…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:01AMDance leaders should improve the language they use and help dancers feel more valued, according to experts in management and psychology. At the annual Rural Retreats event run by Dance East …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM
In this difficult economy, how far would you go to keep your job? Studio Theatre plumbs the comedy and horror of corporate overreach, ubiquitous surveillance, and the limits of human toleran…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:52AMWashington Savoyards presents ArtsCentric’s premiere of a new original musical DELILAH ONE NIGHT ONLY! January 14th, 2013 at 7:30 PM Washington Savoyards presents Maryland-based producti…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:51AMMusicians of Mercy has been performing themed benefit concerts for worthy causes and inspiring community members to action since 2010. Under the direction of Robin Fay Massie, the group is …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:48AMBertolt Brecht and Wallace Shawn represent two kinds of political theatre; Reverend Billy represents a third, more raucous and comic variety. The activist persona of Bill Talen, Reverend Bil…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:45AMMarshall Montgomery (1886-1942) was a top ventriloquist of the vaudeville years who traveled the world with his act. He’d begun his career with a musical comedy act, doing an impressi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:45AMJosh Gad, star of the new NBC comedy 1600 PENN, visited with JAY LENO last night and shared the exciting news that he would be flying to Washington DC to show two episodes of his new White H…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:39AMNed Wertimer, a prolific character actor who was perhaps best known for playing Ralph the Doorman for 11 seasons on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons, has died. He was 89.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:20AMThe full list of nominations has been announced for the British Academy Film Awards BAFTA which will take place on Sunday February 10th at London's Royal Opera House. In the category for Bes…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:16AM
Happy New Year a week late. I picked up a book at the university library a few days ago called Morals and Markets and have read a few chapters, which have been tumbling around in my mind wi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:52AMToday. Michael Riedel adds to the story noting that Tony-winning set designer Bob Crowley has been added to the team to create a completely new physical production for the run.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:50AMBenedict Cumberbatch and Matt Smith will compete for the title of best actor at this year’s National Television Awards. Cumberbatch is up for Sherlock, while Smith is nominated for Doctor …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:45AM“Arsenic and Old Lace’ this weekend The new year brings a new production of an old chestnut at New Rochelle’s Theatre Works. “Arsenic and Old Lace” runs at 7:30…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 07:35AMTheatre Ideas has gone inactive. I am now blogging at Creative Insubordination (http://www.creativeinsubordination.org), a new blog focused on strategies for becoming an independent artist.
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SOURCE: Theatre Ideas at 07:25AMOur Experts, Editors and hundreds of Users have predicted the winners of Thursday's Critics' Choice Awards, which will air live on the CW. These kudos, now in their 18…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:09AM
Today, January 9th, is my husband K’s and my
anniversary and so I’m taking time out to celebrate with the man I love even
more than I love theater.
But before I sign…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 07:06AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on January 9 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
Staffordshire’s New Vic Theatre is bracing itself for a 100% cut in funding from its local council. Stoke-on-Trent City Council has proposed to reduce the venue’s current annual grant of…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:49AMRoyal Albert Hall, London: When it comes to Cirque du Soleil, the words 'clowns' and 'zany' fill you with dread, but those of us fearing Kooza could be snooza are awoken …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AMFour years ago, The Women’s Theatre Project mounted Faye Sholiton’s The Interview about the persisting damage that the Holocaust wreaked across generations. As solid as the first product…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:30AMWe're told that Tiffany Graves, recently seen as alternate leading lady in Sweet Charity and long-standing Velma in Chicago, will be playing Marlene Dietrich in the Curve's new production of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:23AMEncores! revue targets a fall opening
SOURCE: Variety at 06:13AMCirque du Soleil's new touring show Kooza opened to press last night (8 January 2013) at the Royal Albert Hall in one of the first major openings of the year. The show, which premiered in Ap…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00AM
Cirque du Soleil offers a bewildering mix of the bland and the flat-out terrifying. As so often with this company, the clowning and the framing devices are all bombast. The acrobatic acts, w…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:54AMFiona Shaw is rightly renowned for her dazzling ability to bring poetry to the stage. Her one-woman performance of The Waste Land was an extraordinary feat of psychic ventriloquism.
