I'm happy to report that there are plenty of organizations taking to Twitter and Facebook in hopes of keeping arts in schools. Looking to join in on the conversation? I've assembled a list o…
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 11:58PMHave there been twelve musical versions of Twelfth Night? Perhaps not, but I count at least seven that have seen the light of New York stages: Love and Let Love (1967); Music Is (1976); Pla…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:46PMDear European Friends in town for Under The Radar, Coil and American Realness, (& audiences who don’t live in our little contemporary performing arts world all the time) may I have you…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 11:28PMJust like “Amour” — Michael Haneke’s austere movie about aging and death — could never have been made in America, “Opus No. 7” had to be imported from overseas. It’s not just…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:02PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Monday, January 14, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00PMMusicals slump, but plays turn heads
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The American Century Theater’s (TACT) vital and esteemed tradition of producing classic American plays of the 20th Century continues with playwright George Kelly’s venerable ches…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:52PM"Ganesh Versus the Third Reich" is a profound piece of theater, but it was only in the show's second hour that it became the transporting event that theatergoers like Kelly Copper and Pavol …
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 10:31PMWe talked with the veteran Belfast-born actor about his role as Big Daddy in the new Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams's "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 10:23PMAccording to TheWrap, Anne Hathaway will star in an upcoming film adaptation of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. Abi Morgan The Iron Lady, Shame is piloting the modern-day version.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16PM“We are such stuff as dreams are made on and our little life is rounded with sleep.” William Shakespeare’s words straight from The Tempest. But those aren’t the only famous words of …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:12PMThe liveliest theatrical hot spot within Greater LA right now might well be the Segerstrom complex in Costa Mesa, where you can sympathize with the addicts in Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Mothe…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 10:10PMThe cancellations affect mid-February performances. Other shows in late February, early March stand for now.
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ASSAULTED If you’re looking to experience the shell shock and the trauma that soldiers undergo during wartime and its aftermath, then head on down to the Michael Schimmel Center for th…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:57PMLifeline Theatre’s adaptation brings us all of the excitement, suspense, and spookiness of a ghost hunt, complete with delightful characters and thrilling visuals. It all adds up to a fun…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:55PMPeter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about Fig Leaves Are Falling, The Other Place, R.U.R. vs The Truth Quotient, and In Acting Shakespeare @ The Pearl Theatre Company…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 09:47PMMR. BROADWAY JANUARY 2013aka MR. "TORSO"SEBASTIAN STAN WHY HE'S MR. BROADWAY: Well, it could be because he's now the talk of the Rialto thanks to a creepy, sexual harassment-…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:42PMPhilip Sneed will leave his position of producing artistic director at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival at the end of January, the Camera has learned.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:25PMLive From Lincoln Center, the award-winning series celebrating live performance at the world's largest performing arts center, will expand its 2013 broadcast season to a total of nine progra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:17PMPress and members of the worlds of Art and Architecture met this morning at the legendary Capitol Records Building, on Vine Street in Hollywood, to learn about an exciting new series of exhi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:01PM
Never trust the dead man you live with, especially if you can’t be certain whether he’s the ghost of your dead ex-lover or just your mind making you think he’s the ghost of your dead e…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:33PMExposed Blake Pfeil In Concert will be presented Jan. 27, 2013, at the Time Out Lounge at New World Stages.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:29PM The 22nd International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition – aka photo l.a. – will be held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, on JANUARY 17 – 21, 2013. Continuing the…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:22PMBrecht’s parable looks at class warfare, loyalty and the then-revolutionary idea that an adoptive parent might be more suitable than a biological one. Unfortunately, Promethean Theatre Ens…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 08:18PMThe Stephen Adly Guirgis play at the South Coast Repertory showcases raw authenticity as it weaves the story of an ex-addict stumbling along the path of recovery."The Mother… With the…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:15PMTHE HONESTY OF HYPOCRISY The Motherfucker with the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis is a crackling, compelling play that finds genuine comic pathos not only in its characters’ struggles with ad…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:14PM
According to Deadline.com, Jerry Lewis will play his first starring film role since 1995 in director Daniel Noah's Max Rose. The film will be shot in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:57PMA total of 35 established and emerging writers, composers and lyricists will converge on the Goodspeed campus this month to participate in the first-ever Johnny Mercer Writers Colony at Good…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:32PMThe subject seems to come up at least once a year and it's now made its first 2013 appearance - will Mel Brooks bring BLAZING SADDLES to Broadway Maybe. Deadline.com reports that at a PBS pa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:27PMFew productions give the sound designer absolute pride of place, but such is the presumably inevitable nature of a play called The Silence of the Sea that what isn't voiced counts every bit …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:23PMVivid characters explore deep family connections in "The Piano Lesson."
