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Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 11pm (Broadway Time)
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Live Blogging/Tweeting the Golden Globes by James Sims

It would be impossible for me to keep from live blogging/tweeting the Golden Globes. So, please enjoy my random snark, Hollywood style.

SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 11:53PM

Stone & Parker Form Production Studio; MORMON Movie on the Horizon? by BroadwayWorld

The New York Times has reported that SOUTH PARK and BOOK OF MORMON creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have formed Important Studios, a new production company they plan to announce tomorrow.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:34PM

'Argo,' 'Les Miz' Big Film Winners at Golden Globes

After their respective directors failed to land Academy Award nominations, "Argo" and "Les Misérables" got a nice boost from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on Sunday night by…

SOURCE: Backstage at 11:26PM

Review: The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Promethean Theatre Ensemble) by Scotty Zacher

The Caucasian Chalk Circle has all the elements of first-class fairy tale: a young woman at odds with society, a voyage that’s often fraught, sneaky political commentary and some bathroom …

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 11:12PM

When Life is No Picnic by Matthew Wexler

“Picnic” was originally produced in 1953 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. But you’ll be hard-pressed to understand why in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival that opened Su…

SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:08PM

Hottest Articles on BWW from Sunday, Jan. 13

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Sunday, January 13, 2013.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00PM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 10pm (Broadway Time)
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Les Misérables Wins Three Golden Globe Awards Including Best Motion Picture by Michael Mellini

Les Miserables continued its triumphant award season run as the movie took home the Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy award at the Golden Globes. Film stars Hugh Jackman and Anne Hatha…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:57PM

Jessica Chastain Wins Golden Globe for Best Actress, Drama for ZERO DARK THIRTY by BroadwayWorld

Jessica Chastain is the recipient of this year's Golden Globe award for Best Actress, Drama Actress for her role as Maya in Kathryn Bigelow's ZERO DARK THIRTY.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:51PM

Voice so easy to swallow by James Jorden

A wayward bouquet conked Kristine Opolais on her noggin during the ovation Friday night in “La Rondine” — but that was the only mishap in the Latvian soprano’s spectacular Met debut.…

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:48PM

PHOTO CALL: Danielle Wade Stars in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Wizard of Oz in Toronto by Krissie Fullerton

Danielle Wade, winner of CBC-TV's "Over The Rainbow", stars in the new Canadian production of London's popular The Wizard of Oz, featuring the classic movie score punctuated wi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48PM

‘Picnic’ a feast by Elisabeth Vincentelli

In William Inge’s bittersweet 1953 hit “Picnic,” a hunky charmer appears out of nowhere to unsettle the women of a small Kansas town — especially the local beauty, aimless and bored …

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:47PM

‘Airswimming’ barely stays afloat by Frank Scheck

Two women are locked up for decades in a British hospital for the criminally insane. Their crime? Bearing children out of wedlock. At least, that’s how the Irish Rep describes “Airswimmi…

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:46PM

LES MIS Wins Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy by BroadwayWorld

LES MISERABLES, Tom Hooper's sweeping epic adaptation of the iconic musical, is the recipient of this year's Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42PM

Underused National Theatre is ready for its next act - The Washington Post by Nelson Pressley

Carol Channing, Rex Harrison, Tallulah Bankhead, Laurence Olivier, Mae West, Jack Lemmon, Audrey Hepburn, Noel Coward: These are among the legends who have graced the stage of the National T…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:33PM

Hugh Jackman Wins Golden Globe for Best Actor in LES MISERABLES by BroadwayWorld

Hugh Jackman was the recipient of this year's Golden Globe award for Best Actor, Musical or Comedy for his role as Jean Valjean' in Tom Hooper's adaptation of LES MISERABLES.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32PM

"Les Misérables," Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and More Win 2013 Golden Globe Awards by Michael Gioia

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the 70th Golden Globe Awards, which were presented live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA, Jan. 13 by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association. 

