NEW YORK (AP) — Troubles surrounding the Broadway musical "Rebecca" have snared the show's publicist.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:59PMBROADWAY SESSIONS is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron Bway Wicked, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:49PM2013 promises to be a banner year for Tom Wopat. From the Feb. 12 release of his eighth recording I've Got Your Number, to his role in Quentin Tarrantino's highly anticipated film Django Unc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:35PMAmy Herzog's '4000 Miles,' directed by Mark Rucker, is a coming-of-age drama that finds laughter in cockeyed yet utterly believable detail.SAN FRANCISCO — Amy Herzog, a breath of fresh…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:30PMTOOT, toot — we have our “Rebecca” whistle-blower!The man who brought the curtain down on Broadway’s biggest fiasco in years is none other than the show’s very own press agent, Mar…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:26PMMinnesota Opera's world premiere of "Doubt" is an uneven production where the score is more a soundtrack to the drama than an independent force. Meanwhile, "Rigoletto"—Michael Mayer's comp…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 10:04PMTony and Emmy Award winner Tyne Daly hosted The 42nd Annual Theatre Hall of Fame ceremony, held Jan. 28 at 7:30 PM in the Gershwin Theatre's North Rotunda.
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Appelman and Cisek Plumb the Depths of Henry at the Folger Theatre For a long time I’ve associated Shakespeare’s Henry V with men who go to war to come of age, or men who start a war to …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:50PMAccording to Deadline.com, John Schneider The Dukes of Hazzard, Smallville has joined Tyler Perry's OWN drama series The Haves And The Have Nots.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:50PMBy J. R. Carroll Friday, February 1: 8 and 10 p.m., Scullers, Roberta Gambarini Tuesday, February 5: 8:30 p.m., Ryles, Bruce Bartlett Trio Wednesday, February 6: 8 p.m., Scullers, Neha Jiwra…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:36PMTheater and fashion will share the spotlight for a special one-night only Broadway-themed fashion collection at this season's New York Couture Fashion Week. The collection will take place on…
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In the video below, go behind the scenes at 'From Broadway With Love'. Click below to watch interviews with composer Frank Wildhorn, co-conceiver and producer Van Dean, Richard Kind and Chri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:20PMOne soloist cancels the SLSO, but the new one sounds promising.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:17PMWyndham's, LondonFor a convivial chap, Simon Gray was oddly preoccupied with loneliness. And in this play, first seen in 1981, he takes his fascination with the English sense of detachment t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07PMAccording to Deadline.com, Aaron Sorkin has withdrawn as librettist of the upcoming Broadway production Houdini, starring Hugh Jackman. Sorkin's schedule, including his commitments involving…
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Michelle Williams is so sweet and talented, I hate to say she’s a liar — but I’m 100 percent sure she lied to me. I don’t want to have to put it like that. She rallied for an intervi…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:54PMA GAMBLE WHICH DOESN’T ALWAYS PAY OFF Flashing, fluorescent lights, glitzy blazers, showgirls galore, and an immodest display of drama and decadence are the background for… wait…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:41PMMikhail Baryshnikov will receive an honorary degree and deliver the main address at Northwestern University’s 155th commencement on June at the university’s Ryan Field. The world-renowne…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:12PMCabaret artist Joan Curto discusses her new show Joan Curto Sings Cole Porter: From Major to Minor. For more information check out Joan’s website www.JoanCurto.com To reserve ticke…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:09PMA wise man once said of Simon Gray's plays - and he wrote a lot of them - that they often have a lot of talk and very little action. And so it is with his 1961 tragi-comedy, set in the …
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According to In Touch, Broadway veteran and wife Hilaria are expecting their first child together. A close friend revealed 'Hilaria has told only really close friends and family she is pregn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:38PMTroupe emphasizes personality over plot in a short program of "Mrs. Sorken" and "The Duck Variations."
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:34PMHow we relay history has been forever changed by photography and video. Walk into any American classroom today, collegiate or otherwise, and you’ll doubtlessly find projected YouTube c…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 06:33PMNY1 VIDEO: Donna Karger hosts the January 26, 2013, edition of On Stage.
SOURCE: NY1 at 06:32PMPhilly’s EgoPo Theatre turns some heads by switching roles.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 06:28PMSchrodinger's Cat -- that poor hypothetical puss sealed up in a box unseen and simultaneously dead and alive -- is explicitly evoked in the course of David Wiener's world premiere "Cassi…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:24PMIt has been announced that Australian performer Jamie Ward will take over the role of Marius in Les Miserables at London’s Queen’s Theatre in the West End. This is Jamie’s West End sta…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:20PMJudd Hirsch, playing the title character in Freud's Last Session at Broad Stage, discusses the doctor and Darwin and the subject of playing many Jewish roles -- which have included, besides …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:19PMPigPen Theatre Co., the critically acclaimed indie-folk-band slash-theater-troupe which recently finished the run of their first large-scale off-Broadway play, The Old Man and the Old Moon a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:19PMEvita alum Matt Loehr is taking over the role of Elder McKinley in The Book of Mormon, replacing original cast member Rory O’Malley, who departed the show on January 27. A rep for the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMA veteran Broadway press agent became entangled Tuesday in the twisting story and ongoing legal troubles of "Rebecca: The Musical."
