Maggie is young and attractive, and she just wants to have sex with her hot husband — is that too much to ask? You can hardly blame her for being on edge: The man would rather spend his ti…
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SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 11:43PMWhen you’ve won a Tony Award for your Broadway debut – and you’re one of Hollywood’s hottest stars (in every sense of the word) -- what do you for an encore? If you’re Scarlett Joh…
SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:34PM"Never in the long history of towels and crotches has there been such a knot."-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 11:17PMFireworks light up the night sky during Big Daddy’s birthday party in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.”
That’s it for the sparks, unfortunately.
Broadway’s starry but misg…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Thursday, January 17, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00PMYou'll buy a ticket for Scarlett Johansson, but stay for the unbridled drama. The latest revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Richard Rodgers Theatre is chock-full of it, without any beat…
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My theatrical consulting business is taking off faster than even I could have imagined!
At the rate I’m going, I’ll soon be floating stock on the NASDAQ exchange. I haven’t settled on …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:57PMOscar will get a moment of Tony on the February 24th telecast. The cast of "Les Miserables", led by nominees Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway are set to perform live at the Academy Awards. Wha…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 10:49PMBroadway swelters as the past, present and an uncertain future perfume the stage of the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where the revival of Tennessee Williams' 1955 family drama Cat on a Hot T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:27PMIn the months leading up to the 2012 presidential election, stories abounded about how ties had become severed between husbands and wives, among extended families, and between lifelong frien…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 10:08PMIf silliness can be an art form--and I believe it can--then The Mystery of Edwin Drood is an artistic triumph. From the pre-show call-and-response to the audience-chosen denouement, this mus…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 10:04PMIt's one thing for a play to need most of its running time to reveal all its secrets, but quite another if it waits almost as long to make even a scintilla of sense. . . .
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:02PMScarlett Johansson confirms her promise as a stage actress of imposing presence in the Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams’s “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” his Pulitzer Prize-winning 1955…
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NEW YORK (AP) — The creative team behind the Broadway revival of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" has apparently concluded that Tennessee Williams' script needed more fireworks. So they went ahead …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:33PMNEW YORK (AP) -- The creative team behind the Broadway revival of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" has apparently concluded that Tennessee Williams' script needed more fireworks. So they went ahe…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:31PMShakespeare's comedy of young love is playing at the Guthrie Theater before heading out on a national tour.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 08:30PMTennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, starring Scarlett Johansson as Maggie, Ciarn Hinds as Big Daddy, Benjamin Walker as Brick and Debra Monk as Big Mama, directed by Rob Ashford, will…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMNEW YORK — Imagine one of the plucky little orphans of “Annie,” all grown up and fixing her sights on a sprawling Delta plantation, and you get an idea of the impression Scarlett Johan…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:13PMAussieTheatre have managed to snare a double pass to Torch Song Trilogy at Darlinghurst Theatre, and we are giving it away to a lucky reader this week! Torch Song Trilogy is playing as pa…
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Put this one on your "don't miss list." Yes, it's worth schlepping out to Glenview from the city for. Go early to mingle in Oil Lamp's comfortable lobby-bar area, where Executive and Artisti…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:58PMVotes 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 06:50PM“Who could ever love a Siamese twin?” That’s the question I’ve been asking myself since October as I have been preparing to play one half of the dynamic conjoined pair, The Hilton Tw…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:48PMAccording to the Daily Mail, The Bodyguard, currently playing at the Adelphi Theatre starring Heather Headley and Lloyd Owen, now boasts an advance of more than 4 million.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45PMAccording to The Daily Mail, Stephen Fry will play Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, beginning fall of 2014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:41PMThis world premiere by playwright Jemma Kennedy plays richly and is full of surprises but occasionally lapses into sitcom zaniness.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:32PMAURORA, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado cinema where 12 people were killed and dozens injured in a shooting rampage nearly six months ago reopens Thursday with a remembrance ceremony and private…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:30PMThe city of Sydney needs a new theatre. In fact the city of Sydney needs several new theatres – and while it’s a fact that appears known, it remains something about which little is being…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:28PMScarlett Johansson and Benjamin Walker deliver smoldering performances in the latest revival of Tennessee Wiliams' classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. So what did Broadway.com Word of Mouth p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:21PMTony Award-winner Judith Ivey, known for her critically acclaimed work in Long Wharf Theatre's productions of The Glass Menagerie and Shirley Valentine, will star in Curse of the Starving Cl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18PMThis Southern California staging of Stephen Adly Guirgis' play boasts superb acting, keen pacing, effective design and even credible fight scenes. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:16PMThe 5ft 2in actress plays a supporting role in the new Lincoln film, yet she dominates every scene she’s in — and makes her presence felt when she’s not on screen.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 06:08PMTheater fans have a ton of reasons to be excited about the second season of NBC’s Smash (debuting February 5), not the least of which is hunky star Jeremy Jordan, spunky newcomer …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:08PMTV audiences will “hear the people sing” live at the Oscars on February 24! The cast of Les Misérables is scheduled to perform at the 2013 Academy Awards ceremony, accordi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:03PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, January 17, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway We’re live at the @CATOnBroadway openi…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:02PM“Cat On A Hat Tin Roof” with Scarlett Johansson and Benjamin Walker could not possibly be so dull, I said during the first intermission; I just must be tired. The couple next to us left …
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The final moments of a man’s life can be profound and deep, especially when they are the final moments of one man who touched humanity in a deeply profound way, leaving his legacy to chang…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:56PMThe Cole Porter classic, Can-Can, will kick up its heels in a new production to land on Broadway in Spring 2014. Presented by Jonathan Burrows, nephew of the musical’s original book writer…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:53PMDarren Criss and his fellow Glee cast members have been added to the roster of performers at the inauguration events for President Barack Obama on January 21 ,according to&nbs…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:49PM"Maple and Vine" is packed with ideas about presence and nostalgia, about what we think ails us and what we imagine might be the tonic.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:40PMKinky Boots the new musical by Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper, moves into its new home on Broadway! Check out the footage below!