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:21PMKIRAN RIKHYE is the resident playwright and co-artistic director of Stolen Chair, for which she has penned fourteen original plays since co-founding the company in 2002. Her play The Man Who…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 07:12PMOne of the most significant themes of Our Country's Good is its triumphant advocacy of the power of theatre. A group of downcast and demoralised convicts undertake a production of Farquhar's…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
At a star-studded ceremony on January 14, 2103, the winners of the 2012 Sydney Theatre Awards were announced. Over 300 members of the Sydney theatre community packed the auditorium at Paddin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:49PMRoundabout Theatre Company got a special shoutout in a recent episode of Family Guy, in which Brian discouraged Stewie from pursuing his play any further out of fear that it will marginalize…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:23PMComing up this week, 54 BELOW, the performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:16PMJoin us at Hartford Stage for FreeView, a preview of select scenes followed by an intimate Q amp A session with the actors and director of Breath amp Imagination, at 12 p.m. January 17. Ther…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:12PMThere's a dose of the autobiographical, the biographical and, most important and impressive, the lyrical waiting for you in James DeVita's In Acting Shakespeare, now running at The Pearl The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:08PMThere's a dose of the autobiographical, the biographical and, most important and impressive, the lyrical waiting for you in James DeVita's In Acting Shakespeare, now running at The Pearl The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:08PM
Brought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, January 14, 2013 Announcement: Boneau/Bryan-Brown promotes Meier and Schwartz to VP role Boneau/Bryan-Brown, the theatrical public relations firm…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:49PMOn Saturday, January 12, 2013, the National YoungArts Foundation YoungArts raised in excess of 1 million in support of YoungArts programs in Miami, New York City, Washington, D.C., and Los A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:43PMTrey Parker and Matt Stone, the co-creators of "South Park" and the Tony Award-winning Best Musical The Book of Mormon, and The Raine Group, a boutique merchant bank focused on ent…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:43PMIs "insanity" a tangible thing, or the category for people who fall inconveniently outside the spectrum of what is socially acceptable? The Fallen Angel Theatre Company thoughtfully examines…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:37PMMaggie Grace, Sebastian Stan, Ellen Burstyn, Mare Winningham and more star in the Roundabout Theatre Company revival of William Inge’s Picnic. Find out what the cast had to say about t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:33PMThe national tour of Matthew Lombardo's Looped, about a fictional encounter between actress Tallulah Bankhead and a young recording engineer, will play Boston's Majestic Theatre Apri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:31PMNine-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune has withdrawn from the Houston Grand Opera production of the sweeping American musical Show Boat, which begins performances Jan. 18 in Texas.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:29PMNEW YORK (AP) — A good one-man show leaves the audience wanting more, which is exactly what happens with James DeVita's satisfactory piece, "In Acting Shakespeare."
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:26PMNEW YORK—A good one-man show leaves the audience wanting more, which is exactly what happens with James DeVita's satisfactory piece, "In Acting Shakespeare.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:26PMIt’s hard to fathom what adapter-director Ben West is up to in this drastically cut, heavily revised pint-size production of Allan Sherman and Albert Hague’s “The Fig Leave…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:20PM“Hollow Roots,” Christina Anderson’s play starring April Matthis, attempts to stoke a postracial discussion.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18PMPBS will film and broadcast the New York Philharmonic's upcoming concert production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Tony-winning musical Carousel. The musical will star four-time To…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:18PMSeth Numrich, who stars as a fighter in “Golden Boy” on Broadway, starts his nights with boxing workouts.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:11PMWas Rehearsing Play, Promoting Memoir 'I, Rhoda' In New YorkValerie Harper, the four-time Emmy Award and Tony Award-nominated actress, was hospitalized over the weekend in New York City wh…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:10PM"Masterclass," the Emmy-nominated HBO documentary series that brings together iconic artists and students from across the U.S., will air episodes featuring Patti LuPone, John Guare…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:04PMVoting is now open for the 13th annual WhatsonStage.com Awards, run and named for the United Kingdom's leading theater website. Winners of the awards are determined entirely by ticket-buyers…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:03PMPETER PAN AND CATHY RIGBY HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON: THEY WON’T GROW UP When the musical fantasy adaptation of James M. Barrie’s Peter Pan landed on Broadway in 1954, it received rave rev…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:01PMSee these children are like clay in our hands / we be the masters of this ceremony / the crafters and creators / and every time we step in that classroom you best believe Their Eyes are Watc…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PMFor this weeks’ Movie Monologue Monday I’m going to look at Charlie Chaplin‘s speech in The Great Dictator. This is a brilliant piece. The great irony is that Chaplin was k…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 11413.