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 06:11PMIt’s a very rare thing to come across a show that embraces its simplicity with virtually zero pretense. A Grand Night for Singing at Mercury Theater is such a show. This perfectly enjo…
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As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Tony nominee Rory O'Malley played his final performance in THE BOOK OF MORMON on January 27th. He'll be replaced by Matt Loehr, who takes over as Elder …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:59PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, January 29, 2013 Report Gauges Companies’ Approach to Advertising on Social Media New York Times/Media Decoder – by TANZINA VEGA Since the a…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:56PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is planning a $100 million addition, including an outdoor floating stage on the Potomac River, in its first major ex…
SOURCE: Reuters at 05:53PMAccording to the New York Times, the producers of the upcoming world premiere of Tony Award winning playwright Richard Greenberg's new play, Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's, are tryin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:41PMJust over a week after finishing its Off-Broadway run, Christopher Durang’s new comedy, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is headed to the Golden Theatre. The Sigourney Weaver and Da…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:40PMFrom the legal case on behalf of the Defense of Marriage Act:
Congress recognized the basic biological fact that only a man and a woman can beget a child together without advance planning, …
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 05:39PMAfter a hit run Off-Broadway, playwright Christopher Durang’s wild comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike will make the leap to Broadway with a 17-week limited engagement at the Golden…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:32PMMatt Loehr, who recently appeared in the Broadway revival of Evita, takes over the role of Elder McKinley in the Broadway cast of The Book of Mormon Jan. 29 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:31PMWHAT: Two book signings for Performance of the Century: 100 Years of Actors’ Equity Association and the Rise of American Theater WHO: Author Robert Simonson and Actors’ Equity Pr…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:28PMThe producers of "Truman Capote's 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'" are scrambling to raise $1 million after an investor pulled out of the $4 million show.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:27PMRome wasn't built in a day, but four musicals were created in one. On Jan. 30, a documentary called One Night Stand will screen across the country, giving a behind-the-curtain look at four t…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 05:26PMNew York City Center Encores! opens its 2013 season Jan. 30-Feb. 3 with Fiorello!, the same musical that kicked off its inaugural season back in 1994. The Pulitzer Prize-winning 1959 show c…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:26PMAlec Baldwin and wife Hilaria Thomas are expecting a baby. The news comes just as Baldwin is set to star as a father figure to two boys in the upcoming Broadway production of Orphans. Thomas…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:22PMDavid Hyde Pierce, Sigourney Weaver reprise roles
SOURCE: Variety at 05:11PMWhen we started HowlRound a couple of years ago we intentionally avoided reviewing plays. We didn’t want theater artists to wake up in the morning to a bad review. And two years later, we …
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I hit the first couple nights of SF Sketchfest, and hooboy am I exhausted
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 04:58PMThe second season of the NBC musical drama "Smash" will begin Feb. 5, 2013. Here is a further look at the upcoming season, which will welcome a slew of newcomers to the series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:51PMNow, Sprecher's attorneys have responded with a new statement of their own'Today Rebecca Broadway Limited Partnership and SprecherForlenza Productions, Inc, sued Marc Thibodeau, for 100,000…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:40PMForbidden Broadway's Jenny Lee Stern sang 'Two Legs' at Broadway Sessions on December 13th, 2012. Check out her performance in the video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:34PMThe Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is excited to announce the 2013-2014 DANCE MOViES Commission. This is an open call for artists, …
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 04:33PMHot off of its sold-out run at Lincoln Center, Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is headed to Broadway. The 17-week strictly limited engagement is set to begin …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 04:27PMJeffrey Kuhn will play the role of 'Dr. Chilton,' from 25 Jan 2013 in the Off-Broadway musical Silence! The Musical, playing at the Elektra Theatre. Kuhn assumes the role from James Moye.
SOURCE: New York Theatre Guide at 04:20PMToday we are talking to a phenomenally talented performer who has starred in a string of contemporary musicals, ranging from replacement gigs in the Broadway productions of Elton John amp Ti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMMob Wives star Angela “Big Ang” Raiola will make her off-Broadway debut in My Big Gay Italian Wedding, appearing in the show for one night only on March 9. Raiola will officiate …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:03PMWe fact check the liberal cum right-wing ideologue's ponderous Newsweek essay -- and there's a whole mess of wrong
SOURCE: Salon at 04:02PMI received a lovely email this weekend about a recent production of my play Tick Talk. The play is not an easy one – in a nutshell, it deals with the fact that some people have such in…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 04:00PMFollowing a 21-week run at the New York City nightclub 54 Below, The John Miller Quartet Plus 2, featuring a host of Broadway musicians, will debut at The Cutting Room Feb. 1.
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Ashley C. Wheater, Artistic Director of The Joffrey Ballet, announces the company’s 2013-2014 season, titled “Masters of Dance.” The season kicks off with a special addition to the …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:54PMPUPPET SHOW Ethan Lipton’s Luther received rave reviews when it premiered in New York last June, yet it enjoyed only a brief run. So it makes sense that Steep Theater would want to try out…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:53PMPlaywright Lauren Yee deals with a welter of spirits in her new drama.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:50PMTHE BROTHERS SIZE, by Tarell Alvin McCraney, directed by Tea Alagi runs January 26 - February 24, 2013 at the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. Ticket prices sta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMPatti, a vice-president with PNC Bank, did not want to talk about his resignation or the strike, but a PNC Bank spokesperson told me that Patti resigned not because of any threats from the u…
SOURCE: The Philly Post at 03:48PMThe courtyard could also have "a privately managed TKTS-style kiosk within the courtyard as a one-stop venue for the purchasing of tickets to a multitude of concerts, performances, art venue…
SOURCE: philly.curbed.com at 03:41PMThomas Schumacher would like you to embrace that sippy cup. You know that clinking of ice cubes you hear in the audience while you’re performing your heart out onstage? Yeah, that&rsqu…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:41PMMatt Loehr (Mary Poppins, The Producers, Movin’ Out), who recently appeared in the Broadway revival of Evita, is stepping into the role of Elder McKinley in the Broadway cast of The B…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:40PMVictory Gardens Theater and League of Chicago Theatres host a town hall discussion entitled “Playing Race” livestreaming on the open-source #NEWPLAY TV channel on Thursday, Jan…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:39PMA new Philly play is raising some eyebrows.