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:03PM

Theater Review: ‘Picnic’ at American Airlines Theater by Ben Brantley

Physical attractiveness is a running theme in the Roundabout Theater Company’s Broadway revival of “Picnic,” William Inge’s 1953 drama, at the American Airlines Theater.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 9pm (Broadway Time)
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PICNIC - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Matthew Murray

Can it be possible — a blizzard on Labor Day, in Kansas?

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:57PM

'Picnic' on Broadway: What did the critics think? by David Ng

"Picnic," the 1953 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by William Inge, is getting a rare revival on Broadway from the Roundabout Theatre with a cast of young, good-looking actors paired alongside …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:27PM

Anne Hathaway Wins Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for LES MISERABLES by BroadwayWorld

Anne Hathaway is the recipient of this year's Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Fantine' in Tom Hooper's adaptation of LES MISERABLES.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14PM

Picnic: Theater Review by David Rooney

Maggie Grace and Sebastian Stan play the lovers in this Broadway revival of William Inge's 1953 drama, with an ensemble that also includes Ellen Burstyn.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 8pm (Broadway Time)
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Review Roundup: PICNIC Opens on Broadway - Updating LIVE! by Review Roundups

Roundabout Theatre Company's new Broadway production of Picnic, in association with Darren Bagert and Martin Massman, opens officially today, Sunday, January 13, 2013, at the American Airlin…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:51PM

The Wizard of Oz cast is great but visuals need help — Theatre Review by Richard Ouzounian

Why must the Wicked Witch’s minions all dress and dance as though it were “Cossack Night” at a leather bar in Moscow? asks Toronto Star theatre critic Richard Ouzounian.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:51PM

'Les Miserables' leads Golden Globe winners with three, 'Argo' upsets 'Lincoln' by Gold Derby

"Lincoln" was upset at the Golden Globe Awards by "Argo" and "Django Unchained." Steven Spielberg's historical drama, about President Lincoln passing the 13…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:50PM

Other Forces 2013: James Moore Performs John Zorn’s “The Book of Heads” at Incubator Arts Project by M. Cosmo Cramer

Completing the triad of Incubator Arts Project’s Other Forces is multi-instrumentalist James Moore’s performance of The Book Of Heads, a series of 35 études for guitar written by downto…

SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 08:48PM

Review: This 'Picnic' basket has a sexy drifter

NEW YORK (AP) — When hoping for a dramatic change in your life, be careful what you wish for.

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:34PM

Review: This 'Picnic' basket has a sexy drifter by Jennifer Farrar

NEW YORK (AP) -- When hoping for a dramatic change in your life, be careful what you wish for....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:32PM

Picnic Broadway Review by Jonathan Mandell

Are all single women to be pitied? Would an undisciplined drifter in the 1950’s have a torso with a sculpted six-pack? Did William Inge’s “Picnic” really deserve the Pulitzer Prize f…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:30PM

Golden Globes 2013: 'Les Miserables' wins three top awards by David Ng

"Les Misérables" won the Golden Globe for best musical or comedy film on Sunday, adding to the movie's already considerable awards momentum. The movie adaptation of the honored stage musica…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:17PM

Chita Rivera to Lead Star Studded Benefit for Her 80th Birthday at Broadway Theatre on October 7 by BroadwayWorld

For one night only, Chita Rivera a theatrical icon and one of Broadway's greatest triple-threat talents will offer a star-studded event in honor of her 80th birthday.Chita A Legendary Cele…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:10PM

Priest Abuse Victim, Michael Mack, Describes Experience in Performance by Katharine Q. Seelye

In performances in Boston, Michael Mack talks about being sexually abused by a priest at the age of 11 and the effect it has had on his life.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:03PM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 7pm (Broadway Time)
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Something Isn't Right Here: Surprises of the Fall Broadway Season by Cara Joy David

As the dust settled, I asked a bunch of industry people to comment anonymously on what they consider to be the biggest surprises of the fall season and one of my unsolved mysteries of 2012-2…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:46PM

I Interview Playwrights Part 545: David Koteles by Adam Szymkowicz

David KotelesHometown: Chatsworth, California Current Town: I’m about to move to Hell’s Kitchen, New York CityQ:  Tell me about the show you're working on with Jason Jacobs.A: …