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:32PMNew York’s Broadway Nightclub 54 Below has an impressive line up from Broadway to Cabaret performers. Tony Award Nominee actress, singer (Annie) Andrea McArdle in 70s and Sunny appe…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:31PMRussians return with beloved classic What is it about Russian dance that makes it so difficult to describe its virtues? Those four syllable names? The technique that Pavlova once danced? The…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:30PMThe 92nd Street Y, on Mon, Feb 11, 815 pm, from 29, presents JESSE EISENBERG with THANE ROSENBAUM.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:20PMThe original off-Broadway cast of Michael John LaChiusa and Sybille Pearson's musical, Giant, headed into the studio earlier this week record the acclaimed production's original cast album. …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:19PMAccording to Daily Mail, the cast of the Academy Award nominated LES MISERABLES will be performing at the Oscars this February. The song that will be performed is still undecided, but rumors…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMZev Buffman, the super producer who brought Elizabeth Taylor to the stage in “The Little Foxes, among many other productions, outdid himself last night by providing an English rain for the…
SOURCE: corinescorner.com at 05:17PMA group of dedicated Seattle actors are joining forces to present their long-in-the-works production of Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull.” At ACT Theatre Jan. 25-Feb. 10, 2013.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 05:12PMAccording to BlackFilm.com, FAST THE FURIOUS star Tyrese Gibson has officially signed on for Kasi Lemmons upcoming musical, BLACK NATIVITY. Gibson will star alongside Forest Whitaker, Angela…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:05PMNEW YORK — As Tennessee Williams understood better than almost any other scribe who ever stared down a typewriter, anger and need are not the same thing. In a lousy marriage — su…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:02PMMore and more I feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of good will. We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hatefu…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PMWhile the Boeing company is in the news this week, it's Boeing-Boeing -- the '60s farce -- that's opening Saturday at La Mirada Theatre. "The bones of the play are magically intertwined," sa…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:00PMWrite what you know. This old chestnut is taken out and dusted off time and time again for beginning writers. But what does that mean exactly? What are the things one knows that would make f…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMWe are in the process of organizing a panel on Race in the American Theatre (see below for more info) and I find myself in the position (with our partners, who are not all white) of deciding…
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On Monday, cast members from the original Broadway productions of Grease, Nine, and Grand Hotel flew in from across the country, and gathered from across the city, to honor Kath
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:55PMPeter Eötvös and Mari Mezei's operatic version of the Tony Kushner epic stands as a distinct and complementary work to the original.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:51PMCourtly Southerner William Ivey Long five-time Tony Award winner for costume design and the recently appointed Chair of The American Theatre Wing visits THEATER TALK for an exclusive inter…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMJodie Foster Inspires Teens To Come Out Using Vague, Rambling Riddles (Sigh. If only they could nail better ads! Ugh.)The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Bost…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 04:47PMTheatre Under The Stars TUTS has announced the cast for the five-time Tony Award winning masterpiece Man of La Mancha, running Feb. 26 - March 10 at the Hobby Center for The Performing Arts.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PMAfter Peter and the Starcatcher plays its final performance on Broadway on January 20, 2013, the show will follow Avenue Q, Rent and Million Dollar Quartet by opening off Broadway at New Wor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:39PMToday, Danielle Wade, star of the new Toronto production of The Wizard of Oz, appeared on The Morning Show to talk about playing 'Dorothy' onstage. Click below to watch the interview
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:36PMWhen Charlie Baker and his dear friend Froggy LeSueur arrive at a Georgia fishing lodge in "The Foreigner," the pair pretend that the painfully shy Charlie is a traveler from an exotic land…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:30PMCreative practice in the visual and performing arts has lately shifted from the production of an art object—a painting, a dance, a play—to the orchestration of an “experien…
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:20PMPoster artWhistling in the Darkby Valerie CardinalAfter seeing Bat Boy The Musical, I tried to explain its basic premise to my mother, who asked me, “Can they actually make a good show out…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:14PMProducer Judy Craymer presents Viva Forever, the new musical written by one of Britain's most brilliant comediennes and BAFTA winning writers Jennifer Saunders, Absolutely Fabulous, French a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMManhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway premiere of THE OTHER PLACE, the new play by Sharr White, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello, has been extended by one week due to popula…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:04PMAnne Shepherd and Maja Rakocevic.Photo by Danielle Son. (company website)I Have My Certainty Strong performances overcome a few directorial issues by Stuart Munro@StuartMunroTO Opening in 20…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:02PMThe Tony Award-winning play with music Peter and the Starcatcher, which ends its Broadway run Jan. 20 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, will resume performances Off-Broadway March 18 at New Wo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PMA screen filling the back wall of the stage springs to life with vibrant video footage of the Everglades and other South Florida parks. Voices speak of nature, honoring nature, the importanc…