SOURCE: The Philly Post at 03:38PMDead Writers Theatre Collective is proud to announce the Chicago premiere of Adam Pasen’s Tea with Edie and Fitz, directed by Jim Schneider, April 26 – June 9, at the Greenhouse Th…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:35PMThe producers of the scuttled fall 2012 Broadway production of Rebecca have identified the show's press agent, Marc Thibodeau, as the tipster who scared off what they characterize as an …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:31PMWell-Strung: The Singing String Quartet, featuring a boy band string quartet that covers classics and contemporary sounds, will return to New York City for a limited three-week engagement be…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMTickets are now on sale for the New York premiere of Ike Holter's Hit the Wall, a drama based on the historical Stonewall riots in New York City. Directed by Eric Hoff, the new play…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:25PMPress agent is sued as writer of anonymous emails
SOURCE: Variety at 03:23PMSteppenwolf Theatre Company continues the 2012/13 subscription season with the world premiere of Head of Passes by ensemble member Tarell Alvin McCraney, directed by ensemble member Tina…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:22PMTony Award winners Shuler Hensley (Oklahoma!) and John Cullum (Shenandoah), along with Tony nominees Kate Burton (Hedda Gabler) and Jessie Mueller (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), have joined t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:18PMThe 42nd Annual Theater Hall of Fame ceremony was held Jan. 28 at the Gershwin Theatre and was hosted by Tony and Emmy Award winner Tyne Daly. The 2012 inductees included actors Betty Buckle…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:17PMIn honor of comedy legend Carl Reiner's 75 years in the business, Center Theatre Group presented a staged reading of Enter Laughing, The Musical, which is inspired by Reiner's experiences as…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:14PMStage Left Theatre announces the upcoming Chicago premiere of Rabbit written by Nina Raine and directed by Elly Green. Rabbit is the third production of Stage Left’s 31st season. …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:12PMPlus the Crayola nonsense of The Jammer.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 03:10PMOver 80 student faces packed the stage of The Palace Theater on January 28, mugging, grinning, and switch-kicking throughout Tony Award winning Hairspray hit "You Can't Stop The Beat," along…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:10PM'From Broadway With Love A Benefit Concert For Sandy Hook' took place yesterday, January 28, 2013, at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, Connecticut. The evening was a concert of love and heal…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:09PMComic actress and Saturday Night Live veteran Rachel Dratch is no stranger to performing under pressure - but going from page to stage in 24 hours can be a terrifying ordeal. In the exclusiv…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:05PMThe Filament Theatre Ensemble will present Crossing Six Corners: A Neighborhood Heritage Project on February 22, 23, and 24 at its new home in the Six Corners Shopping District. Through in…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:02PMHere's the last week of Broadway Box Office stats. Click HERE to see how the weekly rankings are calculated.Broadway Box Office Week 35Most shows remained pretty even th…
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"I have a sense that Broadway hasn't entered into the 21st century," Star Trek legend George Takei, whose musical Allegiance is now Broadway-bound, said on stage at TEDxBroadway. "Broadway …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:53PMAndrew Lloyd Webber and Sarah Brightman reminisce on the early days of Broadway’s ‘Phantom.’ Check out the footage below!
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:48PMNEW YORK—Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce will reprise their onstage sibling rivalry when they take Christopher Durang's "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" to Broadway.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:48PMJujamcyn Theaters Jordan Roth, President and True Colors Theatre Company Kenny Leon, Co-Founding Artistic Director have announced the 5th Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition will take…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMNEW YORK (AP) — Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce will reprise their onstage sibling rivalry when they take Christopher Durang's "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" to Broadway.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:44PMToday, the Kennedy Center announced plans for a $100 million expansion that will finally give the arts center much-needed space for education and rehearsal. The first major expansion since t…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 02:43PMTony Award winners Shuler Hensley, Kate Burton and John Cullum, as well as Tony Award nominee Jessie Mueller and Jason Danieley will be part of the New York Philharmonic's upcoming conce…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PMYou don't want to have to Wait Until Dark to see John W. Engeman Theater at Northport's current production of Frederick Knott's creepy caper. A slick, tense, whodunit, this craftily orchestr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:37PMThe transfer of Christopher Durang's Off Broadway hit comedy reunites the complete original cast, led by Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:34PMLincoln Center Theater's hit off-Broadway production of Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike – starring Tony Award winner David Hyde Pierce (Curtains) and Academy Award…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:33PMIn a week in which Broadway.com was overflowing with exclusive Phantom features, it’s no surprise that three of our top five videos centered on stars and events surrounding the musical…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:22PMHalf of Chinquapin Parish would give their eye teeth to see a stage production of Steel Magnolias. With all the beauties in the beauty shop gossip going non-stop you will too! And The Way Of…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:22PMThe first assignment in the “Strategies for Becoming an Independent Artist” project involved examining some websites containin suggestions about how to save money and live a mor…
SOURCE: creativeinsubordination.org at 02:18PMCongrats to playwright Daniel Pearle! Pearle’s A Kid Like Jake won the 2013 Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award. The play will be produced as part of Lincoln Center Theater&rsq…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMShuler Hensley, Jason Danieley, Jessie Mueller, Kate Burton and John Cullum are set to join the cast of the New York Philharmonic’s upcoming concert production of Rodgers & Hammers…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:14PMThe Met’s much-hyped “Rigoletto” is a dazzler and a downer. It gleams with vivid neon and vibrant singing. It is clouded by lethargy. A jackpot, it’s not.
So it goes for Mic…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:13PMPianist Anthony de Mare will perform the second installment of his Liaisons: Reimagining Sondheim from the Piano, featuring all new music by composers Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:13PMDemonstrating decisively that a hero can always be found waiting in the wings, a young actor by the name of Zach Appelman has come along to grab hold of the oratorical reins of “Henry V”…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:11PMTony Award winner Alice Ripley, Mitchell Jarvis and Leigh Ann Larkin were among the performers joining the Skivvies for their Jan. 28 concert and video premiere at the Highline Ballroom.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PMThe New York Philharmonic has announced several additions to the cast of its production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's Carousel, February 27March 2, 2013 Shuler Hensley will portray Jigger Cra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:09PMJillian Keiley won the 2004 Siminovitch Prize for directing, one of the country’s most prestigious theatre awards
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 02:07PMWhat can I say? Aesthetic experience is universal.The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and elsewhere.
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 02:07PMAnne Hathaway’s performance in Les Miserables has garnered plenty of attention. The actress most recently nabbed the SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress and many think she’s a …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 02:00PMIf there is ever a doubt about the true emotional rawness of theatre, one only has to attend the Chicago premiere of Matthew Lopez’ powerful drama The Whipping Man to see the full force …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:00PMA leading playwright has accused the BBC of an “extraordinary” act of censorship after the corporation told her to cut key lines from a drama about “honour killings” which will be br…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:00PM
In a rare boon for the long-of-leg in often cramped West End theatres, a new website will allow audiences to rate seats for their comfort and condition.