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 07:45PM

Several Performances Excepted, This Is No ‘Picnic’

William Inge’s 1953 Pulitzer Prize–winning “Picnic” is indisputably an American classic, but that doesn’t mean the play is foolproof. An ensemble piece, its mer…

SOURCE: Backstage at 07:30PM

70th Annual GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD Winners - Updating Live! by BroadwayWorld

Golden Globe winner Tina Fey 30 Rock and Golden Globe nominee Amy Poehler Parks and Recreation host the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards, live tonight, January 13, 2013. The show airs live on…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:26PM

Airswimming by Theasy.com

Irish Repertory Theatre, Off Broadway By Jordan Swisher BOTTOM LINE: A non-linear account of the friendship formed when two women are forced to live in a hospital for the criminally …

SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:13PM

Intimate 'Airswimming' Is Heartfelt and Endearing

“Airswimming”, written in 1997, is the inaugural work of British playwright Charlotte Jones, best known for her 2002 “Humble Boy,” which was successfully produced in …

SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00PM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 6pm (Broadway Time)
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'Les Misérables' Film Wins 3 Golden Globes

Musical Theatre fans have been lighting up Facebook and Twitter with glowing pride as Les Mis does us proud at the 70th Golden Globe Awards.

SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 06:50PM

Splendid 'In Acting Shakespeare' Recounts an Actor's Journey

Having seen the DVD of Ian McKellen’s superb 1982 one-man show “Acting Shakespeare,” in which the brilliant British actor intersperses autobiographical anecdotes and inform…

SOURCE: Backstage at 06:30PM

'Opus No. 7' Attempts to Heal the Past

The ambiguously titled “Opus No. 7,” conceived and directed by Dmitry Krymov, is a memory play, with the emphasis, refreshingly, on play. The animating spirit—unique to the…

SOURCE: Backstage at 06:15PM

'Le Cid' Lacks a Unity of Style

Pierre Corneille caused a commotion with “Le Cid” in 1637. An audience-pleasing commercial success, the play was nonetheless rejected by members of the French literary establishm…

SOURCE: Backstage at 06:05PM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 5pm (Broadway Time)
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Theater Review: ‘Ruff,’ Peggy Shaw’s New Solo Show at Performance Space 122 by Charles Isherwood

In “Ruff” Peggy Shaw ruminates on life before and after her stroke, investigating the workings of her mind and memory in an impressionistic monologue that’s admirably unsentimental.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:41PM

3 Questions on the Economy from Keith Hennessy to AL Steiner and Mårten Spångberg by Keith Hennessy, A.l. Steiner and Mårten Spångberg

A.L. STEINER  1. Bifo: “the depth of the catastrophe represented by the collapse is awakening hidden potencies of the social brain.” Can we feel good about the crisis, as an alarm clock…

SOURCE: Culturebot at 05:41PM

AUNTS started in 2005 by Jmy James Kidd

On the occasion of AUNTS in American Realness, Jmy James Kidd reflects on the beginning of AUNTS.

SOURCE: Culturebot at 05:36PM

Stuck in the bedroom, 'Side Effects' needs to take more shots by Chris Jones

"Side Effects May Include …," the new solo comedy from the "Seinfeld" writer Marc Jaffe and playwright Eric Coble, bills itself as a play about Parkinson's disease. By Act 2, it feels …

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:36PM

Sex and the City Zoo 4: Sexy Beast! A Valentine’s event – Los Angeles Zoo report by Pauline Adamek

Sex and the City Zoo 4: Sexy Beast! – an extraordinary Valentine’s Day event celebrating romance in the animal kingdom – is presented by the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (GLAZA)…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:27PM

Play and Placemaking in New Orleans by HowlRound

Warning: the theories you are about to read are not scientific. Not even close. They are opinions that I’ve developed over several decades of making and attending theater in New Orleans. O…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:05PM

Turning Problems Into Parades by HowlRound

The costume making skills of the average New Orleanian are astonishing. As I write, thousands of people in our fair city are busy sewing, beading, bedazzling and thrift store hunting. Today …

SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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‘The Full Monty’ at The Little Theatre of Alexandria by Julia L. Exline by Julia L. Exline

The Little Theatre of Alexandria presents The Full Monty, a musical comedy written by Terrence McNally, with music and lyrics by David Yazbeck. Frank D. Shutts ll directs this riotous produc…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:07PM

Music Review: ‘W. S. Gilbert and Broadway He Inspired’ at 92nd Street Y by Stephen Holden

For the first time in its four-decade existence the 92nd Street Y’s Lyrics & Lyricists series devoted a program to W. S. Gilbert.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:05PM

'Les Misérables' film Earns 8 Academy Awards Nominations

The talk of the season, the film version of Les Misérables, has taken the world by storm, with a hit film at the box office, a #1 soundtrack, and now a slew of nominations for the 85th Annu…

SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 04:00PM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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Sunday Afternoon Report: The January Shit-Show Circus? by Jeremy M. Barker

Oh good lord I’m tired. This January thing is killer, huh? I’m not even seeing shows today–it’s meetings and parties and interviews and so on. But it’s good. I&…

SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 03:44PM

The Other Place by Sandra Mardenfeld

Even as the audience finds their seats at Manhattan Theater Club’s presentation of The Other Place, the juxtaposition of human strength and fragility and the whisper of the bridge between,…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 03:39PM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
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Opolais makes winning Met debut in 'La Rondine'

NEW YORK (AP) — Kristine Opolais was such a hit at her Metropolitan Opera debut that she got bopped on the head.

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:59PM

To A Fact Checker In The Theater by Mike Daisey

Tom Williams writing at ChicagoCritic.com has dismissed the Chicago production of AGONY/ECSTASY there with this devastating paragraph:Now, after Daisey apologized for the above, the revised …

SOURCE: Mike Daisey at 02:58PM

LES MISERABLES: The View From The Original London Cast by Guest Blogger: Rebecca Caine

Rebecca Caine, who created the role of Cosette, gives her thoughts on the media hype around the new movie...and looks back on the birth of the hit musical

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:15PM

McCraney’s Streamlined Hamlet Embraces The Music of the Bard by Bill Hirschman

The miracle of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s streamlined Hamlet at GableStage is that even after surgically slicing two-thirds of the script, the result remains not only effective theater but pu…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:07PM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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Police shoot armed man in Calif. movie theater

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Moviegoers at a San Diego theater ducked for cover as police stormed in during a movie and shot and wounded an armed domestic violence suspect pretending to be a patron.

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:59PM

‘Avenue Q’ at Dominion Stage by Jessica Vaughan by Jessica Vaughan

Dominion Stage’s Avenue Q is hilarious and touching. The musical debuted Off- Broadway in 2003 and the story of a young English major drifting through his first year out of college is ev…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:58PM

Finstrom, McKeever, Clancy & Stuart Get Full Workshops In Jan McArt’s New Series by Bill Hirschman

Jan McArt's Theatre Arts Guild Florida New Play Workshop will give a platform through this spring to four playwrights: Tony Finstrom, Michael McKeever, Dan Clancy and Jay Stuart. The product…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:49PM

Cat Sinks Its Claws Into Broadway, Barry Manilow Makes It Happen Again & Molly Ringwald Gets Jazzed Up in This Week’s Datebook by Ryan Gilbert

Broadway.com is spreading the news all season long, spotlighting tons of must-see events! From welcoming Cat On a Hot Tin Roof to bidding bon voyage to Peter and the Starcather to the s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:46PM

Fuse Theater Review: Seeing the “Invisible Man” by Bill Marx

An adaptor has to make choices, and this theatrical version of "Invisible Man" focuses on the novel’s most straightforward narrative strand.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:31PM

Why I wanted to make The Audience public

Every week, in a meeting shrouded in secrecy, the PM briefs the Queen about British politics. What influence does she exert? Who has she liked – and who made her nod off? Peter Morgan on h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PM