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Stephen Barker Turner and Babak Tafti will appear in the New York City premiere of Rajiv Joseph's The North Pool, a drama about tension between a high school principal and a Middle-Easte…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:50PMBetsy Wolfe and Adam Kantor are gearing up to star Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years at Second Stage on March 7. Get a sneak peek at the dynamic duo at their very first pho…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:49PMEPIPHANY is a series that invites impassioned thought leaders across all disciplines to reveal the innovative, the improbable, and the unexpected of their worlds. Created and produced by rad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:46PMStephen Barker Turner and Babak Tafti will star as Dr. Danielson and Khadim Asmaan, respectively, in Raviv Joseph's The North Pool. The Vineyard Theatre production begins previ…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:44PMThe revival of Cole Porter's "Can-Can" that opened at the Pasadena Playhouse more than five years ago has come back to life and is now aiming for Broadway. Producers said Thursday that they …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:43PMTwo-time Tony nominee Howard McGillin (Phantom of the Opera, Anything Goes), Michael Arden (Big River, Bare) and more will join headliners Lea Salonga, Tyne Daly and Norm Lewis in …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:41PMThe girl who refuses to grow old is playing the boy who wouldn’t grow up. Former Olympic gymnast (circa 1968 & 1972) and Broadway musical star, Cathy Rigby has been starring as Peter P…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:37PMIt was a blast! Sparks flew when two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz joined David Yazbek for the composer’s monthly jam session at 92YTribeca on January 7. Butz donned the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:30PMGregg Edelman has the crowd in stitches at Studio 54 as Reverend Crisparkle in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and now he heads downstairs to wow a cabaret audience at 54 Below. On January 21, E…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:30PMTweetA few years ago I bought a few broadway posters on Amazon and was completely excited to get them. I ordered the broadway posters framed and ready to go so that I could hang them on my…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 03:28PMTheatreWorks, 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 03:28PMWelcome back, friends. Right now, we’re in the midst of:
Planning our 25th Anniversary season
Preparing to launch a brand-new website
Producing The Carter Family Family Show at Rhin…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 03:17PMWelcome back, friends. Right now, we're in the midst of:Planning our 25th Anniversary seasonPreparing to launch a brand-new websiteProducing The Carter Family Family Show at Rhino FestRehear…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 03:17PMTennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof contains all the elements of good drama: sex, greed, deception, alcoholism, violence and the specter of death. This Pulitzer Prize-winning dis…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:14PMEvery Monday, my friends at The Broadway League publish the weekly Broadway grosses. This means that industry insiders and savvy fans can get a sense of how each Broadway show has fared at t…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 03:13PMManhattan Concert Productions has just announced the following cast members for the upcoming concert performance of Ragtime at Avery Fisher Hall on Monday, February 18, 2013 including Michae…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:12PMA new Canadian production of “Les Miserables” will mark the 25th anniversary of the musical with a run in Toronto beginning in September. Previews are expected to begin September 26 at a…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 03:00PMThree-time Tony nominee Marin Mazzie will step in for Linda Eder, who is suffering from the flu, at the Manhattan nightspot 54 Below Jan. 22-26.
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AURORA, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado movie theater where a gunman killed 12 people and wounded dozens of others reopens Thursday with a private ceremony for victims, first responders and offi…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:59PMPlaybill caught up with the cast of The Mystery of Edwin Drood at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens as they set about recording tunes from the current Broadway revival. Stars Stephanie J. Bl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:58PMLinda Eder has been forced to reschedule her upcoming concert engagement at 54 Below due to the flu. Eder was initially scheduled to perform at the Midtown nightclub January 22 through Janua…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:57PMTwo-time Tony Award nominee Howard McGillin, Michael Arden, Manoel Felciano, Phillip Boykin, Michael McCormick and NaTasha Yvette Williams have joined the Feb. 18 Manhattan Concert Productio…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:49PMPhiladelphia Theatre Company's union stagehands — members of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 8 — are on strike at the not-for-profit reside…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:44PMIn 2001, the iPod changed the face of the music industry. In 2007, the Kindle transformed publishing. Now, theater's technological game-changer has arrived. The National Theatre of Britain h…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:41PMTO NEWTOWN, FROM BROADWAY WITH LOVE From Broadway with Love: A Benefit Concert For Sandy Hook at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, CT on January 28th at 7 PM On December 14, 2012, tragedy s…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:39PMDue to the flu, Linda Eder has been forced to cancel her engagement at 54 Below. Ms. Eder will reschedule her 54 Below for April 10 - 13.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:38PMThe "Invisible Man" blindly battles for a chance to attend college.Some sixty years ago, Invisible Man hit America's literary scene - and its racial consciousness - like a bombshell; an…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 02:38PMNew shows celebrate 40 years of feminist art and ideas.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 02:37PMBeyond the usual Top Ten Vocals, there are a couple of other special honorees.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:36PMEugene O'Neill's most autobiographical drama -- and "America's greatest play"-- gets its first Guthrie production.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 02:30PMEric S. Goldman will present two industry readings of Billy Butler's Gay Bride of Frankenstein Feb. 4 at 6 PM and Feb. 5 at 11 AM at the 45th Street Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMTheatre Movement Bazaar returns to Three Sisters in its series of Chekhov-inspired performance pieces. This new adaptation, Track 3, emphasizes the music. It opens at the Bootleg tonight and…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:29PMEarlier in the week, a friend asked me what was the premise of the Blue Man Group. Truthfully, I didn’t exactly know what to tell him. The trio of gentlemen are of course blue as a Smu…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 02:19PMManhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway premiere of The Other Place, a new play by Sharr White, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello starring Laurie Metcalf, Daniel Stern, Zoe Per…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:14PMFilm and TV star Missi Pyle has a complicated relationship with her students, and God in Off-Broadway's hit musical "Bare"
SOURCE: NBC New York at 02:12PMBroadway.com keeps stage fans in the know with the latest news, interviews and fun, original features. The site's most-read stories from January 11 through January 17 include awards buzz…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:03PMTwo-time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks will make his Broadway debut in the world premiere of three-time Academy Award-nominee Nora Ephron's play Lucky Guy, to be directed by two-time Tony A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:03PMBelarus Free Theater offers a scathing mosaic of its home city with “Minsk, 2011,” at the Under the Radar festival at the Public Theater.