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:49PMMama, I Want To Sing, the 1983 gospel musical created by Vy Higginsen that currently plays the Dempsey Theater, will celebrate its 30th anniversary March 23 with a special performance of Mam…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:49PMI’m the sort of person who must always be reading something. In the can, if there’s no magazine, then it’s the ingredients on the toothpaste tube. And, when listening to mu…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:48PMChristopher Durang's frothy Chekhov-inspired comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which played an extended Off-Broadway run at Lincoln Center Theater earlier this season, will tra…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:47PMAfter a sold-out run off-Broadway, Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike will transfer to Broadway’s Golden Theatre beginning on March 5. Directed by Nich…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PMThe company will release a statement on Thursday, revealing how it plans to continue.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 01:38PMProducers Joey Parnes, Larry Hirschhorn, and John O'Boyle announced today that Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is headed to Broadway on the heels of its sold-out pre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:38PM'Ben Sprecher is now suing the innocent whistleblower with an impeccable reputation on Broadway who anonymously warned an innocent investor not to sink 2 million into the sinking ship that w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30PMCast members from the Roundabout Theatre Company's critically acclaimed revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood will be special guests at Seth's Broadway Chatterbox Jan. 31.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMChristopher Durang's play, starring Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce, will transfer to Broadway's Golden Theater in March with the original cast intact.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:29PMProject is expected to cost $100 million
SOURCE: Variety at 01:22PMPlaywright Daniel Pearle's A Kid Like Jake has been named the recipient of the 2013 Laurents/Hatcher Award, according to the New York Times.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:19PMMarc Bamuthi Joseph hosts eco-festivals in underserved parts of American cities. In his red, black & GREEN: a blues, these festivals are represented in an installation on stage, where th…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:16PMAbout the author:
Playwright Jonathan Marc Sherman first teamed up with his friend Ethan Hawke in 1991 to create New York City's innovative Malaparte Theater Company. Hawke and Sherman …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:15PMGenerous Company in Baltimore, Maryland presents Gumbo, a six-night festival of new works from theater, visual arts, and music blurring the lines between art and neurobiology. All six e…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:14PMChris Isaacson PRESENTS and UPRIGHT CABARET just presented the West Coast debut of up-and-coming Broadway songwriting duo of Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk featuring performances by Sara…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:13PMNEW YORK (AP) — For all the bright lights and razzle-dazzle of the Las Vegas locale, the most illuminating stretches in Michael Mayer's showy new production of "Rigoletto" at the Metropoli…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:11PMWhen it comes to success stories in the entertainment world, it does not get much better than the one about a pair of regular guys from Colorado, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, who took cutout
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:11PMValerie Harper has forged a post-Rhodacareer playing powerful, larger-than-life women onstage -- including, in 2010, Tallulah Bankhead in Looped on Broadway. Harper was to have reprised that…
SOURCE: Miami Herald at 01:10PMINTERVIEW: LIZZIE CLACHAN The designer and co-founder of Shunt talks to Matt Trueman about the National’s revival of Port (2002) by Simon Stephens and her journey from experimental, off-si…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 01:08PMNEW YORK (AP) -- For all the bright lights and razzle-dazzle of the Las Vegas locale, the most illuminating stretches in Michael Mayer's showy new production of "Rigoletto" at the Metrop…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:08PMWALKING THE TIGHTROPE STRIKES A PERFECT BALANCE AND SOARS TO THEATRICAL PERFECTION Lab24, the resident experimental theater company of the 24th STreet Theatre [sic], has scored a stupendous …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:04PMEvery year, some of theater's finest actors, composers, playwrights, and directors gather for "The 24 Hour Musicals." They spend an intense day (and night) creating musicals and performing t…
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:00PMThe celebrated actor becomes a playwright – An impoverished middle-aged widow, a flirty chatterbox teen, and a convenience store owner quietly drowning in grief. These are the desperat…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:00PM
The Human Rights Campaign the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender LGBT civil rights organization will host its annual Greater New York Gala dinner on February 2, 2013 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:49PMProfiles Theatre has postponed the opening of its latest production, "The Dream of the Burning Boy." At this juncture, all scheduled performances of the play by West Read have been cancelled.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:45PMWest End Beatles show Let It Be has announced that it has recouped its £1.6 million capitalisation costs. The recoupment – meaning it has made back the money initially invested in the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:43PMWomen of Will, Tina Packer’s exploration of Shakespeare’s female characters from Beatrice to Viola, begins off-Broadway performances January 29 at the Gym at Judson Memorial Chur…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:37PMAfter record breaking runs in 2006, 2008 and 2011 WICKED, Broadway's biggestblockbuster, will return to Ft. Lauderdale this January for a limited 3-week engagement, January 30 - February 17,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:34PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PMAfter a brief illness, Barry Manilow is back and ready to celebrate the January 29 opening of his concert engagement Manilow on Broadway. Marking the pop icon’s return to Broadway for …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32PMStudents of New York University's Steinhardt School will present a revival of the Tony Award-winning film-noir musical City of Angels, featuring a jazz score by late composer Cy Coleman …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMArts Council England has confirmed that in-year cuts of 1% and and 2% will be made to all its national portfolio organisations in 2013/14 and 2014/15. The news follows the announcement in De…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:29PMManhattan Theatre Club sure knows how to throw a good party, and the company attracted some of Broadway’s finest for its annual winter gala, held on January 28 at the Allen Room at Jaz…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:22PM"Tosh.0" returns for a fifth season, and you know what that means: a new wardrobe for Daniel Tosh.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:22PMAfter performing 450 shows on Broadway's THE FANTASTICKS, Aaron Carter leaves the Broadway scene to kick off a new tour And finish what he started 12 years ago. The tour, The After Party is …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMTickets are now on sale for the off-Broadway world premiere of Liz Flahive's The Madrid. Directed by Leigh Silverman, the Manhattan Theatre Club production stars Emmy winner and Tony nom…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMSome extra romance was in the air at the new Broadway production of Cinderella Jan. 28 when Alan Chau, a sergeant in the NYPD's 19th precinct, proposed onstage to his girlfriend Maria Ro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:11PMThe nationally ranked theatre program at Wagner College is kicking off their spring 2013 season with one of the best known musicals in the theatre world. Oddly enough, RENT‘s debut a…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 12:10PMNominations for the 29th Helen Hayes Awards, which honor the best in theater in Washington, D.C., were announced on Monday, and a surprise musical frontrunner took the cake. The Toby&rs…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:09PMAs Sandy the hurricane swept up the East Coast, Sandy the canine star of “Annie” lay on a couch in upper Manhattan with a rope toy.