Christine Ebersole Meets The Whiffenpoofs by Michael Portantiere

How versatile a performer is Christine Ebersole? Let's count the ways. Many people first became aware of her from her work as a sketch comedian on Saturday Night Live. On Broadway, she has p…

SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 01:07PM

Tar Baby Opens @ The DR2 by Barry

Desiree Burch  By Patrick ChristianoJanuary 8, 2012: Celebrated comedian Desiree Burch opened her most recent solo work TAR BABY, a insightfully funny interactive show that takes a witty lo…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:03PM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at noon (Broadway Time)
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Critics Have Actor Nightmares, Too by Art

New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley recaps his winter vacation, during which he saw no plays, but happily saw New York stage actors in many of the end-of-year, award season movies.In …

SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 12:22PM

Can We Finally Change Theatre Start Times?

The Guardian (UK) 01/11/13

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:12PM

New Release: Chemo Girl and Other Plays by Christian Kiley by Craig Mason

I am ridiculously proud to announce the release of Chemo Girl and Other Plays – a collection of four short plays by Christian Kiley. A collection of plays that examine the impact of ca…

SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PM

FACE of the FUTURE: CINDERELLA'S Cody Williams by JK

IT'S BACK!  BE SURE TO VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S "HOT OR NOT"!IT'S THE FIRST ROUND OF VOTING FOR RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA!CLICK THE GLASS SLIPPER TO YOUR RIGHT AND VO…

SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:00PM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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More public art we could have in Boston: Carole Feuerman by Thomas Garvey

Survival of Serena briefly graced Petrosino Square in Manhattan last summer.You know, sometimes this art thing really isn't so hard.While surfing the web today, I was reminded of sculptress …

SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:45AM

Picnic, Starring Maggie Grace and Sebastian Stan, Opens on Broadway by Marc Snetiker

It’s opening night for Roundabout Theatre Company’s new revival of Picnic, the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramedy by William Inge about the languorous, lunching women in a small town…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:39AM

Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, Jan 12, Part 2 - Trimphant Cast of GOLDEN BOY, WICKED in Hawaii and More! by BroadwayWorld

BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our January 12th SIP round-up. Yesterday evening's photos featured a triu…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:05AM

Will The National Theatre Finally Recover From The Kennedy Center?

Washington Post 01/11/13

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:02AM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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5 Questions: Ben West Raises His Falling “Fig Leaves” by CFR Staff

And the kooky-cookie secretary's name is Pookie.

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 10:44AM

Sophie Tucker, 1960 by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #105: Sophie Tucker (for more on The Last of the Red Hot Mamas go here). Here she is, still doing her thing on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1960: To fi…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:43AM

Picnic: Navigating between restraint and desire by Ronni Reich

Maggie Grace makes her Broadway debut in William Inge's play

SOURCE: NJ.com at 10:34AM

Forgotten Shows of My Nonage #25: The $1.98 Beauty Show by Trav S.D.

You heard it here first, folks! Rip Taylor (b. 1934) and Charles Nelson Reilly have the same birthday! Good lord, what crazy, kookin’, campy stars were alligned in the heavens on that …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:25AM

Picnic, American Airlines Theatre, New York

Village innocence is somewhat overdone in this revival of William Inge’s 1953 drama set in a small Kansas town, writes Brendan Lemon

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:21AM

Fair Em, Union Theatre, London

Despite a Shakespeare connection, there are good reasons why this Elizabethan ‘entertainment’ has languished in obscurity, Alexander Gilmour writes

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:08AM

Sebastian Stan, Maggie Grace and More Star in PICNIC, Opening Tonight on Broadway by BroadwayWorld

Roundabout Theatre Company's new Broadway production of Picnic, in association with Darren Bagert and Martin Massman, opens officially today, Sunday, January 13, 2013, at the American Airlin…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AM

Forgotten Shows of My Nonage #24: Lidsville by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of the late, great Charles Nelson Reilly (1931-2007). A ubiquitous presence on game shows and talk shows in the 1970s and beyond, he first broke into the public’s…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:03AM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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Fuse Theater Feature: Searching for “Family Happiness” by Bill Marx

In this production, director Piotr Fomenko "wanted to explore whether family happiness is even possible, the fight to keep it and the fear of losing it."