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:53AMSTRATFORD, Conn. (AP) — Veteran stage and TV actor Ed Asner has returned to the American Shakespeare Theater in Connecticut to help lead a fundraiser to restore the celebrated stage.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:45AMSTRATFORD, Conn.—Veteran stage and TV actor Ed Asner has returned to the American Shakespeare Theater in Connecticut to help lead a fundraiser to restore the celebrated stage.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:43AMPrincipal casting has been announced for the upcoming Rent in Concert tour, which celebrates 20 years since the show's first staged performance.Joining the previously announced Kerry Ellis (…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:25AMThe story of one man's iPod and the 125 cast recordings on it. And why you should be as crazy as him. By Michael Kras (Actor/Playwright/Director/Broadway-Fanboy) Show of hands: Who listens t…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:01AM
Euan Morton, who was originally scheduled to bring his solo cabaret act to Signature Theatre in Arlington, has cancelled his appearance due to another commitment at Yale Repertory Theatre. T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMAfter playing the role of Bert for over two years on the North American tour of Mary Poppins, with a stint on Broadway in Summer 2010, Nicolas DromarD will return to the New Amsterdam Theatr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMWhen the curtain drops on “Water by the Spoonful,” the first thing that comes to mind is: This fine but innocuous show won last year’s Pulitzer Prize? Over “Other Desert Cities” an…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:23AMD'Oh NotRick Miller is a Dora and Gemini award-winning writer/performer based in Toronto, Canada. He trained in Montreal as an architect, actor, musician, playwright and visual ar…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:05AMPaul Scofield plays Salieri in a scene from the National Theatre's 1979 production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus: (This is the...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"Age may have one side, but assuredly Youth has the other. There is nothing more certain than that both are...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMSmörgåsbord
Through Feb. 1 at Gallery CA; opening reception Jan. 18
In Don DeLillo’s novel Underworld, the artist Klara Sax is painting decommissioned Cold War jets in the middle o…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMWeekend of Magic
at Theatre Project Jan. 11-13
David London, a 30-year-old Rockville native, has been a magician since he first pulled a rabbit out of his hat at a cousin’s bar m…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMBehind Walls
Through Jan. 19 at C. Grimaldis Gallery
Behind Walls, a show featuring the work of six different photographers at C. Grimaldis Gallery, takes exterior walls of buildings a…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMNicolas Dromard returns to the role of Bert in the Broadway production of the award-winning Disney musical Mary Poppins Jan. 9. He succeeds Tony nominee Gavin Lee, who played his final perfo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSondheim Unplugged, the cabaret-concert series created by Phil Geoffrey Bond that features original and revival cast members from Stephen Sondheim shows performing his material at a grand pi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Belarus Free Theatre returns to New York City in the 2013 Under the Radar Festival, which also includes works by Elevator Repair Service, the Nature Theater of Oklahoma and a free …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAirswimming, the 1997 play by Charlotte Jones — known for Humble Boy and The Woman in White — gets its U.S. premiere by Irish Repertory Theatre in Manhattan beginning Jan. 9. Joh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe New York City premiere of Rolin Jones' The Jammer — his 1950s-set play about roller derby — begins spinning Jan. 9 at Atlantic Theater Company's Atlantic Stage 2. Pat…
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 12:00AMThe 2013 People's Choice Awards are presented Jan. 9 at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live and broadcast on CBS at 9 PM ET. The evening is hosted by Kaley Cuoco.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTickets for the 2013 Kids' Night on Broadway — the annual event that offers children a free ticket to a Broadway show when accompanied by a paying adult — go on sale Jan. 9 a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1890 Playwright Karel Capek (1890-1938) is born today in Bohemia. His 1920's play R. U. R. will introduce the word "robot" (from the Czech word for worker) and show robots for …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe name Quiara Alegría Hudes may not be on the average theatergoer’s short list of major playwrights, but it’s well-known to the Pulitzer Prize committee. Hudes wrote the book for In t…
SOURCE: WQXR at 12:00AM 