“She’s been lounging all day,” said Dustin Hard…
SOURCE: Bloomberg at 12:05PMEven with 8 million Twitter followers, pop star Ricky Martin couldn’t make “Evita” profitable.
Undone by high weekly running costs, Broadway’s top-selling show to open in 2012 close…
SOURCE: Bloomberg at 12:05PM
A free performance of The Civil War in Words and Music, sponsored by Cooper Union, the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation and the New York State Archives Partnership Trust, will be offe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:58AMAccording to the New York Times, the Trustees of The LaurentsHatcher Foundation, Inc. have announced that A Kid Like Jake has been selected for the 2013 LAURENTS HATCHER FOUNDATION AWARD. T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMThe Doritos Locos Tacos, now available with Nacho Cheese Doritos, are the most popular menu item in Taco Bell's 50-year history.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:51AMOn this week’s episode of Bunheads, dance teacher Michelle (played by two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster) has a very special visitor—her brother, Scotty (played by Foster’s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:50AMBroadwayWorld previously reported that the Lincoln Center Theater production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, a new play by Christopher Durang, directed by Nicholas Martin might be he…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMThe Kennedy Center plans to build a $100 million expansion of the performing arts venue, the center announced Tuesday. Designed by American architect Steven Holl, the privately funded proje…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:42AMThe 29th annual Helen Hayes Awards committee has announced its nominations for the 2013 awards season. The Helen Hayes Awards honor all aspects of theatrical productions in the Washington DC…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:39AMThe Skivvies just played the Highline Ballroom last night, January 28, featuring special guests Alice Ripley, Wesley Taylor, Adam Kantor, Leigh Ann Larkin, Joseph Morales, Mitchell Jarvis, a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:35AMOn the very first episode of Oh, Sherrie!, Rock of Ages star Kate Rockwell takes Broadway.com behind the scenes at her first put-in rehearsal and backstage for her rockin' first week at …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33AMNew York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira is trading baseball for Broadway on January 29, when he’ll make a cameo in the ‘80s rock musical Rock of Ages. Teixeira will have a w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33AMNew York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira is trading baseball for Broadway on January 29, when he’ll make a cameo in the ‘80s rock musical Rock of Ages. Teixeira will have a w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33AMTony winner Adriane Lenox has signed on to join the cast of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues at Pennsylvania's Bucks County Playhouse. Karen Carpenter directs the limited engagemen…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:27AMLONDON (AP) — London's theaters say they had a strong 2012 despite the Olympics' "dampening effect" on ticket sales.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:23AMThe Hollywood Bowl’s 2013 summer season will include an all-star production of Chicago, Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth, John Williams: Maestro of the Movies narrated by Julie Andrews an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:22AMManhattan Theatre Club's annual Winter Benefit — an evening of cocktails and dinner followed by a cabaret-style show featuring Broadway stars — was presented Jan. 28 at The A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22AMWe're thrilled to announce that we've added two more of your 2013 nominees - Natalie Casey and Jon Robyns - to the line-up of this year's Whatsonstage.com Awards Concert, which takes place a…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:21AMFrom Broadway with Love: A Benefit Concert For Sandy Hook, a concert of healing for the Newtown community featuring composers, musicians and over 100 stars of Broadway, was held Jan. 28 at t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:21AMYes, it's that time of year again - time to compile my list of nominees for this year's Independent Reviewers of New England Awards. (I've been a bad boy, actually, I'm at the very dea…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:20AMNominations for the 29th Helen Hayes Awards, representing excellence in Washington, DC-area professional theatre, were announced Jan. 28. Nationally-known names and respected resident artist…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19AMLast night, Manhattan Theatre Club presented its annual Winter Benefit, an evening of cocktails and dinner followed by a special one-night-only cabaret-style show featuring Broadway's bright…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMMariah Gale will star as Catherine in David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning drama Proof at London’s the Menier Chocolate Factory. Directed by Polly Findlay, the producti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:15AMWho are Broadway’s most powerful people? Just like last year, I put the question to a handful of industry insiders — from Producers to Press Agents to maybe even a Pulitzer nomin…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 11:15AMMark Teixeira, rock star? Well, "Rock of Ages" bit player for one night, anyway. The Yankees' first baseman said Tuesday on WFAN that he will join the cast of the popular Broadway show, Tues…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:14AMGOTH MEETS GIRL During the first five minutes of Lovesick I was beginning to think I had ended up at a school play. The acting was highly exaggerated, the props looked like elementary school…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:08AMUsually, I write my blogs the day before they are published. But, because my mind was exploding with energy and ideas from yesterday’s TEDxBroadway, I couldn’t quiet myself dow…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 1222013 - 1292013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMThe Broadway revival of “Evita,” costarring Puerto Rican pop singer Ricky Martin as Che Guevara, closed Saturday night -- and it was squarely in the red. It hadn’t earned…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM
Broadway: Currently On Stage: Annie, The Other PeopleAnthony Warlow By Ellis Nassour
Charles Strouse and Martin Charin's classic musical Annie, wit…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:59AMKate O’Flynn gives an outstanding performance in Simon Stephens’ portrait of a young woman’s progress to maturity, Ian Shuttleworth writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:58AMKate O'Flynn gives an outstanding performance in Simon Stephens' portrait of a young woman's progress to maturity, Ian Shuttleworth writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:58AMSinger-songwriter Daniel Zaitchik and Tony Award-winning actor-musician John Gallagher, Jr. will offer an evening of new music Feb. 10 at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMTony Kushner, who wrote the critically acclaimed screenplay for "Lincoln" — the motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg and inspired by Pulitzer Prize winner Doris Kearns…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMBlog provides biting critiques of red-carpet fashions.