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:53AM

Horatio Alger, and the Metropolitan’s New Festival by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of that amazing American literary phenomenon Horatio Alger (1832-1899). I find his death date fitting, almost as though he knew he wasn’t meant to exist for even …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:40AM

Ken Page brings Paris home by Judith Newmark

Broadway star creates a new show for Upstream Theater.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:30AM

Review: Fair Em by Lucy Cave

Fair Em is a bit of a tricky one to get your head around. While it was compelling visually, with some moments of pure comedy, the whole show was let down by its age. According to the play’…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:08AM

‘Honk, Jr.’ at Encore Stage & Studio by Julia L. Exline by Julia L. Exline

Encore Stage & Studio presents Honk, Jr., based on Hans Christian Anderson’s beloved tale, The Ugly Duckling. With book and lyrics by Anthony Drewe and music by George Stiles, Honk, Jr…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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Your Choice of Silent Comedies Today! by Trav S.D.

This has to be a good sign! There’s silent comedy happening all over the place today! If you act fast you can see them all! At 11am: The Film Forum is showing Sherlock Jr, Buster Keato…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:45AM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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Chamber Music Society of St. Louis steps out with Slatkin

Benefit concert features a program of music by composers who wrote for the movies.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:46AM

BWW's On This Day - January 13, 2013

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on January 13 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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Broadway's Spring Preview 2013 by Joe Dziemianowicz

The second half of Broadway's 2012-13 season, already in progress, got a whole lot more interesting last week. On Monday, word came that the delectable Bette Midler will star as Ti…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM

Top 10 NY stage picks for week of Jan. 13, 2013 by Joe Dziemianowicz

1. “The Suit” (Brooklyn Academy of Music) Peter Brook directs this adaptation of South African writer Can Themba’s tragic tale.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 5am (Broadway Time)
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Theatermania buys Whatsonstage

Companies see transatlantic growth potential

SOURCE: Variety at 05:56AM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 3am (Broadway Time)
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Competition: Win tickets to Festopia Festival at Theatre503 by A Younger Theatre

We are just lovin’ a bit of Theatre503 this month. Yes, you’ve guessed it, it is competition time! We are giving you the opportunity to win a pair of tickets to Festopia Festival on Frid…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:37AM

Jack Gallagher brings new one-man show to B Street Theatre by Marcus Crowder

For our theater entertainment and edification, Jack Gallagher will again cannibalize his life. Jack Gallagher poses in the office of the B Street Theatre, where he's preparing his lates…

SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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‘A Commedia Romeo and Juliet’ at Faction of Fools at The Arts Barn by Flora Scott by Flora Scott

I always suffer a little committing to a classical show – especially Shakespeare. When they’re bad, it’s torture. When they’re  good, it’s always still a bit painful for m…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:33AM

Hartford's 'Water By The Spoonful' Opens Off-Broadway by Frank Rizzo

Play That Started At Hartford Stage Won PulitzerIs it possible to fall in love with all the characters in a play, even those who see themselves as less-than-worthy members of the human race?…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Justin Vivian Bond, Lea Delaria, Jackie Hoffman and Natalie Joy Johnson to Join Forces at Joe's Pub Tonight by BroadwayWorld

For one night only, find New York's best solo performances in one show. Join Justin Vivan Bond, Lea DeLaria, Jackie Hoffman and Natalie Joy as they present highlights of their critically-acc…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AM

Scarlett Johansson Visits CBS SUNDAY MORNING Today by TV News Desk

Hollywood superstar Scarlett Johansson, now starring in the Broadway production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, tells CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD that she hates the nickname ScarJo whic…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AM

‘Daddy’s Dyin’…Who’s Got The Will?’ at Bowie Community Theatre by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Four siblings in Lowake, Texas are forced together after years of estrangement in 1986 as they learn that their father is dying. Only one problem. Daddy’s will has gone MIA. All of the hil…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:28AM

Sunday Feature: Joel Ivany on Les Contes D'Hoffmann at Edmonton Opera by The Charlebois Post