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A host of theatre artists will rejoin forces on March 11th for the second annual Spotlight on St. Jude, Broadway's Tribute to the Kids.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:55PMStars Laura Osnes
(Cinderella) and Santino Fontana (The Prince) were joined by cast mates including Victoria Clark (The Fairy Godmother) and Harriet Harris (Cinderella's Stepmother) as wel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:51PMThe North American Premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Wizard of Oz was last night in Toronto, and the All-Canadian Cast shined like Dorothy's ruby red slippers. The show tells the classi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:46PMRockers Anonymous returns to the Underground Lounge Jan. 14 for its seventh installment, Gender Bender Birthday Bash, celebrating the one-year anniversary of the concert series' deb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:38PMBroadway Sessions is described as an evening of musical performances, games, comedy and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show is createdhosted by Ben Cameron Broadway's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:36PMA review of Mark Cherniak’s one-man show, “Jalopies,” at Richard Hugo House through Jan. 20, 2013.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 04:36PMThis year marks the 100 anniversary of George Bernard Shaw’s most beloved play, “Pygmalion,” which, surprisingly, had its 1913 world premiere in Vienna (in a German translation), and o…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:36PM“Hamlet, Prince of Grief,” in the Under the Radar Festival at the Public Theater, is a 30-minute, one-person version of “Hamlet” presented by the Leev Theater Group of Iran.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:33PMThis Thursday, January 17, National Theatre Live will broadcast a live performance of THE MAGISTRATE A comedy starring Academy Award nominee and Tony Award winner JOHN LITHGOW directed by TI…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:28PMIt's a jumble of words at first, spat from the mouth of a man in tight, soiled long johns, horns on his head, turkey wattle under his chin. A four-word mantra repeated so quickly, we don't u…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:28PMTickets for the Broadway revival of Pump Boys and Dinettes are now on sale to the general public. The produciton will begin previews on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 with the opening night schedul…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:27PMNational Theatre Live will broadcast a live performance of Arthur Wing Pinero 's "The Magistrate" starring Oscar nominee and Tony Award-winner John Lithgow at cinemas and theaters acro…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:20PMMeet the first-nighters of the new Broadway production of William Inge's Picnic.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:15PMFulmore Middle School's girls choir is getting the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall this weekend as well as participate in a Believe NYC event with Broadway favorite, Adam Jacobs, at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:11PMTina 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 04:05PMAccording to an Equity castng notice, the New York Philharmonic's staged production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's Carousel February 27-March 2, 2013 will feature choreography by Warren Carlyl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMA fan made this photo of an “alternate ending” of The Heiress featuring star Jessica Chastain with her Golden Globe (for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture ̵…
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SOURCE: Vulture at 04:01PMThis week, Broadway bids farewell to three acclaimed productions - GOLDEN BOY, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER AND GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS will play their final performance on Sunday, January 20. The …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:01PMThe Alabama Shakespeare Festival will offer a gritty version of the William Shakespeare classic Macbeth, set in a post-Apocalyptic world, beginning Jan. 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PM
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 Ce…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:59PM“Opus No. 7,” from the Dmitry Krymov Lab of Moscow, probes memory, ancestors, Mother Russia and the case of Dmitri Shostakovich, at St. Ann’s Warehouse.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:52PMThe 2012-’13 Broadway season isn’t over yet, and already there are solid plans for 2013-’14. The musical version of Big Fish will make its New York debut in the fall, beginning…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:46PMBette Midler’s return to Broadway after three decades is one of three new Broadway shows announced this week, a week in which only one show announced its closing, even though it’s Ja…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:46PMBroadwayWorld's High School Center is proud to showcase high school performance programs around the country in our weekly feature of 'High School in the Spotlight'. This week's featured scho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:32PM Phil Tayler and Erica Spyres in MARRY ME A LITTLE.Photo by Andrew Brilliant/ Brilliant Pictures.The critical waters in Boston are growing shallower by the year, as evidenced by To…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 03:31PMBlockbuster musical The Book of Mormon reclaimed the top spot at the box office, followed by long-running hits The Lion King and Wicked. Audiences are still clamoring to see last year's …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:28PMA whopping three shows will take their final Broadway bows this week- GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, GOLDEN BOY, and PETER AND THE STARCATCHER. This is your last chance to see the the three critically…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:27PMThis is one in a series of posts we are producing in connection with our new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, available from Bear Manor Media…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:26PMHave you been anxiously waiting to see what's next "Smash", our favorite Broadway themed drama series? What's happened to our friends Karen and Ivy and Tom and Julia and McSleazy and Ellis..…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:24PMRoundabout Theatre Company celebrated the opening night of their newest revival of William Inge's Picnic, d
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:20PMKiran Rikhye
Hometown: I'm from New York City.
Current Town: Still here in New York!
Q: Tell me about The Man Who Laughs.
A: The Man Who Laughs is a "live silent film for …
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 03:09PMYou only turn eighty once, so Tony Award winner Chita Rivera (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) is doing it in grand style, complete with high kicks. The soon-to-be octogenarian and Broadway icon …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:03PMJo Bonney, a frequent creative partner of playwright Neil LaBute, will direct the writer's new adaptation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles thi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:01PMOlney Theatre Center's 75th anniversary season will kick off with the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening beginning Feb. 7, prior to an official opening Feb. 9, on the company…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM
Welcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:59PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 1132013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:59PMBroadwayWorld.com, through Filipino-American journalist Elton Lugay, mingled with Hollywood's A-list actors and Broadway favorites Justin Bartha, Glenn Close, Tom Hooper, Katharine McPhee, J…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:56PMThe New York Philharmonic's upcoming concert staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, starring Kelli O'Hara and Nathan Gunn, will be filmed by "Live from Lincoln Cente…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:51PMThe New York Philharmonic's upcoming concert staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, starring Kelli O'Hara and Nathan Gunn, will be filmed at Avery Fisher Hall for br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMAudiences are in for a night of romance and 1950s nostalgia when they treat themselves to the delicious drama of Picnic. Maggie Grace and Sebastian Stan crank up the sexual tension on Broadw…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:49PMVotes 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 02:42PMThe Maltz Jupiter Theatre, with the Fulton Theatre, presents the musical Singin' In The Rain.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:36PMUtah's Tuacahn Amphitheatre will stage the first post-Broadway U.S. production of Disney's family-friendly musical Mary Poppins. The company will also stage the U.S. regional premier…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:31PMBoneau/Bryan-Brown, the theatrical public relations firm led by Chris Boneau and Adrian Bryan-Brown, has announced the promotion of Aaron Meier and Heath Schwartz to Vice President, Account …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:27PMRecording artist and Broadway alum Aaron Carter will take his final bow as love-struck teenager Matt in The Fantasticks at off-Broadway’s Snapple Theater Center on February 17. Ca…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PMBoneauBryan-Brown, the theatrical public relations firm led by Chris Boneau and Adrian Bryan-Brown, has announced the promotion of Aaron Meier and Heath Schwartz to Vice President, Account S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:05PMPop singer Aaron Carter, who joined the Off-Broadway cast of The Fantasticks as Matt in November 2011, will depart the long-running musical in February to begin a concert tour. He is expecte…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:03PM
'At first, when they heard how childish and foul-mouthed Mozart was, the cast got the giggles''Peter Shaffer, writerI came up with the idea for this play after reading a lot about Mozart. I …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:59PMAfter sold out shows at the Canal Room, the Laurie Beechman, and NYMF, Cutting-Edge Composers will be at Joe's Pub on Monday, February 4th at 700pm at Joe's Pub in New York City. 25 tickets …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMWatch Tony Award-winner Scarlett Johansson, who stars as Maggie in Tennessee Williams’ CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, on CBS Sunday Morning. Correspondent Anthony Mason sat down with Scarlett on…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:57PMWe are pleased to announce the second round of Global Connections recipients. Supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this grant program encourages reciprocity and cultural exchange th…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:57PMThe New York attorney general announced an agreement on Monday that will make it easier for wheelchair-bound patrons to buy tickets to plays at Theater Row, the 42nd St. home to Off Broadway…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:57PMBig Fish, a new musical based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the 2003 Columbia Pictures film written by John August, will open Sunday, October 6, 2013, at Broadway’s Neil Simon Theatre…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:56PMFive-time Tony winning playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard will be honored with the Writers Guild of America West’s 2013 Laurel Award for Screen, according to Deadline.com. The aw…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:55PMHe paired high school students with professional artists in a program that became a national model.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 01:51PMHurray! Les Miserables won the Best Picture trophy at last night's Golden Globe Awards. Wait, or did Ben Affleck's Argo take home the big prize? Of course, they both were named best …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:51PMSean McDermott will sink his teeth into the role of serial killer Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter in off-Broadway’s Silence! The Musical. McDermott joins the Silence of…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PMAward-winning screenwriter-playwright Tom Stoppard is set to receive the Writers Guild of America, West's 2013 Laurel Award for Screen, honoring lifetime achievement in outstanding writing f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:47PMMario Cantone, Rachel Dratch, Janeane Garofalo and Kristen Johnston take part in the Jan. 14 performance of Celebrity Autobiography at Stage 72.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:44PMThe tension and terror of “Bethany” at Women’s Project Theater If you accept the prevailing wisdom about new play development in this country, then the silent scenes in Bet…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:37PMTriple platinum recording artist Aaron Carter has announced that he will be going on a concert tour and taking an extended leave of absence from his role as Matt in The Fantasticks.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:35PMJames DeVita is about as sincere as they come. When performing and speaking of Shakespeare he wears his heart on his sleeve. Devita revears the Bard with a ferver that nearly raises the te…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 01:34PMLove/Sick, a new romantic comedy by Almost, Maine playwright-actor John Cariani, will receive its world premiere this spring at Portland Stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:34PMREVIEW: The Pulitzer-winning play by David Lindsay-Abaire surveys parents devastated by the sudden loss of their son.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 01:31PMSome actresses try to hide their age, but Chita Rivera is going to celebrate a big birthday—her 80th—publicly and in style: The two-time Tony winner will be honored on October 7 …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:29PMThe 28th annual Bistro Awards Gala, which celebrates outstanding achievement in New York cabaret and jazz, will be held March 4 at the Gotham Comedy Club. Tony Award nominees Lainie Kazan an…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:18PMAs the larger than life head of Scotland’s oldest actors’ agency, Pat Lovett acquired a deserved reputation as a straight-talking champion and protector of actors and their interests to …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:12PMOn yesterday's CBS SUNDAY MORNING, Hollywood superstar and current star of Broadway's 'Cat On A Hat Tin Roof,' Scarlett Johansson revealed that she despices the nickname 'ScarJo' which she's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:07PMDon't make it funny, Michael Rothhaar's advises directors of comedies, such as Plaza Suite, which he's staging for Morgan-Wixson Theatre. A paradox? Let him explain. READ MORE.