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:54AMBalletMet has provided artistic excellence in the field of dance to Central Ohio since 1978. Get to know the company's history as we proudly feature BalletMet as the Regional Dance Company o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:53AMForever Dusty, the new musical by Kirsten Holly Smith and Jonathan Vankin about the life of late singer Dusty Springfield, will offer a special sing-along performance Feb. 13 at 7 PM at Off-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMJack Noseworthy (Sweet Smell of Success), Alysha Umphress (American Idiot, On a Clear Day...) and five-time Emmy Award winner Candice Bergen ("Murphy Brown") were part of the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:49AMThe Chichester Festival Theatre production of Noel Coward’s 1930 comedy Private Lives will transfer to the West End, starring Toby Stephens, Anna Chancellor and Anna-Louise Plowman. Di…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:48AMBristol Old Vic’s co production with Sherman Cymru of new play Before It Rains has won the best script and best female performance prizes at the inaugural Theatre Critics of Wales Awards. …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:47AMToday is the birthday of Jack Wilson (1894-1970), one-third of the team of Wilson, Keppel and Betty. Actually, the core team consisted of Wilson and his partner Joe Keppel; the two worked wi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:44AMWhenever I meet with someone for a consultation or just a general catch up session and they are having trouble raising money, finding a job, selling, etc. I always find that there is one thi…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:32AMThe prospects looked grim during the Boston tryouts for Our Town. Business at the box office was poor, and puzzled Bostonians walked out during the performances. After all, there was no scen…
SOURCE: feeds.feedblitz.com at 10:30AMBroadway Bares: Winter Burlesque, the steamy theatrical striptease show that benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, held two performances, one at 9 and another at 11 PM, on Jan. 27 in M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29AMCasting has been announced for the Musical Theatre Guild's upcoming presentation of the Broadway and London musical Chess, which will be offered Feb. 11 at 7:30 PM at the Alex Theatre in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AMWest End star and two-time Olivier Award winner Sheridan Smith will co-host the 37th Annual Olivier Awards, which will take place on April 28, 2013 at London's Royal Opera House. Additio…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:18AMNEW YORK (AP) -- "When stuff is coming to an end, people freak out and they act crazy," says Liz Lemon....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:14AMMany performers understudy lead roles and rehearse weekly, preparing for their moment in the spotlight. But what if their moment never arrives Just last week those understudies finally get t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:14AMTweetI found this video of a girl with an ok voice, she’s not amazing but she is good, who put together a Nick Pitera styled video for a one woman Disney movie. She goes through a to…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 10:10AMTony Award nominees Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening), Sherie Rene Scott (Everyday Rapture), and Will Swenson (Murder Ballad), as well as Lindsay Mendez (Dogfight) and Betsy Wolfe (The Myste…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:10AMThe Bucks County Playhouse announced today that Tony Award winner Adriane Lenox will join the cast for the limited engagement of The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler and directed by Karen Car…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:05AMCast members from the Oscar-winning "Cabaret" film will reunite on NBC's "Today Show" Jan. 30 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Bob Fosse-directed motion pictu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:05AMIt has been one of the most prolific decades for the film musical since the 1960s – but only the global brands get their moment in the spotlightEver since Les Misérables commenced its gro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMBroadway favorite Will Chase will make an appearance on this week's episode of USA's NECESSARY ROUGHNESS, titled Hits And Myths. In the episode, David Blaze Chase and Paul VonDozer Josh Hami…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMThe Hollywood Bowl has announced its 2013 summer season, and it’s just as extensive and eclectic as fans of the venue have come to expect. “I think that at the Bowl we want to have somet…
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The Recording Academy will host the 2013 Special Merit Awards Ceremony Feb. 9 in L.A. Songwriters Marilyn Bergman and Alan Bergman, whose Broadway credits include Ballroom and Something More…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AMGillette hosting event to see if women prefer their men without stubble.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:57AMBenjamin Walker appeared in two Broadway plays before breaking out as sexy bad-boy Andrew Jackson in the edgy rock musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Walker has since returned to his dram…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:52AMThe Hollywood Bowl has announced its 2013 summer season, which will include a star-studded production of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's Chicago.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:52AMThis 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 09:50AMThe philosopher Aristotle once said, “We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right matter at the right moment and for the right …
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:50AMAnton Chekhov was born today in 1860, and died at age 44. He was a Russian physician, a short story writer and a playwright, whose best-known plays, written in the last few years of his life…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:49AM'TODAY' will welcome the legendary Liza Minnelli and the cast of the landmark film Cabaret on Wednesday, January 30.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:48AMFigures published by the Society of London Theatres show ninth successive year of record box office returnsWest End theatre attendances went up slightly in 2012, allaying fears that the Olym…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:47AMYankees first baseman Mark Teixeira wants to rock more than just opposing pitchers. He’ll be making his Broadway debut Tuesday night in the musical comedy “Rock of Ages.”…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:46AMLighting Jar Theatre Company’s production of The Dreamer Examines His Pillow marks the UK premiere of this lesser-known work by John Patrick Shanley (of Doubt fame). While The Dreamer Exam…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:45AMThe actress performs a scene from Neil LaBute’s “In the Beginning,” part of a program by Theater Uncut at the Clurman Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:43AMPHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Opera Company of Philadelphia is getting a name change that officials say is in better harmony with its move toward more innovative programming and greater diversit…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:37AMThe Society of London Theatre (SOLT), the trade body that looks after West End's commercial and subsidized theatres, have announced that box-office figures for 2012 have remained robust,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:32AMEarlier this week I had the honor of being a part of TedxBroadway. The video from the event is still forthcoming but for now I wanted to share the text of the talk. It's called the The Power…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:30AM Gareth Jandrell’s new adaptation of Blood Wedding, originally written in 1933 by Spanish playwright Lorca, completes The Faction’s repertory season at …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:28AMRiedel recently chatted with Don Imus on IMUS IN THE MORNING about MAMMA MIA, producer Judy Craymer and more. View the video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:26AMThe complete cast has been announced for the world premiere of Tony Award winning playwright Richard Greenberg’s new play, Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s, which begins previ…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:22AMThe 37th Olivier Awards, sponsored by MasterCard, have announced that ITV will be the official television broadcast partner for the event on April 28, producing a ceremony highlights program…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:20AMAndreas has also been a sparkling presence on the cabaret scene over the past several years, and she's now making her debut at the beautifully appointed, excitingly booked, superbly well man…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:16AMThe Society of London Theatre's 2012 Box Office figures, published today, show that despite unique factors affecting theatregoing in 2012, its members' combined Box Office showed both ticket…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMMANILOW ON BROADWAY, Barry Manilow's new concert show at the St. James Theatre, has released the following statement.