Listening to the Gutby Joel Ivany(photos were submitted by Mr. Ivany as images which inspired his production)Les Contes D’Hoffmann, is a wonderful piece written in the Opéra-Comique struc…

SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:05AM

Sunday Feature: Connie Manfredi and Ryan Segal on Into the Woods at Master Playwright Festival by The Charlebois Post

Laura Olofson (Witch) and Mackenzie Wojcik (Narrator) (photo credit: Mairen Kops)Sondheim's Freudian Forrestby Connie Manfredi and Ryan SegalProducing Sondheim is no easy feat, so when the R…

SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AM

PLAYBILL PICKS: Tennessee Williams' Five Most Memorable Divas, Including Maggie the Cat by Robert Simonson

Maggie the Cat, Tennessee Williams' hungry lady at the center of Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, has scratched her way back to Broadway. Scarlett Johansson now stars. It seemed like a perfect tim…

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Juan, Singular Sensation: A Tour of Michael Cerveris' Peronist History Archive, Backstage at Evita by Michael T. Luongo

Before the Broadway reign of Evita ends on Jan. 26, Michael Cerveris, who plays Juan Peron, gave Playbill a tour of his backstage collection of objects devoted to the Argentinean leader who …

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THE SCREENING ROOM: Jason Gotay, Adam Chanler-Berat, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka Cover Rent, Sondheim and More (Video) by Michael Gioia

Jason Gotay, who recently starred as Randall in Broadway's Bring It On: The Musical, offered a solo concert entitled Some Kind of Wonderful Jan. 7 at (le) Poisson Rouge. Here are hi…

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Charlotte Jones' Airswimming, the Story of Injustice Toward Women, Gets Its U.S. Premiere Jan. 13 by Kenneth Jones

Airswimming, the 1997 play by Charlotte Jones — known for Humble Boy and The Woman in White — gets its U.S. premiere by Irish Repertory Theatre and Fallen Angel Theatre Company i…

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Andrew Lloyd Webber's London Wizard of Oz Opens in Toronto Jan. 13 by Kenneth Jones

The new Canadian production of London's popular The Wizard of Oz, featuring the classic movie score punctuated with new songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, and featuring Danielle …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Picnic, With Maggie Grace and Sebastian Stan, Spreads Its Blanket on Broadway, Opening Jan. 13 by Kenneth Jones

Picnic, William Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of small-town women yearning for what's beyond, is back on Broadway, officially opening Jan. 13 in a Roundabout Theatre Company pr…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

THE DVD SHELF: Hugh Jackman in Oklahoma!, Season One of "Smash," Mel Brooks, Hitchcock by Steven Suskin

This month's column looks at the Blu-ray release of the Trevor Nunn-Susan Stroman Oklahoma! starring Hugh Jackman; the first season of the TV series "Smash"; rarities from Mel …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

The Fig Leaves Are Falling, With Natalie Venetia Belcon, Jonathan Rayson, Matt Walton, Morgan Weed, Opens Jan. 13 by Michael Gioia

UnsungMusicalsCo.'s production of The Fig Leaves Are Falling, starring Natalie Venetia Belcon, Jonathan Rayson, Matt Walton and Morgan Weed, opens Jan. 13, following previews that b…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Idina Menzel Makes Solo Carnegie Hall Debut Jan. 13 by Andrew Gans

Tony Award winner Idina Menzel makes her solo Carnegie Hall concert debut Jan. 13 at 8 PM.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

SpeakEasy's Other Desert Cities, With Nancy E. Carroll and Munson Hicks, Opens Jan. 13 in Boston by Michael Gioia

The New England premiere of Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities, presented by the SpeakEasy Stage Company in Boston, MA, officially opens Jan. 13, following previews that began Ja…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Golden Globe Awards Presented Jan. 13; "Les Misérables," "Lincoln," "Smash" and More Among 2013 Nominees by Michael Gioia

The 2013 Golden Globe Awards are presented Jan. 13 by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The 70th annual awards ceremony is hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and is broadcast live fro…

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