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:04PM
Kristine Zbornik, who appeared on Broadway in A Catered Affair, will offer her solo show, Kristine Zbornik's Open-Ended Creation, beginning Feb. 10 at the Duplex in New York City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PMThe St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has added another concert to its "Live at Powell Hall" pops lineup: "The Music of Whitney Houston," at 8 p.m. May 17.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:55PMLegendary singer-actress Lainie Kazan and versatile performer Maurice Hines will be honored, along with 16 others, at the 28th Annual Bistro Awards gala, which recognizes outstanding achieve…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:53PMWhether he’s Mad Men’s fabulous gay advertising exec Salvatore Romano or Beauty and the Beast’s singing, dancing candle, Bryan Batt always wins over his audience. Best know…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:51PMWhen Silence! The Musical reopens Jan. 19 at the Elektra Theatre following its brief hiatus, the cast will be headed by Broadway's Sean McDermott in the role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:47PMPolly Findlay will helm David Auburn’s Pulitzer and Tony-winning drama Proof at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London. The production will begin performances on March 13, with an offi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:41PMTony Award nominees Kate Baldwin and Bobby Steggert will join previously announced two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz in the Broadway debut of new musical Big Fish, producers have a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:39PMNBC is giving SMASH fans a preview of the highly-anticipated premiere episode of the series' sophomore season. In the episode titled 'On Broadway', 'Bombshell' returns to New York in hopes o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:37PMBeethoven played on a guitar and a reconceived ‘Othello’ were among the works performed over a weekend of blurred boundaries, writes Ken Smith
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:36PM“Terrible is the temptation to do good.” This warning, bellowed out by the clear-voiced narrator (Carey Davenport) in Promethean Theatre’s scrappy and searing new production featur…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:36PMWith its sleazy hero and disjointed choreography, José Montalvo’s production serves both cast and audience badly, Laura Cappelle writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:34PMMy!Laika’s Mime Festival piece is funny and visually memorable but could do with some directorial focus, Alison Gunn writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:34PMNearly the entire original Broadway cast of In the Heights has announced that they will come together to sing in a one-night concert production of In The Heights on February 11 at the United…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:30PMLewis J. Stadlen and Jonny Orsini will join Nathan Lane in Douglas Carter Beane’s new Broadway play The Nance. Directed by Tony winner Jack O’Brien, the Lincoln Center Theater pr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:29PMA newly released report shows coroner's officials amended Natalie Wood's death certificate based on unanswered questions about bruises on her upper body but were lacking several pieces of ev…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:28PMThe musical adaptation of Big Fish is officially casting its net into the Broadway seas. Starring two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz and Tony nominees Kate Baldwin and Bobby Steggert, the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:26PMYou definitely know Sebastian Stan. The 29-year-old rising star turned in memorable TV performances on Once Upon a Time, Gossip Girl and Political Animals, and he’s graced the movie sc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:25PMWhatsonstage.com Award nominees Tim Minchin and Melanie C will return Jesus Christ Superstar to the West End's Palace Theatre next month when they perform together at the Whatsonstage.com Aw…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:23PMAssuredly, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's Singin’ In the Rain is a pleasant, skillfully executed, beautifully produced evening of cotton candy entertainment. The asterisk is that this Singin�…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:22PMBroadway's Morgan James brought to 54 Below her smoky and soulful renditions of songs from her debut CD 'Morgan James Live A Celebration of Ninan Simone,' as well Motown tunes an ode to her …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:22PMThings I Did This Weekendfinished an application for a play prizefinished a theatre festival applicationthought about writingsaw Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark on the big screen (than…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 12:15PMTHE HEIRESS congratulates Jessica Chastain on her Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Zero, Dark, Thirty.
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:10PMAfter watching a performance of American Buffalo in Chicago about 8 years ago, as we exited into the lobby, we saw a series of overhanging tickets suggesting ways we, the audience, could con…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:10PMThe musical, based on the 2003 movie about a father-son relationship and the power of mythic storytelling, will begin performances on Sept. 5 at the Neil Simon Theater with Bobby Steggert an…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:10PMThe Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre; Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) has announced that Jonny Orsini and Lewis J. Stadlen will join t…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:07PMThe musical, based on the 2003 movie about a father-son relationship and the power of mythic storytelling, will begin performances on Sept. 5 at the Neil Simon Theater with Bobby Steggert an…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:05PM By: Linda Amiel Burns “The Very Model of a Modern Major Lyricist: W.S. Gilbert and the Broadway He Inspired” is written and hosted by Sheldon Harnick with Rob Fisher, Pianist/Artis…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:02PMComplete casting has been announced for the new musical Big Fish, which is based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the 2003 Columbia Pictures film (written by John August) and will open at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PMThe Weekly Howl is an open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay.* In tandem with this week’s New Orl…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:00PMBIG FISH, a new musical based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the 2003 Columbia Pictures film written by John August, will open Sunday, October 6, 2013, at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMTroika Entertainment and Nullarbor Productions Ltd present the international hit, Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical. Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical launched its national t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMWe have arrived The St. Bonaventure University group has conquered day one of the Region 2 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival at Towson University. As a third year festival par…
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In a month as bleak as January it wouldn't normally be advisable to take in a play about the Holocaust and then chase it with one concerning the persecution of artists under the Soviet Union…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:59AMLincoln Center Theater has announced that Jonny Orsini and Lewis J. Stadlen will join two-time Tony Award-winning actor Nathan Lane in its upcoming production of THE NANCE, a new play by Dou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AMTony winner Scarlett Johansson is heating up the stage at the Richard Rodgers Theatre as Southern belle Maggie in the latest Broadway revival of Cat On a Hot Tin Roof. Johansson stopped…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:49AMJonny Orsini and Tony Award nominee Lewis J. Stadlen will join Tony Award winner Nathan Lane for the Broadway premiere of three-time Tony Award nominee Douglas Carter Beane's The Nance, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AMTyne Daly will host.Inductees are Betty Buckley, Sam Waterston, André Bishop, Michael Kahn, Trevor Nunn, Christopher Durang, and Paula Vogel with a posthumous honor for Martin Pakledinaz.
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 11:44AMI have been settled variously in bed, in a comfy chair, and at the kitchen table wading through assignments by MA Arts Management students. I have never done marking before in an academic s…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:42AMActor Judd Hirsch gets inside the psyche of Sigmund Freud; Film critic Kenneth Turan weighs in on the Oscar nominations; How the AACM continues to contribute to avant-garde music and Dean Ro…
SOURCE: www.kusc.org at 11:40AMThe Broadway stars Kate Baldwin and Bobby Steggart have been added to the previously announced cast of "Big Fish," the new Broadway musical based on the Tim Burton movie. "Big Fish" is slat…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:39AMThis is one in a series of posts we are producing in connection with our new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, available from Bear Manor Me…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:38AMSo many people have been emailing me and asking me what I thought of the movie I have not answered most because I wanted to sit with my feelings and make sure that what I thought came from t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMSmash fans don’t have to wait until February 5 to reunite with Karen, Ivy, Julia, Tom and, of course, Eileen. NBC is giving fans of the Broadway-themed series a sneak peek at Smash&rsq…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:29AMA barbershop quartet ("The Entertainers") lets rip with "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" in a Tim Horton's in Ontario. Any questions? (Hat tip to Gregg Sorensen.)The Hub Review, t…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:29AMAfter taking home the Golden Globe for Best TV Comedy, HBO’s Girls isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Now that season two is in full swing, we’re dying to see another Broad…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:23AMTrey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park and The Book of Mormon, will launch their own production company called Important Studios, according to The New York Times.