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:05AMEmma Cunniffe, Mariah Gale, Matthew Marsh and Jamie Parker will star in the new production of David Auburn's Proof that will begin performances at London's Menier Chocolate Factory M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:05AMDid you know there are 84 professional theatres in the Washington area? 84! Tonight, DC area theatre artists, press, Helen Hayes Award judges, and the folks from theatreWashington gathered…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:04AMJonathan Kent's production of Noël Coward's Private Lives, which premiered at Chichester's Minerva Theatre last summer, is to transfer to the West End's Gielgud Theatre,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:02AMNEW YORK -- "What is the best that Broadway can be?” was the central question of the second TEDx Broadway conference, which continued to explore the query that fueled last year’s…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM
First published here in January 2010. Maurice Benn’s study of the work of Georg Büchner suggests that Büchner may have been familiar with Schopenhauer’s philosophy (The World a…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:59AMTheater lovers with well stocked shelves should have a side-shelf for volumes about movies. After all, they are a form of performance art akin to theater. Those interested in musical theater…
SOURCE: feeds.feedblitz.com at 08:55AMMagic at its most serious mysterious… There’s something ironic and beautiful and oh-so-meta about this. The Box, formerly the den of iniquity of choice for the debauched and glamoro…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 08:53AMOpera In Space’s production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas is not your traditional opera. In the same vein as companies such as Punchdrunk (famed for, amongst others, its productions of Fa…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:41AMChichester production toplines Anna Chancellor, Toby Stephens
SOURCE: Variety at 08:24AMITV will broadcast highlights from the ceremony, to be hosted by Sheridan Smith, live from London's Royal Opera House for the first time since 2003The Olivier awards will return to mainstrea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:23AMThe first thing you notice when watching The Grand Irrationality, despite the Los Angeles location of The Lost Studio, is the very British setting of the play. That would be due to the fact …
SOURCE: TheTheatreSource at 08:17AMGeorge Harrar is not really a mystery or suspense writer, per se. His work is noir and tension-filled, but there is a philosophical and psychological sub-strata that's more reminiscent of Ka…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:15AMAudiences and box office takings in London's theatreland were up in 2012, despite fears of a collapse in business as a result of the Olympics.
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:12AMLondon’s theatres are set for a decade of growth following record advanced sales for 2013. This comes after they “cleared the hurdle” of the Olympics, and Boris’ voice on the tube, t…
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:12AMThe Los Angeles Philharmonic Association today announced the Hollywood Bowl summer 2013 subscription series and single events for its 92nd season at the historic venue. The Hollywood Bowl is…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:03AMThe actress performs a scene from Neil LaBute's "In the Beginning," part of "Theater Uncut," an evening of short plays at the Clurman Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AMRiverside Center Dinner Theater presents Ain’t Misbehavin’, a Tony Award-winning musical that celebrates the life and music of Thomas “Fats” Waller. Conceived by Richard Maltby, Jr. …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AM
Lyttelton, LondonSimon Stephens has a way with women. His Harper Regan (2008) was a memorable play about a mother who abandons her family. And in Port, first seen at Manchester's Royal Excha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:59AMReviewed by Joe Regan Jr. January 28, 2013 Several opera superstars have attempted to cross over to popular and jazz but only a few have been successful. Leontyne Price and Renee Fl…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 07:57AMMariah Gale, Matthew Marsh, Jamie Parker and Emma Cunniffe will star in the Menier Chocolate Factory's forthcoming revival of David Auburn's Proof, which runs from 14 March to 27 April 2013…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:43AMThe new Broadway production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's CINDERELLA had even more magic on stage than usual last night, January 28, 2012 when the cast hosted a wedding proposal on stage at t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:42AMBefore Randi Zuckerberg spoke at the second annual TEDx Broadway, offering some suggestions at how to use technology to transcend the limitations of Broadway, the former official at Face…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:39AMThink treachery, deceit and betrayal, revenge and guilt. Think the politics of the 1960s. Washington Secret Service agents in sleek, black suits and button-down collars. Wolfgang Amadeus M…
SOURCE: feeds.feedblitz.com at 07:31AMINTERVIEW: RICHARD VERGETTE The playwright talks to Aleks Sierz about his award-winning West End success, American Justice (Arts Theatre), which is a psychological thriller, set in the Deep …
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 07:21AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on January 29 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
Playwright Simon Stephens’ Port is arguably one of his most personal, not least because it is based where he, and the play’s director, Marianne Elliott, grew up. It was also written whil…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:59AMIt is a truth universally acknowledged that a student in his second term of drama school must start to see an improvement. Fresh from Christmas break, I’m thrusting headlong into term…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:56AMIn the six years since the Coconut Grove Playhouse shuttered, irreplaceable theatrical history has festered in a fetid, crumbling structure, endangered by everything from larcenous-minded va…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:47AMITV is to broadcast a highlights package of this year’s Olivier Awards, the Society of London Theatre has confirmed. As revealed exclusively by The Stage in December last year, ITV1 will s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:40AMLondon’s West End theatres enjoy a ninth successive year of ticket income growth, despite fall in the number of performances during the Olympic Games
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:39AMLondon's West End theatres enjoy a ninth successive year of ticket income growth, despite fall in the number of performances during the Olympic Games
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:39AMActress Sheridan Smith is to host theatre's biggest prize show, The Olivier Awards, as the event returns to mainstream TV for the first time in a decade.