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AlterLab RetreatThis weekend kicks off my AlterTheater's 2013 AlterLab residency. I've been so busy that I haven't had much time to mentally prepare myself. Note to self: I also need to…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 01:52PMOur Video of the Week is Ivan Pena (Collins) leading the cast of the California Youth Conservatory’s production of Rent in a stirring rendition of “I’ll Cover You (Reprise)…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:52PMActor Zoe Perry and her mother Laurie Metcalf were on the Lopate Show recently to talk about playing mother and daughter in the new play, "The Other Place." She also told us about learning t…
SOURCE: WNYC at 01:51PMActor Laurie Metcalf and her daughter Zoe Perry were on the Lopate Show recently to discuss playing mother and daughter in the new play, "The Other Place." Laurie also told us what she's bee…
SOURCE: WNYC at 01:45PMWedding bells will ring for Max von Essen once he ends his run in Broadway's Evita. The actor will join Jason Gotay (Bring It On), Billy Tighe (Wicked) and Ashley Kate Adams (La Cag…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PMKerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs
Kerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:36PMThe Old Town Ale House, a 55-year-old dive bar with a long history of literary associations, is the unofficial clubhouse of A Red Orchid Theatre. Throughout the history of the venerable comp…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:36PMAccording to the Boston Herald, Golden Globe winner and Broadway star Jessica Chastain might star in another play in the future. THE HEIRESS star told BH that up next on her agenda is a proj…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:35PMNew York City Ballet’s impressive Balanchine triple bill is imbued with a sense of wondrous mystery, Apollinaire Scherr writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:34PMVotes 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 01:34PMAnyone seeking a glimpse of Scarlett Johansson in a slip should hie to this watchable revival of the Tennessee Williams masterpiece, Brendan Lemon writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:34PMActor who found her true calling as translator of the French dramatist Jean AnouilhLucienne Hill, who has died aged 89, was best known for her translations of the French dramatist Jean Anoui…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PMBallet dancer Stephen Hanna will return to the role of 'Dream Hannibal,' when SILENCE! THE MUSICAL presumes performances at the Elektra Theatre on 19 Jan 2013.
SOURCE: New York Theatre Guide at 01:23PMMichael Puzzo's Spirits of Exit Eleven at The Lion Theatre at Theatre Row 410 W. 42nd Street, NYC will open on Thursday, January 17th at 8PM. Presented by Justin Reinsilber and directed by F…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMGolden Globe winner and Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain has an astoundingly full plate, doing press for her new film Zero Dark Thirty by day and starring in Broadway’s The Heiress by ni…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:15PMTickets for the Broadway premiere of late writer Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy, starring Academy Award winner Tom Hanks, are now on sale through June 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:15PMNoted Entertainment attorney, Eric S. Goldman, will present two industry readings of Billy Butler's GAY BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, on Monday, February 4th at 6pm amp Tuesday, February 5th at 11a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PMTony Award winner Scarlett Johansson and Benjamin Walker, starring in the Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams‘ 1955 drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opens on Broadway tonight, January 17…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:04PMRamin Karimloo may once again get branded with the tattoo of prisoner 24601. The actor might take on the starring role of Jean Valjean in an upcoming production of Les Miserables, according …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:02PMIn our list of best comedy shows this week ... some famous people, and some non-famous ones, too.
5. Don't Tell My Mother
"True stories you'd never want your mom to know" with With Baron V…
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A new Canadian company of the 25th-anniversary production of Les Misérables — reflecting scenic and musical changes already seen in a U.K. and U.S. tour — is expected to s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57PMDrama and Visual Arts Classes are open for registration at GLTG in Chardon, Ohio,
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:47PMBack in November, Broadway.com brought you the exclusive first chapter of dancer Tim Federle’s debut novel Better Nate Than Ever, a musical theater-themed coming-of-age tale about a sm…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:38PMON SALE NOW! Upfront Inc. PRESENTS A ONE NIGHT ONLY PERFORMANCE BY MULTIPLE GRAMMY AWARD-WINNER TONY BENNETT “Inaugural Week Celebration” Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 8 pm at T…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:38PMCAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF opens on Broadway tonight, Thursday, January 17, and National Public Radio celebrates with a segment featuring the play’s stars Scarlett Johansson, Ciarán Hinds and …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:37PMIn an appearance on Today, former Book of Mormon star Josh Gad chatted up the morning show hosts about his new White House comedy 1600 Penn, which premiered last week on NBC. In the clip bel…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:35PMIt was announced today that Grammy Award-winning superstar Barry Manilow's hometown concert event, MANILOW ON BROADWAY, has implemented a 20 rush ticket policy. A limited number of rush tick…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:35PMStella Mann, who established one of Britain’s best-known professional dance schools, has died at the age of 100. After escaping Nazi persecution in her native Austria, she arrived in Londo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:27PMOpening tonight at Triskelion Arts in Williamsburg, a line up of killer clowns! I mean, a killer line up of clowns! CIRQUE OFF January 17 – 20 @ 8pm Tickets: $15 A smorgasbord of rare …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:24PMPodcast with MARC JAFFE from Michael Roberts on Vimeo. Writer/Comedian Marc Jaffe discusses his new play “Side Effects May Include…” which is having its Chicago prem…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:21PMThe circus is coming to town but it’s not your average Ringling Bros. Oh, no. Diane Paulus’ reimagined revival of “Pippin” is taking flight with the help of Gypsy Snider and Les 7 do…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:18PMLove is in the air at off-Broadway’s Second Stage Theatre, as Betsy Wolfe and Adam Kantor prepare to star in a revival of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years. Broadway.com w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:15PMNatasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Dave Malloy’s critically praised electro-pop opera based on "War and Peace," which played an extended Off-Broadway run last fal…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMA new Broadway production of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” reminds Jeb Brown of the summer 39 years ago when he was cast as one of the kids in “Cat.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:11PMWhen Jordan Dean lost his job, columnist Michael Riedel responded with characteristic reserve. From his perch at the New York Post, Riedel had campaigned to have Dean’s character Skipp…
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:11PMTony Award winner Alice Ripley (Next to Normal), Wesley Taylor (Smash), Eden Espinosa (Wicked), Adam Kantor (Rent), Leigh Ann Larkin (A Little Night Music), Mitchell Jarvis (Rock of Ages), a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:09PMIt's a challenge to capture the red-hot chemistry between Sebastian Stan and Maggie Grace in Picnic, but leave it to Broadway.com’s sublime sketch artist Justin “Sq…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:07PMFamed comedian and impressionist Rich Little plans to bring his one-man show Jimmy Stewart & Friends to Broadway, according to the New York Times. Rich (also known as "The Man …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:07PMTHE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards® including Best Musical, has broken the house record in Seattle for the week ending January 13, 2013. The First National Tour of THE BOOK OF M…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:06PMBarry Manilow's upcoming concert engagement, Manilow on Broadway, has implemented a $20 rush ticket policy.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMTonight is preemptively one of my favorite nights. As I’ve been annoying everyone with for weeks, I’m… busy. The busiest I have been in my entire life. It’s terrifying and glorious a…
SOURCE: Cambiare Productions at 12:04PMSo let's say you've had a hard week at the office - assuming you have an office to go to.
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 12:03PMDirector Nicholas Martin's new staging of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, starring Tony Award winner Robert Sean Leonard as Prof. Henry Higgins and Charlotte Parry as Eliza, opened …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PMThe One-Minute Play Festival and Passage Theatre present: The 3rd Annual New Jersey One-Minute Play Festival Livestreaming on #NEWPLAY TV Sunday, January 20 at 4pm PST (San Francisco) / 6p…
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54 Below will re-welcome Andrea McArdle for three very special performances of the show that knocked audiences in the aisle when she debuted it with us in the summer of 2012. Broadway began …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:59AMSo, Mondays Blog went over well. Phew It could have been an all out Cyber-War Thank you for commenting and sharing it.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:58AMToday is the birthday of that great genius of comedy, performance art, theatre and the Great American Hoax, Andy Kaufman (1949-1984). About ten years ago, a prominent journalist was intervie…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:52AMGLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, which began previews on Friday, October 19, 2012, and officially opened on Saturday, December 8, 2012, will close this Sunday, January 20, 2013, at the Gerald Schoenfeld…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:51AMLos Angeles is playing host to a high-stakes singing competition, but its contestants aren’t belting out the latest pop hits. Instead, L.A.’s Next Great Stage Star’s 20 con…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:48AMWe admit it – when Artistic Director Hanna Bondareswka sent the Ambassador Theater’s press release for their upcoming performances at Flashpoint Gallery, our email back could be capsuliz…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:46AMJanuary 17, 2013, marks what would have been Tony Award-nominated singer-actress Eartha Kitt's 86th birthday. In celebration of the late Broadway and film actress, Playbill.com looks bac…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMINTERVIEW: SEBASTIAN BORN. The Associate Director (Literary) at the National Theatre tells Sophie Reynolds about the work of a Literary department, from how plays are programmed and develope…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 11:42AMThe inimitable Patti LuPone has a brand new treat for fans: Far Away Places: Live at 54 Below, a CD that preserves her electrifying concert of the same name at the theater district's hot…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:40AM"Betting Big on Broadway," which looks at the financial risks (and gains) of producing a Broadway show, will premiere on CNBC Feb. 4 at 9 PM ET. Maria Bartiromo hosts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMThe Second Stage Theatre's production of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize-Winning drama Water by the Spoonful, written by Quiara Alegra Hudes and directed by Davis McCallum, will extend two weeks thr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31AMIn Tennessee Williams’s “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,’’ the title character, Margaret, better known as Maggie the Cat, actually recedes from the action for large chunks of the play. It pre…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:30AMThere’s the canny germ of an idea in producer Zev Buffman’s pet project to fuse radio, theater and modern technology into a hybrid exemplified in his latest production, Agatha Christie�…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:27AMPeter Rini (The Talls, Smash) and Laura Esterman (Marvin’s Room, Ruby the Galatic Gumshoe) will lead the cast of a newly revised version of A.R. Gurney’s The Old Boy. The off-Bro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:26AMAs part of its continuing commitment to nurture new American musicals, The ASCAP Foundation is seeking new musicals for the annual ASCAP Foundation Musical Theatre Workshop in New York. Serv…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:25AMBroadwayWorld is thrilled to present its latest feature series The Performer of the Week Get to know these amazing talents as they share a bit about themselves, their work and life Today, we…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:23AMManhattan Theatre Club's production of Sharr White's The Other Place has extended its run at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre through March 3. The production, which stars three-time Em…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:20AMTwo-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone (Gypsy, Evita) celebrated the release of her new album, Far Away Places, with a performance and CD signing at the Upper East Side Barnes
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:19AMTony and Academy Award-winner Al Pacino, currently on Broadway in the revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, will reunite with "Scarface" director Brian De Palma for a new movie based on …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AMAccording to the Toronto Star, LES MISERABLES will soon be heading back to Toronto in the 2013-2014 Mirvish season. Aiming for a September 2013 opening, the show will reportedly feature West…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMPart of the Donmar Trafalgar season, The Silence of the Sea opened at Trafalgar Studios this week (14 January 2013).Secretly published as a novella in 1942, Vercors' story examines an e…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:16AMNINA METZ reviews "Barnstormers" by Drinking & Writing Theater at the Haymarket Pub ★★½ and "Henry Moore is Melting" at the Athenaeum Theater ★★
NINA METZ reviews "…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:15AMMy experience of Leev Theater Group’s Hamlet, Prince of Grief (which runs through January 20th at Under the Radar) began as soon as I unwrapped myself from my winter gear and found a good …
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 11:06AMSMASH's Megan Hilty will release her first solo album, titled 'It Happens All the Time' on March 12. It's currently available for preorder on Amazon.com.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMA new Broadway revival of Cole Porter’s classic “Can-Can” is aiming for a spring 2014 opening. The new production premiered at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, Calif. in 2007, a…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 11:00AMDavid Threlfall is to play a detective in BBC1’s new drama What Remains, which will mark the actor’s first role since Shameless. Threlfall has been in Shameless on Channel 4 as Frank Gal…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMDo not go into “Lady M.” expecting a dramatically re-imagined “Macbeth.” “Lady M.” is, as a script, a rearrangement of the original text, a reprise without many new chords. D…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:00AMTime to take my own temperature. One of the greatest lessons I’ve learned is that it’s essential that any and every business out there, Broadway Show or Law Firm or Hot Dog Cart,…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMNods this week for Laguna Playhouse's production of Neil Simon's Chapter Two and Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground at Zombie Joe's Underground in North Hollywood. For the latest new review…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 11:00AMPhotographer Edward Curtis shaped our views of Native American life.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:00AM
Inside the world of a professional child guardian This season, Broadway is practically a kiddie convention. There are currently eight Rialto shows featuring child actors, including Annie, Th…
SOURCE: TDF at 10:59AMPart of the Donmar Trafalgar season, The Silence of the Sea opened at at Trafalgar Studios this week (14 January 2013).Secretly published as a novella in 1942, Vercors' story exami…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:59AMPlaybill.com takes a look at James Earl Jones' stage triumphs in a career spanning over 50 years. The actor picked up his fourth Tony Award nomination last year for his performance in Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMAlphas, a science fiction TV drama starring The Heiress’ David Strathairn, will not be renewed for a third season, according to Deadline.com. Created by Zak Penn and Michael Karnow, Al…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:53AMJessica Chastain, currently starring in Broadway's 'The Heiress', stopped by Comedy Central's THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART last night to discuss her latest film 'Zero Dark Thirty'. Check …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:53AMA brand new production of Cole Porter’s classic musical Can-Can will open on Broadway in spring 2014, at a theater to be announced. The production will feature a revised book by David …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:50AMManhattan Theatre Club's acclaimed Broadway premiere of Sharr White's The Other Place, starring Laurie Metcalf as a medical professional struck with an ailment, will get one extra we…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMI came across a piece by the Bridgespan Group about creating professional development opportunities for non-profit organization staff members when you don’t have the money to send them…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:38AMIn the middle of her busy two-show day at Broadway’s The Heiress, Jessica Chastain stopped by The Daily Show on January 16 to chat with Jon Stewart about her much-buzzed-about new film…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:38AMIt's a world filled with big gambles, terrible odds and elusive jackpots. CNBC's Maria Bartiromo pulls back the curtain on Broadway revealing high risk, big drama, and mountains of money. It…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMActress Sophiya Haque, who had been appearing in Michael Grandage's West End production of Privates on Parade, died on January 16 at age 41. The cause was cancer.
Haque left Privates …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:37AM"Smash" and Wicked star Megan Hilty will release her new album, "It Happens All The Time," a collection of songs that will take listeners beyond the realm of theatre, in …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMManhattan Theatre Club's Broadway premiere of THE OTHER PLACE, the new play by Sharr White, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello, has been extended by one week due to popular …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:35AMBlackpool’s former ABC Theatre, which in the past has hosted performances from the Beatles and Morecambe and Wise, is facing demolition following a council decision to buy the site and tur…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:30AMAtlanta's nationally acclaimed ALLIANCE THEATRE stages GOOD PEOPLE - the award winning play by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire. The ALLIANCE THEATRE production directed by Jenning…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:27AMTurner Classic Movies (TCM) will continue its latest Road to Hollywood tour around the country with a stop in New York City, where TCM, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Verizon FiOS will …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMWas mother of actor-singer David Cassidy
SOURCE: Variety at 10:23AMLowry, SalfordThe Re:Play festival, mounted each year by the Library theatre, takes the legwork out of trawling the fringe by gathering the best of Manchester's alternative talent in one pla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:17AMAge & Hometown: 29; Los Angeles, CA
Current Role: A Broadway debut juggling three intentionally ambiguous roles in Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of The Other Place, a haun…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:14AMScarlett Johansson is back on Broadway as the new revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opens on January 17 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. The production of Tennessee William'…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:04AMClive, a new play by Jonathan Marc Sherman about the decline of a lavish rocker, begins performances January 17 at off-Broadway’s Acorn Theatre in Theatre Row. Directed by Ethan Hawke,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:03AMTwo-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone will join Tony-nominated composer-lyricist David Yazbek for the Feb. 4 First Mondays concert series at the 92YTribeca.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AMThere is some fierce magic happening on the stage at the Ohio Theatre. It begins with the set that is a series of diaphanous curtains strung along the edge of the stage, being aided by the …
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 10:01AMMichael Puzzo’s Halloween stripper comedy Spirits of Exit Eleven opens at off-Broadway’s Lion Theatre in Theatre Row on January 17. The show began previews on January 10 and will…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:01AMCall it Cirque du Soleil’s quarter-life crisis.
Back in 2008, the Canadian circus conglomerate – known for its animal-free thrills and aesthetic –was enjoying a completely charmed e…
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 10:01AMZaritt, an original performer in "You're Me," writes about the the driving philosophy and questions behind Driscoll's work.
SOURCE: Culturebot at 10:00AMThis week's A.P.T. goes out to a company that is solving a unique problem. Most of the time if you mess up on your password or do something you're not supposed to on a website, the site auth…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:00AMRich Little, the country’s pre-eminent impressionist in the 1970s and for years a fixture on television, has re-emerged and his Las Vegas show may be headed to Broadway.
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Barons Court Theatre, London: At one point in Xenia Orphanides' pretentious new offering her protagonist, an artistically constipated painter, cries out "This is turning out to be …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:55AMAward-winning musical troublemaker David Yazbek takes the stage with his band at 92YTribeca in a new series, presented the first Monday of each month. Yazbek whose influences range from Cap…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:52AMNEW YORK (AP) — Angela Meade, a rising star at the Metropolitan Opera, rose a notch higher as she stepped into one of the touchstone roles of the soprano repertory, Leonora in Verdi's "Il …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:48AMAustin Lyric Opera became the first professional opera company in Austin when it was founded in May of 1986. It quickly became a cultural touchstone for the fine arts community in the Centr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:45AMNational's commercial output to soar when Alan Bennett double bill opens in March – and an April season still waiting in wingsFor the first time ever, the National Theatre will have four p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:43AMDirectors, choreographers and music directors have been announced for the St. Louis Muny's 2013 summer season, which kicks off June 17 with Monty Python's Spamalot.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AMFormer Coronation Street star, who had been appearing in West End production of Privates on Parade, has died after having been diagnosed with cancer Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:31AMManhattan Theatre Club's annual Winter Benefit — an evening of cocktails and dinner followed by a cabaret-style show featuring Broadway stars — will be presented Jan. 28 at T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMWilliam Peace University's Theatre Department will present Stephen Sondheim's INTO THE WOODS from February 13-23, 2013 at the Leggett Theatre. BroadwayWorld is thrilled to welcome one of the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:12AMCirque du Soleil has confirmed it will cut around 400 jobs this year as part of a restructuring to make the company as “profitable as possible”. Following a press conference in Montreal …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:11AMRob Bettmann, both artist and arts manager, has compiled a collection of essays, poems, artwork and interviews from the issues of Bourgeon magazines. These essays offer a wonderful, in-depth…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:11AM This 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 Mano…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:10AMMarilyn Maye and Leslie Uggams were among the winners at the 11th annual ceremony honoring traditional Broadway, jazz and cabaret performers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:07AMIdina Menzel performed at Carnegie Hall on Sunday night, accompanied by the Orchestra of St. Lukes under the direction of Rod Mounsey.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:04AM By Sandi Durell Love, love, love – it’s always been a mystery. But when two Broadway veterans, both Tony Nominees, Rebecca Luker (Mary Poppins, Secret Garden) and Howard Mc…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 09:03AM
Votes 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 08:59AMA Broadway revival of the Cole Porter classic Can-Can will arrive on Broadway in spring 2014, presented by Jonathan Burrows, nephew of the musical’s original book writer, Abe Burrows.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:57AMThere’s something about Miss Julie. Two productions of Strindberg’s play will run concurrently in London this Spring.
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:52AMToday is the birthday of Nils Asther (1897-1981). A Danish-Swede by birth, he first found fame on the silent screen in Scandinavia and Germany before coming to Hollywood in 1927 to make his…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:47AMThis month Spotlight is hosting a consultation with its members, both actors and casting professionals alike, on the much discussed “low pay/no pay” debate. In recent years a culture of…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:46AMJust announced is news that the Cole Porter classic, Can-Can, will kick up its heels in a new production to land on Broadway in Spring 2014. Presented by Jonathan Burrows, nephew of the mus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:42AMOpening night of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof starring Scarlett Johansson as Maggie, Ciarn Hinds as Big Daddy, Benjamin Walker as Brick and Debra Monk as Big Mama, directed by R…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:40AMThe Bush Theatre has hired a bouncer and installed CCTV to police the audience at its next play.
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:40AMTime, space, and money being finite quantities in this world, the books that a person chooses to surround oneself with become a fascinating glimpse into the life of that mind. Far more than …
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:37AMI’ve never been on a blind date, but I imagine it comes with a whole set of crazy emotions, ranging from excitement, to curiosity, to fear, to simply trying really hard not to get your hop…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AMNEW YORK (AP) — With a new single about to drop, a solo album in the works and a starring role in a national tour of a Broadway musical, you'd be hard-pressed to tell that Michelle William…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:24AMCaroline McGraw tapped for 2013
SOURCE: Variety at 08:23AMThe possibility of a meeting of minds is the intriguing conceit behind Mark St. Germain's nationally popular "Freud's Last Session," finally arrived in L.A. with original Barrington Stage he…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:20AMJohn Carol Case’s contribution to English vocal music over the past half-century and more extended well beyond the 21 years he sang in the Bach Choir’s annual performance of the St Matth…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:13AMJulian Rose 1879-1935 was a Hebrew dialect comedian, whose most famous monologue was a speech called “Levinsky’s Wedding”. Originally an accountant in Philadelphia, his act…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:12AMRamin Karimloo will star in Mirvish production of Les Miz set to open in September.
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The former Rockette has done everything from Berlin to Sondheim to Wildhorn on Bway, as well as 'Rock of Ages' and 'Chorus Line'.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:53AMActress Sophiya Haque, who had been starring in Michael Grandage’s West End production of Privates on Parade, has died aged 41. Haque had been appearing as Sylvia in the show, which …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:39AMEileen Atkins is to star in a BBC drama that explores the relationship between US author John Updike and his mother. Mrs Updike was written by Margaret Heffernan and will be broadcast on BBC…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:37AMActress Sophiya Haque, who had been starring in Michael Grandage's Privates on Parade, died last night (16 January 2013) from cancer.Haque, who was 41, had a varied career, spending sev…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:25AMThe role of the casting director is often overlooked when the success of a production is celebrated. But throughout the television and film industries, the talents of Emma Style were widely …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:21AMEven before he began his career as the manager of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gray was regarded as an expert talent spotter. When he was helping to run the Chelsea Op…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:20AMAt the grand old age of twenty-six, Polly Stenham is back at the Royal Court with a play that – almost to the point of self-parody at times – works variations on themes she developed in …
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:17AMHarlequin is traditionally an agile comic character, fast and acrobatic. Russian theatre troupe Derevo have no shortage of physical skill, but it’s stretched out to painful slowness.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:08AMRoyal Court, LondonPolly Stenham is our theatre's expert on dysfunctional families. After 2007's That Face and 2009's Tusk Tusk, she now brings us a third play about sons, mothers and the da…
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SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 07:04AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on January 17 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
There is no denying that War Horse has found a place within the hearts of the British people. Now in its sixth year, including a worldwide tour, this National Theatre production shows the p…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:56AMIt seems no season is complete without a clutch of Seagulls, a Cherry Orchard or two, or an Uncle Vanya, and there’s no doubt Chekov’s current popularity would blow the imagination of th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:45AMMaking its West End debut at the Arts Theatre, Richard Vergette’s thrilling play American Justice soars to levels of bone-chilling intensity. Set in a prison facility in America’s Deep S…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:41AMI've blogged before about my joy in finding something I never knew existed in the richly varied archival holdings of the New York Public Library, but while processing the James Barton Papers…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 06:37AMAtlanta's nationally acclaimed ALLIANCE THEATRE stages GOOD PEOPLE the award winning play by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire. The ALLIANCE THEATRE production will be directed by …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:34AMI didn’t know what to expect from Aftercare. A piece of new writing associated with Fifty Shades of Grey sounded interesting, and indeed it was. Sam (Vanessa Russell) walks onto the obsc…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:17AMActing in a Broadway play comes with a bonus for Zoe Perry She shares a stage with her mother, the formidable Laurie Metcalf.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:16AM
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado movie theater where a gunman killed 12 people and injured dozens of others reopens Thursday with a private ceremony for victims, first responders and offi…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:58AMGrand, Leeds: The Verdi bicentenary gets off to a flying start with Opera North's new production of Italian opera's greatest setting of a Shakespearian tragedy, directed by Tim Alb…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:46AMThe Alliance Theatre Lab is about to graduate to another level when its successful Gen-X comedy Brothers Beckett is revived in a co-production with the Arsht Center’s Theater Up Close seri…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:31AMJerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court, London: Polly Stenham's third play for the Royal Court - after her award-winning debut That Face (2007) and follow-up Tusk Tusk (2009) - is billed…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:22AMMaxine Peake, Imogen Stubbs and Lysette Anthony will battle it out for the title of best actress at the 2012 Manchester Theatre Awards. Peake has been nominated for her performance in Miss J…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:01AMA talent search to find new television comedies featuring transgender characters and themes has been launched in partnership with the BBC. The competition follows an admission from the Corpo…
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Broadway 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 12:30AMWith The Suit, theater director Peter Brookwhose 1987 production of The Mahabharata inaugurated the BAM Majestic Theater now the BAM Harvey Theaterreturns to BAM with Thtre des Bouffes du No…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMJoin 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. today, January 1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe spills on Tuesday’s opening night at New York City Ballet didn’t chill the festivities. There was one fall in each of the three pieces that introduced the company’s two-week Tschai…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:15AM‘working on a Special Day” is one of those shows that takes pains to constantly remind you that you’re watching THEATER. This is a simple story of an emotionally charged encounter betw…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:10AMThere is a a colour version of the photo by Emmanuelle Rousseau for Love Outlaws' production of The Good Thief, but we prefer this black and white rendition. The media highlights several thi…
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SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AM"A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!" Arthur Miller, After the Fall...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMStephen Wallem, the 6-foot-3-inch actor who plays the sweet-natured nurse Thor on TV's "Nurse Jackie," will moonlight as a cabaret singer on Jan. 21 at Birdland, singing the songs of Broadwa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNational Theatre Live, an initiative to broadcast live performances from the National Theatre's stages to cinemas worldwide, continues its fourth season with Arthur Wing Pinero's The…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe New Group's production of Jonathan Marc Sherman's Clive, about a songwriter living in New York City in the '90s, begins a limited Off-Broadway engagement Jan. 17 at The …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDirector Nicholas Martin's new staging of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, starring Tony Award winner Robert Sean Leonard as Prof. Henry Higgins and Charlotte Parry as Eliza, opens J…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway swelters as the past, present and an uncertain future perfume the stage of the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where the revival of Tennessee Williams' 1955 family drama Cat on a Hot T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 2013 theatre season continues with a fresh crop of productions popping up in New York, London and across the country. As we head into the busy theatrical awards season, Playbill.com staf…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThree-time Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Laurie Metcalf and her daughter Zoey Perry talk about their roles in Sharr White’s play “The Other Place.” Metcalf plays Juliana Smi…
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