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:22AMTrey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park and The Book of Mormon, will launch their own production company called Important Studios. The company will look to build on the d…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:22AMBroadway and additional stage vets led the pack with big wins at the Golden Globes last night, which marked the official start of the sprint to the Academy Awards finish line. Broadway head…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:20AMNEW YORK (AP) — The musical of "Big Fish" starring two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz has reeled in a Broadway theater.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:16AMDavid Ferry’s voice is quiet but never shirks. It admits directly and indirectly that the world is a perplexing place.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:15AMPicnic, 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 11:03AMI puppy-sat this weekend. And on one of my many walks with the little lovable Sandy-style b@tch, I was reminded of that amazing thing that happens when you walk a dog in New York City . .…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
With the classic 1972 musical on its way back to Broadway, last week's poll asked what other 1970's musical you would like to see revived. Check out your response below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:59AMPhil Tayler and Erica Spyres in Marry Me a Little. I think they're both heterosexual here.You know what's great about Boston theatre right now? The talent pool has gotten so deep…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:59AMMost people, including me, now feel they know Alan Bennett's late parents better than their own. Like a pair of cracked Babylonian artefacts, Alan's dear old Mam and Dad have been subjected …
SOURCE: John Morrison at 10:58AMJoining composer-lyricist and original star Lin-Manuel Miranda on stage will be original Broadway cast members Christopher Jackson, Karen Olivo, Olga Merediz, Robin De Jesus, Mandy Gonzalez,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:57AMTopher Nuccio performs "I'd F*ck Me" at Broadway Sessions on October 25th, 2012. Hosted by Ben Cameron with Joshua Stephen Kartes on piano.
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:55AMGiven Sam Gold's recent quasi-experimental stagings of Look Back in Anger and Uncle Vanya, one would hardly be surprised if the entire stage of the Roundabout's American Airlines Theatre was…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:55AMThis is one in a series of posts we are producing in connection with our new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, available from Bear Manor Me…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:54AMMaggie Grace and Sebastian Stan deliver a passionate performance in Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Picnic. So what did Broadway.com Word of Mouth panelists Travis, Jane and Yipi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:51AMMaybe you've got the Nordic noir bug from reading Stieg Larsson's Millennium series (we've all seen those ubiquitous neon paperbacks on the subway) or were enthralled earlier by Peter H&osla…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 10:48AMSamantha Womack and her actor husband Mark Womack will appear onstage together for the first time in the world premiere of Scot Williams' Hope at Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMThe Young Vic's production of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ran at the Old Vic Tunnels last week (4-13 January 2013).
Telling the story of a sailor who has returned from a long sea voyage…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:45AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending January 13, 2013: Show Name Gross Attendance Capacity AvgPaidAdm ANNIE $822,129 8,583 62.81% $95.79 CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF $839,273…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMTickets for PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES on Broadway are now on sale via Telecharge.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:43AMJulia Murney, who was recently seen in the Off-Broadway drama Falling, celebrates her birthday Jan. 14. Here, Playbill.com takes a look back at Murney's career with clips from her Broadw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMThe musical THE FIG LEAVES ARE FALLING had a notoriously short run on Broadway the first time around. It is now being presented at Off Broadway's Connelly Theater and its star Jonathan Rays…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:41AMTickets go on sale to the general public today for the first Broadway revival of Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's PIPPIN, directed by Diane Paulus, produced by Barry amp Fran Weissler …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMTickets for the Broadway revival of Pump Boys and Dinettes go on sale to the general public beginning Jan. 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29AMTina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the 70th AnnuAl Golden Globe Awards last night, January 13, 2013, live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. For a complete list of winners, cli…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:28AMWe all come from Gilbert,' said Johnny Mercer. And if you've seen a musical, watched film or TV, read a book, participated in political discourse or have partaken in any aspect of popular cu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:26AMThe movie of Les Misérables puts musical theatre in the spotlight, but why such snobbery? This art form has given us West Side Story and My Fair LadyI won't be seeing the movie version of L…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:25AMMeier, Schwartz tapped to become VPs
SOURCE: Variety at 10:23AMFrom the moment he began to play, pianist Paul Lewis established his authority. His performance was spellbinding and eloquent, animated by a respect for precision and rhythmic clarity.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:21AMA star-studded celebration of Tony winner Chita Rivera, who is currently back on Broadway in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, will be presented Oct. 7 at a theatre to be announced.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AMFor 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 Ce…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMComplete casting has been announced for the previously announced benefit concert of In the Heights, which will be held on February 11 at the United Palace of Cultural Arts in Washington Heig…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:14AMIndustry readings of the new musical comedy The First Gentleman are presented Jan. 14-15 in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMTina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the 70th AnnuAl Golden Globe Awards last night, January 13, 2013, live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. For a complete list of winners, cli…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMWilliam Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Picnic returns to Broadway in a striking new production helmed by acclaimed director Sam Gold Roundabout's Look Back in Anger, Seminar. Academy Awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:08AMDon’t tell me you have the next Broadway hit on your hands. You may have written a great draft of a script, have a brilliant idea for a show, or have licensed a hot movie property or music…
SOURCE: Make Musicals at 10:08AMBroadwayWorld was there last night for all of the opening night festivities and you can check out full coverage from the after party below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMWilliam Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Picnic returns to Broadway in a striking new production helmed by acclaimed director Sam Gold Roundabout's Look Back in Anger, Seminar. Academy Awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AM #MusicMonday is a trend that started on Twitter over a year ago. A lot of people used it for a while and then it started to fizzle out. Well, the problem is…I liked it. I liked it a…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AM“The Book of Mormon” and “Once” are among the eight productions that make up the 2013-2014 season Straz Center in Tampa. Other than these two shows, the season also will include “T…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMIn many of my projects I have been described as a "doer" A person who gets things done. Whenever I complete a project, I often am asked how I did it. People want to know how I got …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:00AM
NBC is offering viewers a chance at a sneak peek of the first hour of the two-hour season premiere of "Smash" beginning Jan. 14, three weeks prior to the second-season debut Feb. 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:53AMToday, Viva Broadway, an initiative of the Broadway League, in collaboration with 5000 Broadway Productions and the United Palace of Cultural Arts has announced the full company for In The H…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:49AMEvery couple of days I send out a report to the entire staff at my day job. It details the sales that have happened each day and gives the cumulative progress toward the bottom line revenue …
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:48AMTina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the 70th AnnuAl Golden Globe Awards last night, January 13, 2013, live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. Below, check out photos from last n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMWicked will receive its Irish premiere at Dublin's Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, beginning performances Nov. 27 for an eight-week run through Jan. 18, 2014.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:33AMFuse film critic Tim Jackson picks the best of the past year in movies, a round-up that includes some grievously overlooked documentaries, independent, and foreign films.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:28AMPygmalion - Stage Left Theatre and Boho Theatre at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont are offering $15 industry tickets on Thursdays 1/17, 1/23 and 1/30. For tickets call 773-875-9150. Visit www.s…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 09:25AMLondon's Menier Chocolate Factory will revive David Auburn's Proof, beginning performances March 13 prior to an official opening March 20 for a run through April 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:14AMAmong the big winners of last night's Golden Globe Awards was the blockbuster musical LES MISERABLES, earning a Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture award for Anne Hathaway, Best Actor -…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:13AMThis month, theatreWashington’s Show Tunes & Cocktails moves to Signature. Their invite: “We’re free of political sing to the rafters and kick off 2013 with a Show Tu…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:10AMMany cast members of the original Broadway production of “In the Heights” will reunite for a special benefit concert presentation of the musical next month. Appearing will be creator and…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 09:00AMAdditional members from the original Broadway cast of In the Heights, including Andrea Burns, Eliseo Roman, Seth Stewart, Javier Muñoz and more, will reunite for a special concert pre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AM
Editor Bharat Tandon guides us expertly through "Emma," stopping along the way to augment the text by clarifying usages, concepts, and references that may stump the 21st-century reader.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:53AMBook, music, and lyrics by George M. Cohan, 1904. Recreated here by the Goodspeed Opera House in 1980, starring Eric Weitz.
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:49AMVotes 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 08:41AMSo much great art is dependent on the need for ensemble. The great orchestras and dance companies are great not simply because of the agglomeration of talented artists but also because of t…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:35AMThe Nobel Prize-winning Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek is best known in English-speaking countries as the author of The Piano Teacher and other novels (or, more likely, through Michael Han…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:26AMNelson Pressley: "... the National [Theatre] is a low-budget, skeletal operation that maintains a handful of outreach operations to help justify its not-for-profit status. Rent doesn’t see…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 08:15AM<div style="width: 170px; float: right; font-size: 0.9em; margin: 5px 0pt 5px 5px; background-color: #fecd9e; padding: 4px;"><img style="width: 170px; margin: 0pt;&qu…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 08:12AMToday is the birthday of blues singer, comedian, male impersonator and all around vaudeville performer Princess White (1881-1976). She started out at age 5 as a toe-dancing “pick&…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:02AM
Polly Findlay will direct a revival of David Auburn's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Proof at the Menier Chocolate Factory, which opens on 20 March 2013 (previews from 13 March).The pr…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:54AM<div style="width: 170px; float: right; font-size: 0.9em; margin: 5px 0pt 5px 5px; background-color: #fecd9e; padding: 4px;"><img style="width: 170px; margin: 0pt;&qu…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 07:51AMProducers Bill Kenwright, The Really Useful Group, David Mirvish, Troika Entertainment amp Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures present the all-Canadian cast of the North American premiere of Andre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:50AMThe playful mixture of fantasy superheroics and real-world teen angst that floated culty graphic-novel-derived films "Kick-Ass" and "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" translates more unevenly to …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:45AM<div style="width: 170px; float: right; font-size: 0.9em; margin: 5px 0pt 5px 5px; background-color: #fecd9e; padding: 4px;"><img style="width: 170px; margin: 0pt;&qu…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 07:31AMPolly Findlay will direct a revival of David Auburn’s Tony Award-winning play Proof at the Menier Chocolate Factory this March. The production will begin performances on March 13 with …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:20AMLongtime public relations professional Matt Polk has launched Polk amp Company, a new public relations and media strategies office to open on Monday, January 14, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on January 14 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
The National Theatre of Scotland is to consolidate its headquarters in a new £5.5 million home for its rehearsal, administration, technical and storage departments in the north of Glasgow. …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:38AMEnglish National Ballet has appointed Justin Bickle as its new chairman. He begins his new role with immediate effect and replaces outgoing chairman John Talbot, who has held the position fo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:37AMFormer warehouse in Glasgow will house company's administration, but performances will remain a 'theatre without walls'The National Theatre of Scotland has made a virtue of its nomadic exist…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AMRoyal Festival Hall, London: The most surprising (and successful) thing about cabaret diva Meow Meow's dark and sparkling Christmas revue show is how quickly the action switches track -…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:16AMFew British composers ranged so widely or so freely across generic boundaries as Richard Rodney Bennett. Equally adept and at home in the concert hall, cinema, on television and in the cabar…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:11AMThis emotionally gruelling piece, originally performed in 1992, was the debut play by Dea Loher who went on to become one of the most acclaimed and widely produced German dramatists of her g…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:08AMAs a New Year begins, we take a look at what the London stage has in store for 2013, in the world of both plays and musicals in the West End and London Fringe scene.
SOURCE: Cheap Theatre Tickets at 06:06AMEntering stage left: The best abs on Broadway. The well-tended washboard belongs to Sebastian Stan, who plays Hal Carter in William Inge’s 1953 drama, “Picnic.”
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AMOn the surface, it’s a simple story: A cocky stud muffin moseys into a tiny Kansas town to visit a buddy and whips a family of women — and anyone with XX chromosomes — into a hot, stea…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Asa Somers' original rock musical, Something as Big as This, will receive a January 2013 developmental workshop at Seattle's award-winning Balagan Theatre, a follow up to the recent NYC work…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMA stellar cast has been assembled for an invitation-only reading of Rich Orloff's award-winning comedy, Advanced Chemistry, at the National Arts Club today, January 14th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AM Did you miss us? Thought so! It’s been a long 3 weeks and we are BACK for our mind-blowing 2013 premiere Join us for another week and a whole new year of the Washington Blade’s…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:05AMHEDY WEISS: One-person show by Madkap Productions tells the story not of the woman facing the disease, but of her pretty self-involved husband.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:04AM(Pod) Casting Theatreby Estelle RosenSarah Mahoney is an international theatre practitioner involved in creating theatre on four continents. She has five years of professional experience dir…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMSarah Jane Pelzer in Ride the Cyclone (photo: Tim Matheson)This week, ours suggestions are all about music...and our editors' envy.We're envious that Winnipeg gets a winter gale named T…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMOn Friday I pried myself away from Mrs. T and Duke Ellington, flew up to New York, and went directly...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMBing Crosby and Louis Armstrong sing "Dardanella" on The Hollywood Palace in 1965: (This is the latest in a series...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"The black and merciless things that are behind the great possessions." Henry James, notes for The Ivory Tower...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMMatt Polk, the theatrical press agent who has worked on high-profile stage productions as part of the team at Boneau/Bryan-Brown for the past 15 years, opens his own shop — Polk & …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony Award-winning musical Les Misérables is among the titles announced for Surflight Theatre's 64th season of "Broadway at the Beach" in Beach Haven, NJ.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIn the acclaimed Broadway revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Will Chase and Jim Norton star as two pieces of the mystery's puzzle — the devious John Jasper and the charming mas…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAsa Somers' original rock musical, Something as Big as This, receives a developmental workshop at Seattle's Balagan Theatre — a follow-up to the recent NYC workshop starring Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMGlitter and Be Green, an intimate cabaret featuring a trio of Wicked alumni, is held Jan. 14 at the Laurie Beechman Theater in New York City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBobby Cannavale, Zosia Mamet, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Chris Rock and Daphne Rubin-Vega are part of the Labyrinth Theater Company's "Celebrity Charades" Jan. 14 benefit at Capit…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMComposer David Are celebrates the release of his double-disc concept albums, "A Few For Friends"/"Friends For A Few," with a night of live music Jan. 14 at Galapagos Art …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMembers of the general public are able to purchase tickets for the anticipated Broadway revival of Pippin beginning Jan. 14. Helmed by Tony Award nominee Diane Paulus, this high-flying cirqu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOriginal Broadway cast members and creators from three landmark musicals — Grease, Nine and Grand Hotel — reunite Jan. 14 for a one-night-only benefit for The Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway's Future Songbook Series — presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul — continues Jan. 14 in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Perfor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAward-winning actor-writer Charles Busch stars in The Peccadillo Theater Company's staged reading of Sidney Howard's 1926 play The Silver Cord Jan. 14 at Theatre at St. Clement'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 11th Annual Nightlife Awards are presented by Max Weintraub and Scott Siegel Jan. 14 at Manhattan's Town Hall. The evening honors the best in cabaret, comedy and jazz.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRussia was ground zero of the revolution in theatre in the early twentieth century. Meyerhold, Tairov, Stanislavski, Nemirovich-Danchenko: they shot off rockets year after year. Under the U.…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMI grew up in the city. And the books and movies and plays that I loved as a boy were the ones whose sense of rural quietude was able to shut out the din of urban life. In my countryside-dott…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMIt’s odd, but when I first saw Tina Satter’s name, I assumed it was a typo—shouldn’t Satter be Slattery? My optical illusion in search of a more familiar name says mo…
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