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:38AMThe Chichester Festival Theatre's production of Noel Coward's Private Lives will transfer to the Gielgud Theatre from 3 July 2013 (previews from 22 June).Toby Stephens and Anna Chancell…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:06AMBy Bill Hirschman Illness has sidelined Valerie Harper from starring in the revival of Looped that was to kick off a new national tour at Parker Playhouse Feb. 26-March 3. The role of Tallul…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:00AM
Last night, the staff of theatreWashington gathered an excitable sample of area theatre artists, arts leaders, and members of the press into the National Theatre’s Helen Hayes Gallery to a…
SOURCE: feeds.feedblitz.com at 05:51AMLooking for a peek at what might be part of next June’s Summer Shorts? City Theatre is holding a free reading of as many as six contenders at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, on the second floor …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:41AMMost of the musical theatre community was shocked and appalled by David Sexton’s recent article in which he attacked not just the genre of musical theatre but the people who enjoy and work…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:20AM“Port” is Stockport, a dismal yet apparently haunting and enigmatic town in the shadow of Manchester – there’s a brilliant, illuminating NT programme essay by Paul Mo…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:03AMLondon theatre resisted an Olympic downturn in 2012, recording its ninth successive year of record box office returns. The figures, released this week by the Society of London Theatre, revea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:01AMBy Johnny Oleksinski “It’s both sides of the spectrum: drunk college kids and very serious politicians, all mixing together on the streets,” says Paloma Nozicka, a recent graduate …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AM
New Diorama, London: Configured in the round without raking and with the surrounding audience on a single row of seats, the New Diorama provides an appropriate, claustrophobically intimate s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:57AMLyttelton, National Theatre: Today, when long-term playwright-director partnerships are rare, it is a cause for celebration when a writer and a director work together over several years. Pla…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:50AMTheatre Royal, Windsor: Founded in 1933 when Belarus was part of the Soviet Union (the country became an independent republic in 1990), the Grand Opera of Belarus still proudly declares its …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:40AMSo, anybody out there still watching Smash? Actually, that question is a little bit unfair. After all, following the conclusion of the first season, NBC decided to hold onto Smash until mid…
SOURCE: feeds.feedblitz.com at 04:34AMYear-on-year gains in both B.O. and attendance
SOURCE: Variety at 04:30AMThe Society of London Theatre (SOLT) has delivered its annual box office report, showing that 2012 was another record year for the West End with total takings of just under £530million…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:26AMOn most nights in the theatre, no-one's complaining about the seating. Being uncomfortable is all part of what theatre-going entails. Do you think in Ancient Greece they stayed away bec…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:26AM
The 2013 Olivier Awards, which take place on 28 April at the Royal Opera House, will be broadcast by ITV and BBC Radio 2.
As last year, there will be a free live event for the public, with …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:34AMA deficit of £176,000 that Equity predicted it was facing after supporting three of its members in a defamation hearing has been reduced to £3,954. The union credited the reduction on “b…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMOur friends over at the Old Vic Tunnels have given us a fantastic offer just for AYT readers. You can grab tickets for their current production Top Story for up to half price using our offer…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:21AMNow here is a competition you just have to enter! We have five pairs of tickets – yes, you heard, FIVE PAIRS – to give away for Above Me The Wide Blue Sky at the Young Vic which…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:00AMI get the feeling that playwright Jason Wells intended his farce "The North Plan" as a cautionary black comedy about the potentially draconian results of the Homeland Security Act. Along the…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AM
‘Totally Tubular Time Machine” bills itself as “NYC’s only interactive, intergalactic, pop music experience.” That’s true enough, but whether you’ll want to go back in time to …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:32AMWarner Bros. Records has announced that it has signed vocalist and award-winning actress Emmy Rossum to its roster. The New York City native will release her first album for the label, a col…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMCelebrating the release of Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, the New-York Historical Society presents a screening of this monumental film followed by a conversation with screenwriter and playwrigh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AM[Publisher: I am very pleased to be introducing a new column, today, from long-time CharPo collaborator Valerie Cardinal. Valerie is a senior contributor, living in Ottawa, who will keep an …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:04AMIt's time for the newest episode of BWW's exclusive TV series - CHEWING THE SCENERY WITH Randy Rainbow In this week's episode, Randy serenades us with a song from Cinderella, and chats with …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01AMMalaiseYou know you're angry...but specifically why?by GaëtanL. CharleboisI am in a pissy mood these days. Since Christmas, I suspect. Normally I can point to one thing or a couple and say,…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMFrom 2004: Ivy Compton-Burnett, the English novelist, told a friend late in life that she could no longer read Jane...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMFor sorrow ends not when it seemeth done. Shakespeare, Richard II...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMTony Award winner Nathan Lane hosts Symphonic Sondheim, the New York Philharmonic's performance of symphonic suites by Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, Academy Award and Grammy Award-win…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPS Classics, the two-time 2012 Grammy Award nominee for its cast albums of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess and Follies, releases Rebecca Luker's new album "I Got Love: Songs of Je…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNot At This Performance, a concert with Broadway understudies from Godspell, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Carrie, Ghost The Musical, Glory Days, Catch Me If You Can and A Little Night…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJames Van Der Beek, best known for his starring roles on TV's "Dawson's Creek" and "Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23," stars in the American premiere of Aust…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAfter resting from a bout with bronchitis Jan. 22-28, singer-songwriter Barry Manilow is expected to again take the stage of the St. James Theatre Jan. 29, resuming his engagement of Manilow…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Beautiful Soup Theater Collective, which presented the rarely-seen musical A Doll's Life, offers another rarity, Arthur Bicknell's cult flop Moose Murders, beginning Jan. 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe George Street Playhouse's production of David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People begins previews Jan. 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMStage and screen actor Matt Lauria, who begins previews Jan. 31 in Paul Downs Colaizzo's Really Really at MCC Theater, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backsta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winner Idina Menzel is joined by Lucie Arnaz, Robert Klein, Brian d'Arcy James, Olivier Award winner Maria Friedman and pianist Kevin Cole for One Singular Sensation, a tribut…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDestiny's Child star Michelle Williams joins the national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical Fela! as Sandra Isadore beginning Jan. 29 at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washingto…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM