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SOURCE: Popdose at 11:58PMReview: Karen Mason's Unfinished Business, presented by CAP21 Theatre Company: While containing its heart and humor, Unfinished Business is now stronger, tighter, and flows better than it di…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 11:56PMIt’s only played a handful of previews thus far, but I’m hearing wonderful word-of-mouth about the new production of Cinderella at the Broadway Theatre.
The score alone would suggest su…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:49PMTina Packer Highlights Shakespeare Women of Will: Looking like Judi Dench with the same twinkling eyes, throaty voice and command of language, Tina Packer takes on the women of Shakespeare w…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:43PMTALK ABOUT A LONG AND WINDING ROAD So, this cool cat painter, a blonde Frau, and several Liverpool lads named John, Paul, George, and Pete walk into a bar in Hamburg… While this sounds lik…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:38PMThe quote that this entry’s title comes from, Churchill’s response to the suggestion that funding for the arts be cut to save money during the Second World War, is unfortunately …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:20PMFor Noel Coward aficionados who don't exactly need another production of "Private Lives" or "Hay Fever," there's "Fallen Angels" at the Pasadena Playhouse.
SOURCE: Variety at 11:19PMHamish Linklater's storytelling voice is remarkably assured in this moody little piece about three lonesome souls who cross paths on a cold night in upstate New York.
SOURCE: Variety at 11:16PMGiuseppe Verdi had a tough time when mounting the opera that eventually became Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball). After basing the opera on the assassination of real-life King Gustav II…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:10PMHe created from Broadway to Hollywood, the Guthrie, the Super Bowl, for Prince and the Holidazzle.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 11:10PMThe Gym at Judson, Off Broadway
By Benjamin Coleman
BOTTOM LINE: Tina Packer leads an evening that charts out the growth and development of Shakespeare’s female characters; it is a…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:06PMCHICAGO (AP) — A Lyric Opera of Chicago performer was burned after his head caught on fire during a dress rehearsal of a production of "Die Meistersinger von Nurenberg."
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:05PMElden Street Players’ Theatre for Young Audiences presents Robin Hood, a childhood favorite about a lively outlaw and his gang of followers, whose life of adventure and merriment is t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:01PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Monday, February 4, 2013.
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SOURCE: Variety at 06:54PM'Cinderella,' 'Manilow,' 'Heiress' buck trend
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SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 06:50PMA review of Jean-Christophe Maillot’s “Roméo et Juliette,” staged by Pacific Northwest Ballet through Feb. 10, 2013.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 06:43PMFor those patrons who would like to witness what a true theatre ensemble is all about then you must catch Austin Pendleton’s new interpretation of Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party whic…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:39PMThe celebrated musical Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella--originally written for television in 1957 by the legendary musical theatre duo Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II--makes it…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:37PMGirls star Zosia Mamet is making her off-Broadway debut in the jaw-dropping drama Really Really, and the actress stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on February 1 not only to dish about …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:29PMManhattan Theatre Club welcomes Bill Pullman '1600 Penn' The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia to the cast of The Other Place tomorrow night, February 5 at 7 PM at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre 261 …
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SOURCE: Vulture at 06:23PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, February 4, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF star Ciaran Hinds feature…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:23PMImagination Stage presents Anime Momotaro, adapted from the traditional Japanese folktale by Alvin Chan, Eric Johnson, and Honolulu Theatre for Youth, and directed by Eric Johnson. While the…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:21PMAdam Jacobs (The Lion King) will star as the titular swashbuckler in the American premiere of Zorro, a new musical featuring music by the Gipsy Kings. The show will run at Atlanta’s Al…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:17PMComing up this week, 54 BELOW, the performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PMIt’s been 11 years since Blythe Danner last walked the Broadway boards in Follies, but this stage and screen star has been keeping plenty busy. Between starring in the Meet the Parents…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMBroadway favorites and Tony nominees Celia Keenan-Bolger (Peter and the Starcatcher), Rebecca Luker (Mary Poppins), and Tony Award winner Adriane Lenox (Chicago) are set to participate in Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:11PMThe staff of Performance Space 122 have taken to calling their home, at 150 First Avenue, "P.S. 122: East Village." In part, the nickname is practical: It differentiates the not-for-profit …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:07PMDavid Henry Hwang's Chinglish takes the massive subject of US-China relations and makes it specific, personal, human -- and very funny. It's at South Coast Rep. Car Plays ended a brief run n…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:04PM
Recently married couple Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley are set to premiere four original plays in rep this March. 'Midtown March Medley,' as the series is called, will feature a comedy music…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:58PMNot everyone is in the mood for love this month, despite the best efforts of Hallmark, Kay Jewelers, and that blond guy on The Bachelor. But Amanda McBroom, the Golden Globe-winning singer/s…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:52PMTickets are on pre-sale this morning for Broadway sensation Idina Menzel’s newly announced Sydney Opera House concert on June 26, 2013. Booked as the headline act for the closing weekend o…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:48PMThe Bolshoi Ballet is deeply beloved in Russia. But a series of recent scandals — capped by a nasty acid attack on the company's artistic director in mid-January — has sent shock waves t…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:46PMThe Zephyr Theatre production exposes the drama behind the seminal 1970s adult film.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:42PMAdam Jacobs will star as the masked legend Zorro in the Alliance Theatre production of the Gipsy Kings-scored musical that will play Atlanta, GA, in April. The cast will also feature Natasci…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:39PMBroadwayWorld.com correspondents will now appear on dedicated Citybuzz TV channels in 72,000 hotel rooms in New York and Chicago.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:38PMTickets for the Broadway Premiere of Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which comes on the heels of its sold-out run at Lincoln Center, are now on sale to the genera…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:36PMTony nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger is heading to Grover's Corners. The actress will appear alongside Tony nominee Rebecca Luker and Tony winner Adriane Lenox for a one-night-only staged re…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMNoel Coward's vintage female buddy comedy is staged at the Pasadena Playhouse.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:32PMAccording to Deadline.com, Broadway veteran Linda Lavin will co-star on Sean Hayes' new family comedy pilot for NBC written by Victor Fresco Better Off Ted. Lavin will play Hayes' mother.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:29PMThe Heiress are pleased to announce that the production will recoup its $3 million capitalization during the final week of performances. The final performance is on Saturday, February 9th at…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:26PMThe polls are in and FLASHDANCE the Musical is taking America by storm, literally and figuratively
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMJennfer Haley’s timely and clever play, set in suburbia, takes on links between gaming and violence.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 05:21PMThe Bucks County Playhouse BCP has announced today that Olivia Oguma Eve Ensler's Emotional Creature will join Adriane Lenox and Andrea McArdle for the limited engagement of The Vagina Monol…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:20PMDue to a scheduling conflict, Marc Bruni has withdrawn from directing Hello, Dolly at the Goodspeed Opera House this season. Daniel Goldstein, director of the recent hit Broadway revival of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:17PMKing Richard III lost his horse, his kingdom and his life, although not necessarily in that order. Skeletal remains recovered from underneath a parking lot in Leicester, England have been id…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:16PMKing Richard III lost his horse, his kingdom, and his life, although not necessarily in that order. Skeletal remains recovered from underneath a parking lot in Leicester, England have been i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:16PMTony Award winner Adriane Lenox, as well as Tony Award nominees Celia Keenan-Bolger and Rebecca Luker will take part in the Actors Fund's March 4 benefit reading of Thornton Wilder's…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:15PMDaniel Goldstein, director of the recent Broadway revival of Godspell, will direct the new Goodspeed Musicals production of Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart's Hello, Dolly!, taking over …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:14PMFor generations, musical theatre writers have come to New York City to change the world. 'Once Upon A Time In New York City' is a concert series about the people who have changed THEM. After…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:13PMAlice and Jack are coming together on TV! Tony winner Linda Lavin has signed on to play Sean Hayes' mother in an untitled NBC pilot, according to Deadline.com.
Lavin will jo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:08PMThroughout Reginald Edmund’s “Southbridge,” which opened in a world premiere on Saturday night at Chicago Dramatists, my mind repeatedly wandered to author Toni Morrison. M…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:04PMTHEATER REVIEW: Sunset Boulevard at Drury Lane Theatre ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: Sunset Boulevard at Drury Lane Theatre ★★½ ... Never the subtlest of mega-musicals, And…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:04PMWilder's self-contained New England town stands in for the entire human community�as director Stephen Rayne stresses in his gentle production now at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC�and many…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:01PMBonjour! Oui oui! Je suis à Pareeeeeeee! Translation: I’m in Paris. I can’t believe it. I don’t know how I ended up here. The last few months just flew; I had a birthday, did a brief …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:00PMI understand there was some sort of football game yesterday. So for this weeks’ Movie Monologue Monday I’m going to look at Al Pacino’s inspirational speech in Any Given Su…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 2413.
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Broadway Choral directorarranger Chapman Roberts has created a blockbuster evening of Broadway showstoppers featuring and award winning all male cast that include Norm Lewis, Andre DeShields…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:57PMHarry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe spills the beans on what it takes to be a successful actor in this video. The young star has played in the most successful movie series of the decade, has …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 04:55PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Southbridge" at Chicago Dramatists ★★½
KERRY REID reviews "Southbridge" at Chicago Dramatists ★★½
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:55PMThe Actors Fund will present a one night only benefit reading of the American classic Our Town on Monday, March 4, 2013 at 730 p .m. at The Gerald R. Lynch Theatre at John Jay College 524 We…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54PMAmong the topics our guests Alan Brown, Cynthia Hedstrom and Howard Shalwitz talk with moderator Ben Cameron about are how you measure the value of art and its' impact on audiences; what's i…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:48PMThe work of up-and-coming theatre songwriter Matthew Doers will be showcased in a one-night-only Feb. 25 concert at Ars Nova. Rock vocalist Lisa McQuade will perform new material and songs f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:46PMThe hit series "Glee" continues its fourth season at 9 PM Feb. 7 with an episode titled "Diva." It will be followed Feb. 14 with the episode "I Do."
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:41PMRoger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz’s Pippin, directed by Diane Paulus, will feature the entire cast from its American Repertory Theater production in Cambridge, MA. They include Mat…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 04:38PMNBC’s hit musical drama “Smash” returns with a two-hour season premiere Tuesday, February 5th at 9/8c. We talked to the cast about what their characters are up to in the second season,…
SOURCE: NBC Universal at 04:38PMMaria Bartiromo takes at a look inside the world of Broadway in the CNBC documentary “Betting Big on Broadway,” which airs TONIGHT at 9:00pm ET/PT on CNBC. We talked to Maria about her e…
SOURCE: NBC Universal at 04:37PMProducers Barry & Fran Weissler and Howard & Janet Kagan are pleased to announce complete casting for Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz‘s Pippin, directed by Diane Paulus. P…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:36PMThe Alliance Theatre just announced the cast and creative team behind the American premiere of ZORRO, a thrilling new musical. Zorro, the fox, was created in 1919 by the writer Johnston McCu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:35PMTwo-time Tony winner Mark Rylance has an affinity for reciting the work of poet Louis Jenkins at award show podiums, and now the actor is teaming with the poet for a new play at Minneap…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:30PMThe arts community of Columbus, Ohio is celebrating acclaimed American expressionist painter Mark Rothko this month with both a museum exhibition and a semi-biographical play. First, the Col…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:29PMTony and Grammy Award-winning singer and actress Jennifer Holliday will play The Iridium, February 14, 2013. Best known for her iconic performance of 'And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going' fro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:25PMCaught in a twilight realm among historical drama, melodrama and magic realism, playwright Reginald Edmund's "Southbridge" doesn't quite provide a structure sturdy enough to hold all its nar…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:24PMCiarán Hinds gets his Irish up in ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ January 30, 2013 By Joseph V. Amodio Ciarán Hinds gives his passport a workout. He grew up in Belfast, forged an accla…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:23PMLuis Valdez's I Don't Have to Show You No Stinking Badges, a pointed comedy about the treatment of Latinos in Hollywood, was introduced at LATC in 1986. Now it's being revived at Casa 0101. …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:20PMBrad Simmons amp Friends will perform an evening of original songs, written either by Brad or the performer themselves, for one night only at 54 BELOW, Broadway's nightclub located just belo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:20PMAll data provided by The Broadway League
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SOURCE: Playbill at 04:20PMTwo-time Tony Award winner SUTTON FOSTER and Tony nominee and Grammy Award winner ANDREW RANNELLS will perform for the first time in the 29th Annual Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Event …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:16PMThe last local production of Jesus Christ Superstar I attended was Open Circle Theatre Company’s acclaimed 2004 production. It boasted a brilliantly original concept and some of the region…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:15PMTony-nominated Avenue Q director and recent Pitch Perfect helmer Jason Moore is in negotiations to direct Tina Fey in the upcoming comedy The Nest, reports Deadline.
The Nest follows two …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:08PMThe box office for Kinky Boots, the hotly anticipated new musical that brings together four-time Tony® Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy® Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:06PMTheatre at the Center’s 2013 season tees off with the Chicago area premiere of the hilariously farcical THE FOX ON THE FAIRWAY. The play will run February 14 through March 24 at 1040 R…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:04PMLater this week, Jessica Chastain, Dan Stevens and the cast of THE HEIRESS will take their final Broadway bows. Meanwhile, some other productions prepare for upcoming closings, including PIC…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMRECOMMENDED With “Phantom of the Opera” having celebrated the all-time record of twenty-five years on Broadway last week and two local venues going head-to-head with Andrew Lloyd Webber …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 04:03PMMany shows saw a slight dip in their numbers this week as The Book of Mormon remained in the top spot. Cinderella is getting off to a fairy tale start as the musical cracked the top fiv…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:02PMThe cast of The Servant of Two Masters.It's hard to argue with comic virtuosity; and certainly the Yale Rep production of The Servant of Two Masters (at ArtsEmerson through Feb. 10) is comic…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 04:00PM
Fifth annual JerseyArts.com online contest announces winners in 14 categories
SOURCE: NJ.com at 03:56PMManhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere of THE MADRID, the new play by Liz Flahive, directed by Leigh Silverman begins previews tomorrow, February 5 at 7 PM at MTC at New York City Center …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:52PMWe’re got Magic to do! As Broadway begins to really gear up for the spring 2013 season, shows are beginning previews, rehearsals and some shows are just getting together their final de…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 03:44PMTony Award winner Jason Alexander (Jerome Robbins' Broadway) and Broadway favorite Tovah Feldshuh (Irena's Vow) will star in The York Theatre Company's production of the Richard Rodgers musi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:43PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 232013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMHey, Batman: park the Batmobile. And, Spiderman, you’d better hang it up. Japan’s most popular hero is ready to battle greedy ogres, packing a peach powered punch. Bethesda’s got him a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:34PMPlaybill favorite Seth Rudetsky takes viewers on a video tour of Playbill's latest cruise endeavor, Broadway on the High Seas 2. The ten-day December trip included visits to some dozen South…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMGuthrie Theater announced casting for Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins' new play Nice Fish, to star Tony and Olivier Award winner Rylance, in Minneapolis. The world-premiere run begins Apr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:28PMLAS VEGAS — For nearly 30 years, Cirque du Soleil’s colorful, vibrant, cutting-edge, mind-boggling, surrealist extravaganzas have shaken the circus arts to the core, resulting in some of…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:20PMThe Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay.* Join us Thursday, February…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:18PMOn Tuesday, January 22nd, members of the Broadway company of Evita joined forces with Sing For Your Seniors to bring a very special performance to the seniors at Village Adult Day Health Cen…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:16PM"What Sherwood Anderson knew and understood was the nature of inarticulate lives and what people do when they’re in the grip of strong feelings and words fail them."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:13PMSame Sex, Different Gays - pH Comedy Theater, 1515 W. Berwyn in Andersonville, is offering 2 for 1 industry tickets for any night during the run until 3/30/13. Call 773-961-8214 and mention …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 03:13PM“Ladies and Gentlemen,” audiences are greeted upon entering the Chance Theater’s intimate auditorium; “Welcome to ‘Triassic ParQ’!” Having opened Wednesday, January 30th, “…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 03:09PMKirsten Greenidge’s racially charged drama Luck of the Irish has arrived at Lincoln Center Theater's cozy Claire Tow Theater as the latest offering in the company's LCT3 i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:03PMSpooky Action Theater has wrapped their creative story telling capabilities around Haruki Murakami’s mysterious, dream weaving story Kafka On The Shore. Adapted by Frank Galati and wonderf…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:02PM
Newsies has just announced nationwaide auditions that start this weekend in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Accoridng to the casting notice the show is seeking males, 16-22, of all ethnicities, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PMThe most romantic day of the year is almost upon us and BroadwayWorld has partnered with Broadway's NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT to give you the chance to win the ultimate Valentine's Prize P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:43PMI grew up in a household that was… healthy. Healthy healthy. Lima (bean) burgers, grinding grain blends for homemade bread, fresh milk from family friends who ran a small farm… my folks …
SOURCE: 2AMT at 02:40PMThe Problem with AEA Melissa Hillman, on her Bitter Gertrude blog: In the Bay Area, at least, AEA operates under a fundamental misunderstanding of its own market. Go for the discussion of BA…
SOURCE: direct address at 02:39PMTheater and concert performers baritone Troy Valjean Rucker and soprano Alika Hope will heading "Now Let Me Fly: A Black History Month Concert Benefiting ConnectiKids" Feb. 24 at 3 p…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:39PMLilla Crawford (Annie) and Laura Osnes (Cinderella), two of Broadway’s cutest stars, got together over the weekend and posted this photo to Twitter.
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:28PMJoan Rivers took in the Feb. 3 performance of Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking. The Tony-nominated actress, comedienne, host and reality TV star met with the cast following the show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:28PMThe phrase "intensely poetic" is usually a warning sign, the equivalent of "Danger, no tension here." But the intensity of Ian Rickson's ceaselessly fascinating revival of Harold Pinter's "O…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:22PMTwo generations of Japanese men search for their destinies not knowing where their journeys, which span the time and space continuum, might lead them. That is the fundamental conception of…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:18PMPlay starring Jessica Chastain closes Feb. 9
SOURCE: Variety at 02:15PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PMGerard Alessandrini's acclaimed FORBIDDEN BROADWAY ALIVE AND KICKING just welcomed special guest Joan Rivers, who posed for a few photos with the cast after the show. Check them out below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12PMMarin Mazzie and Jason Danieley are a Broadway rarity a loving couple by day and two very-in-demand musical stars by night. For this special Valentine's Cabaret engagement, the couple take t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12PMActress Emma Fitzpatrick spoofs Anne Hathaway's performance in "Les Miserables," singing "I sang a song about my woes/My hopes and fears, my dreams and wishes/And though I…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:05PMThe Getty is the only U.S. stop on a world tour that is promoting and celebrating the forthcoming opening of the renovated Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Johannes Vermeer’s painting Woman in Blue…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:04PMValentine’s Day is a yearly celebration of love—so what better way to mark the holiday than by asking stage stars to reminisce about the first musical that sparked their love of …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:03PMWill the discovery of Richard III's remains change how this bloodthirsty monster is played on stage? Leading Shakespeareans reconsider the roleAntony SherRichard III for the RSC, 1984In…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PMThe Al Hirschfeld Theatre box office opens Feb. 4 for the new Cyndi Lauper-scored musical Kinky Boots, featuring a book by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein, with direction and choreography…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM
After bringing acclaimed revivals of Hair and The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess to Broadway, director Diane Paulus still has some magic to do, and she'll be doing it with the help of some extrem…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:58PM"Sorry, are those piano notes bothering you?" Matthew James Thomas is having his piano tuned. And he wants to make sure he can be heard over the plinking sounds. That piano will get a workou…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:57PMEverything has its season... and this season, Pippin returns to Broadway for the first time since it first thrilled audiences 40 years ago! Win two tickets to the show by joining Audience R…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:57PMThe stars were out on Broadway in January, with four major openings (The Other Place, Picnic, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Manilow on Broadway), a recording session (off-Broadway's Giant), The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:57PMThe revival, which also stars David Strathairn and Dan Stevens, is one of a small handful of productions to turn a profit in a season that already has generated its share of flops.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:55PMBeacon, GreenockHalf an hour along the Clyde from Glasgow, the Beacon is a handsome new arts centre with a 500-seat main auditorium and a 100-seat studio. The artistic director of the �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:37PMAcademy Award-winning actor Al Pacino will be the recipient of the inaugural JACK VALENTI - L.A., ITALIA LEGEND AWARD, it was announced today by noted Italian filmmaker Lina Wertmuller, hono…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30PMGet a taste of Broadway in sunny Los Angeles this spring! Two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster and Tony nominee Andrew Rannells will perform alongside a slew of stage and screen stars at Broad…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:29PMNewsies star Corey Cott and "Smash" actress Krysta Rodriguez were among the actors performing new material from established and emerging songwriters in Once Upon a Time in Ne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:22PMEncores! 20th anniversary season opener, Fiorello! said so-long to New York audiences on February 3. The Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning musical about the early political life of New York Ci…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:20PMhttp://www.nbc.com/smash/video/meet-jeremy-jordan/n31999 Jeremy Jordan, who made a splash on Broadway in “Bonnie and Clyde” and especially “Newsies,” plays Jimmy, an …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:15PMLincoln Center TheaterLCT3's 2012-2013 season continues Monday, February 11 at 7pm with the opening of LUCK OF THE IRISH, a new play by Kristen Greenidge, directed by Rebecca Taichman, and f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:15PMNEW YORK (AP) — Tina Packer's eloquent discourse on Shakespeare's female characters, "Women of Will," is a long-time labor of love, and in this case, Packer's labors were not lost.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:13PMLiza Minnelli and the cast of CABARET are featured in the new doucmentary CABARET THE MUSICAL THAT CHANGED MUSICALS. The film is included as part of the 40th anniversary Blu-ray release avai…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMThe skeletal remains of Richard III, the infamous King of England and subject of the Shakespeare play of the same title, has been discovered by archeologists under a parking garage in Leices…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:10PMThe Dramatist Guild of America has rescheduled their annual awards ceremony to February 26 at The Lambs Club. The event, which was postponed due to the impact of Hurricane Sandy, will be hos…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:05PMMatthew James Thomas (Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark), Tony Award winner Andrea Martin, Patina Miller (Sister Act), Terrence Mann (Les Miserables), Charlotte d'Amboise (A Chorus Line), and Rac…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:05PM
The York Theatre Company has announced complete casting for Two By Two, the Richard Rodgers-Martin Charnin-Peter Stone musical of the Biblical Noah's Ark tale, the season opener of the W…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PMProducers Barry & Fran Weissler and Howard & Janet Kagan are pleased to announce casting for Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz’s PIPPIN, directed by Diane Paulus. PIPPIN will be…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:55PMThe stars of the American Repertory Theater’s production of Pippin will continue to make magic on Broadway! Matthew James Thomas, Patina Miller, Terrence Mann, Charlotte d’Ambois…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:49PMEve Ensler: 'I did the first shows solo: I was terrified. Then women started lining up to tell their stories'Eve Ensler, writer and performerI didn't set out to write a play about vaginas; I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMThe show just welcomed Super-Fan Christine Antosca to the Sunday, February 3rd performance, marking her 200th time seeing Broadway's record-breaking spectacular. As a special thank you, Spid…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMThe original cast of the American Repertory Theater production of Pippin, featuring Patina Miller, Matthew James Thomas, Andrea Martin, Terrence Mann, Charlotte d'Amboise and Rachel Bay …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMAfter 500 years, archaeologists in England have located and positively identified the skeletal remains of Richard III, the King of England famously dramatized by Shakespeare as a ruthless an…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:41PMYoruba culture is celebrated in dazzling fashion in Rufus Norris’s ambitious production, even if dramatic scenes fall flat, Sarah Hemming writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:39PMYoruba culture is celebrated in dazzling fashion in Rufus Norris's ambitious production, even if dramatic scenes fall flat, Sarah Hemming writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:39PMMarc Bruni, who was slated to direct "Hello, Dolly!" at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam this summer, is leaving the project due a scheduling conflict .
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:38PMBrave New Workshop sends up politics, sexism and Abraham Lincoln.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:36PMA series of four original plays — entitled the Midtown March Medley — by Sirius XM Broadway host, actor, musician and Playbill.com columnist Seth Rudetsky and his husband James W…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PMProducers Barry amp Fran Weissler and Howard amp Janet Kagan have announced casting for Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's PIPPIN, directed by Diane Paulus. PIPPIN will begin preview per…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33PMThesis: Holding the idea that artists are different in kind from non-artists may create a barrier that discourages non-artists from attending or engaging with your work. Choosing to believe …
SOURCE: 2AMT at 12:33PMAdapted from an old film aimed at scaring people about marijuana, “Reefer Madness” makes a one-note musical.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:32PMHaters make me famous. This has to be the mantra of televisions news pundits everywhere, right? Well, Nancy Giles wants you to know that it's more complicated than that, and she'll tell you …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:30PMShrug off that fur, have a cocktail and dish the dirt with “Fallen Angels,” Art Manke’s irresistible production of a rarely seen Noel Coward comedy, now at the Pasadena Pla…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:28PMNEW YORK—The play "The Heiress" ends sadly for almost everyone, but the producers of the Broadway revival starring Jessica Chastain are happy: They'll make their money back.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:27PMOn Twitter Watch, Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote 'A certain beloved-by-some-of-you Heights tune that was cut from off-Bway to Bway may make its way into the concert lineup...Forrealthough
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMThe folks who brought magic to the new "Pippin" in Massachusetts are coming south to Broadway.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 12:26PMThe play "The Heiress" ends sadly for almost everyone, but the producers of the Broadway revival starring Jessica Chastain are happy: They'll make their money back.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 12:26PMNEW YORK (AP) — The play "The Heiress" ends sadly for almost everyone, but the producers of the Broadway revival starring Jessica Chastain are happy: They'll make their money back.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:26PMNEW YORK (AP) -- The play "The Heiress" ends sadly for almost everyone, but the producers of the Broadway revival starring Jessica Chastain are happy: They'll make their money back....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:25PMTony Award nominees Josh Young and Robin de Jesus are part of the Feb. 4 Cutting-Edge Composers concert at Joe's Pub. Music by Joe Iconis, Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich will be perform…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMClaybourne Elder (Bonnie & Clyde), Elizabeth Stanley (Million Dollar Quartet), Natalie Cortez (A Chorus Line) and more have joined the cast of the York Theatre Company’s Two by Two…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:22PMThe current Broadway revival of Ruth and Augustus Goetz's The Heiress, starring 2013 Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty) and Downtown Abbey heartthrob Dan Stevens, will…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:18PMDirect from acclaimed, sold-out engagements at the National Theatre of Scotland and the Lincoln Center Festival, Tony and Olivier Award winner (“Cabaret”) and two-time Emmy nomin…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:15PMThe producers of the new Broadway revival of The Heiress said on Feb. 4 that by the time the limited engagement ends on Feb. 9, the production will recoup its $3 million capitalization.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMA reshuffling is underway for the cast of NBC's upcoming comedy THE GATES. TVLine.com reports that former Ally McBeal star and Broadway veteran Greg Germann will replace originally cast Aas…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:08PMNEW YORK—The folks who brought magic to the new "Pippin" in Massachusetts are coming south to Broadway.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:08PMIt was a mother/daughter evening of theater for Broadway vet Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise at Broadway’s magical new musical Cinderella on the evening of February 2. After Cinderella an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:05PMIt was a mother/daughter evening of theater for Broadway vet Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise at Broadway’s magical new musical Cinderella on the evening of February 2. After Cinderella an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:05PMAudiences have been flocking to catch Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain and Downton Abbey star Dan Stevens inThe Heiress. The Broadway revival wi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:04PMThe York Theatre Company has announced complete casting for the season opener of the Winter 2013 Musicals in Mufti Series Two By Two, with Book by Peter Stone, Lyrics by Martin Charnin and M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMNEW YORK (AP) — The folks who brought magic to the new "Pippin" in Massachusetts are coming south to Broadway.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:03PMJBN sits down with actress/coach/producer Leslie Henstock to talk about her popular concert series, "People You May Know", now in its fourth rendition (http://peopleyoumayknowcabaret.com). S…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00PMJBN sits down with actress/coach/producer Leslie Henstock to talk about her popular concert series, "People You May Know", now in its fourth rendition (http://peopleyoumayknowcabaret.com). S…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00PM
The Drama League will honor five-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald at its 29th Annual Musical Celebration of Broadway, which will be presented Feb. 11 at the Pierre Hotel. Newly announce…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMJoan Rivers has seen everything on Broadway from porn to Porgy, but we can’t think of a more perfect place for the legendary comedienne than the raucously funny Forbidden Broadway: Ali…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:58AMBIG FISH, a new musical based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the 2003 Columbia Pictures film written by John August, will open Sunday, October 6, 2013, at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:53AMWe are pleased to announce the availability of In Two Minds: A Biography of Jonathan Miller by Kate Bassett, published by Oberon Books (London). This is the first comprehensive biography of …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:49AMThe producers of the new Broadway revival of THE HEIRESS have just announced that the production will recoup its 3 million capitalization during the final week of performances. The final per…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMAlmost, Maine, in performance at Hartford's TheaterWorks through March 3rd, is: lyrical, lively�what a sweet Valentine's Day gift.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:45AMThe producers of the new Broadway revival of THE HEIRESS are pleased to announce that the production will recoup its $3 million capitalization during the final week of performances. The fina…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:45AMIt’s going to be a “Roustabout” at the Ed Sullivan Theater when the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN presents “Elvis Week” on the broadcast, with performances from some of the best k…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:43AMIt’s been a whirlwind of deliciousness since my last column. Umpteen restaurants have opened in the Metro area, most notably Ambar with its authentic Serbian chefs in a modern settin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:43AMGlenn Weiss and the directing team of the 66th Annual Tony Awards, earned the Directors Guild Award in the category of Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety over the weekend…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:43AMToday is the birthday of David Brenner (b. 1936), not to be confused with David Steinberg! While both were Jewish stand-up comedians whose heyday was the 1970s, the two had very different st…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:42AMDue to overwhelming demand, Off-Broadway’s newest hit comedy HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER put a new block of seats on sale through May 25th. Written and performed by Margaret Copeland and Kevin …
SOURCE: www.timessquaregossip.com at 11:39AMThe box office for Kinky Boots, the hotly anticipated new musical that brings together four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein Book and Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper Music…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMNew York City Center Encores! opened its 20th anniversary season with a revival of Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Jerome Weidman, and George Abbott's classic musical, Fio
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:38AMThe Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced that Golden Globe winner and two-time Academy Award nominee actress Jessica Chastain will appear on Friday, February 8th at 300pm at the Elin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:37AMCritically acclaimed director-choreographer Stacey Flaster (Highland Park) and vocal coach Elizabeth Fauntleroy (Lincolnshire) announce the launch of The Performer’s School, Chicag…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:35AMSean Connery, Kirsty Wark and Tom Urie have signed a petition to save the Byre theatre in St Andrews from closureSean Connery has added his voice to a campaign to save the Byre theatre in St…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:34AMToday is the birthday of Ida Lupino (1918-1995). Most people know her strictly as a beautiful English-American noir dame, and as one of America’s first female film directors. What is…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:31AMGavin Dobson’s illustrations are what I take in first and foremost as I make way to my seat. They consist of monochrome, pop art-style cartoons and hint towards homo-eroticism and promiscu…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:30AMFiorello!, the award-winning Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick musical that launched the City Center Encores! series in 1994, returned Jan. 30-Feb. 3 as the opening musical of the Encores! 20th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMMusical legends Nas, Stevie Wonder, Kanye West, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Ziggy Marley and Smokey Robinson have already led standing ovations at Fela!, a musical that has thrilled audiences acro…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:27AMIt has been 150 years since Victor Hugo’s novel Les Misérables was first published. However, for the last 25 or so, the poignant saga of Jean Valjean, a villain to some but a savior t…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 11:26AMSticklers for Shakespearean accuracy and amateur historians everywhere can let out a collective breath. The skeleton of 15th century English royal Richard III has been found beneath a parkin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:22AMA new crop of stars has been added to the Drama League's 29th annual Musical Celebration of Broadway gala, honoring five-time Tony winner Audra McDonald. Hosted by McDonald'…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:20AMBroadway vet Aasif Mandvi has dropped out of the upcoming NBC pilot The Gates, according to TVline.com. Greg Germann, best known for his role as Richard Fish on the '90s sitcom …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:17AMGlee star and former Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards host Darren Criss and his Very Potter Musical co-star Joey Richter reunited to present at the 40th Annual Annie Awards on F…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:16AMGlee star, Broadway alum and former Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards host Darren Criss and his Very Potter Musical co-star Joey Richter reunited to present at the 40th Annual An…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:16AMLadies like Amanda Wingfield, Tennessee Williams' overbearing mama of The Glass Menagerie, ring a belle for Southern-bred actress Cherry Jones.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMThe TRL Generation: Broadway Loves Britney, a one-night only concert celebrating the music of Grammy Award-winning pop artist Britney Spears, will be offered March 3 at the Canal Room in New…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMThe bare stage in Our Town could be a reflection of how we come into and leave the world. With nothing. Thornton Wilder’s classic piece is having a 75th year celebration at Ford’s Thea…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:13AMPinocchio must prove himself brave, truthful and unselfish, but what about the toymaker? Raising a perfect child might not be as easy as it looks. The Blue Fairy and her Fairies in Train…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:13AMToday is the birthday of Alice Cooper (b. 1948). My ten year old self would have been appalled to learn that I would one day come to appreciate him. In point of fact, being several decades t…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:12AMClare Duffy's MONEY the game show opens this week at the Bush Theatre (6 February 2013, previews from 31 January) as part of a national tour.
Whatsonstage.com asked me to write about where …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:11AMAs the winds of the season change, the School of Theatre at Florida State proudly presents their second semester of dazzling productions. The highly anticipated upcoming performance will be …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMNow that they both have landed TV series that require them to spend significant time on the West Coast, Broadway stars Sutton Foster and Andrew Rannells will be performing on stage together …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:07AMHow improv comedy gives “5 Lesbians…” its crackling energy You could say that Marjorie is the key to understanding 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, even though her character doesn&#…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:05AMIn honor of Tina Fey’s upcoming musical adaptation of Mean Girls, Broadway.com decided to revisit some of our favorite theater mean girls from musicals past. Plenty of shows …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:04AMI’m at the Broadway League conference for the first half of this week (watch the next couple day’s blogs for some takeaways from this year’s speakers and panelists). In…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM“The Book of Mormon,” “Chicago” and “American Idiot” highlight the 2013-2014 Gexa Energy Broadway at the Hobby Center season in Houston. In addition, the extensive schedule inclu…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 11:00AM
The Drama League will honor five-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald at The Drama League's 29th Annual Musical Celebration of Broadway, on February 11, 2013 at the famed Pierre Hotel 2 Eas…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:59AMTickets are now available for the 17-week limited engagement run of Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. The original company, which completed the play's run at Lincoln …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:58AMPatricia Barber from Michael Roberts on Vimeo. Jazz great Patricia Barber discusses her critically acclaimed new album SMASH. For more information visit www.PatriciaBarber.com On Smash,�…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:56AMMusic mogel L.A. Reid shared his thoughts on Beyonce's Super Bowl halftime show performance, joined by singer Jennifer Hudson who discussed her emotional performance of 'America the Beautifu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMBroadwayWorld's High School Center is proud to showcase high school performance programs around the country in our weekly feature of 'High School in the Spotlight'. This week, we're thrilled…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMBefore the kickoff to Super Bowl XLVII, audiences were treated to a very touching moment courtesy of Smash star Jennifer Hudson. The Oscar winner teamed up with the Sandy Hook Elementar…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:50AMBroadway is about to get striptastic! A previously announced musical version of the 2012 male stripping movie Magic Mike is already aiming for Broadway, and the film's star Channing…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:47AMBroadway mainstay Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde, Spider-Man, Les Miserables) is performing his new concert A Standard of Love at 54 Below for one night only on February 6. The Tony nomi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:47AM“Why did the chicken cross the road?” It’s a simple enough question and there are any number of suitable punchlines. But when this trivial setup-line is asked, needled, demanded three …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 10:45AMTouring theatre company New Perspectives has appointed Sally Anne Tye as its new executive director. She takes up her role at the end of March, replacing Chris Kirkwood who will leave the co…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:43AMTickets are now on sale to the public for Kinky Boots, which features tunes by Grammy Award winner Cyndi Lauper and a book by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein (La Cage Aux Folles). Tony Aw…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:43AMYoung playwright EV Crowe further solidifies her 'one to watch' status with this sharply observed one-act piece about a teenager in trouble.Directed by fellow rising star Blanche McIntyre, i…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:43AMBeyonce, what got into you? Strutting through a swirl of smoke at the start of her Super Bowl halftime show last night, the golden-maned songstress pounded the stage, each step of her…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:41AMSirius XM Radio announced today that internationally renowned, multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban will sit down for a QampA session with a select group of SiriusXM listeners at the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMThe beer commercial that made grown men cry. A little background: The Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company owns six teams of horses, which they call The Budweiser Clydesdales, that they use for pr…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:38AMAnupama Chandrasekhar Hometown: Chennai, IndiaCurrent Town: Chennai, India Q: Tell me about Disconnect. A: It’s about a bunch of young call center workers who work nights, sle…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 10:38AMFrom Beckett’s beats to Pinter’s pauses, from places to curtains, time in theatre is measured as much by the pulse of the heart as the tick of the second. Great theatre can make hours di…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:32AMTwo-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster and The Book of Mormon Tony nominee Andrew Rannells are among the performers who will take part in the 29th annual Southland Theatre Artists Goo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AMIke Holter's rock-propelled gay rights drama Hit the Wall, which premiered at Chicago's Steppenwolf Garage Theatre last winter, will debut Off-Broadway Feb. 19 at the Barrow Street T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AMNo, this is not a dream cast: Meryl Streep may be taking on the role of the Witch in Rob Marshall's upcoming film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical Into The Woods. Composer-arranger D…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:29AMLast week's poll asked which song from the show is your favorite. Check out your response below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:26AMFor generations, musical theatre writers have come to New York City to change the world. 'Once Upon A Time In New York City' is a concert series about the people who have changed THEM. After…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:20AMThis week is your last chance to see Jessica Chastain, David Strathairn and Dan Stevens in the critically-acclaimed production of THE HEIRESS. The show concludes its run on Saturday, Feb. 9,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AM“Hiraeth,” a Welsh word that has no translation, provided great inspiration for playwright Melisa Annis. The word represents the feeling of being homesick and longing for one’s homelan…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:16AMHow you deal with disappointment with yourself. Sometimes you are going to ask someone to do something for you. Sometimes you'll put your faith in that person and sometimes they will let you…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:15AMThe Human Rights Campaign - the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender LGBT civil rights organization - hosted its annual Greater New York Gala dinner on February 2, at the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMHeyo! Shiver me timbers. Playwright Zachary Fernebok takes us into his fantasy pirate world inspired by the point-and-click Monkey Island video games and the animated cartoon hero, Guybrush …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:09AMTrainspotting, based on the Irvine Welsh novel, which inspired the 1996 cult film of the same name, will begin previews March 6 at the Elephant Theatre in Los Angeles. The show was adapted …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:07AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending February 3, 2013: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm ANNIE 821,246.00 9870 0.722336 83.20628 CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF 723…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:00AMThe 2013-2014 season of Broadway in Atlanta will feature “The Book of Mormon,” “The Lion King” and “Once,” among others. “Ghost the Musical” will kick things off with a Novem…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMCody as Will at Arena StageLast time we heard from Cody Williams, he and the entire Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella company were just getting ready to start previews. (Click HE…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 10:00AMI don't know about you, but I'm ready to be done with winter. It's time to look ahead to the spring Broadway season. One of the shows I'm most looking forward to is Hands on a Hardbody, and …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:00AMValentine's Day is just around the corner, and if you haven't planned anything yet to commemorate the occasion, we're here to help.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:00AM
It’s a sweltering night in June 1969. Judy Garland is dead. And the queers of the West Village have been shoved around one too many times. Violent protests and street demonstrations contin…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:52AMCan't get to Madrid for the world premiere of Philip Glass' Walt Disney Opera? "The Perfect American," a fictionalized account of Disney's final days, will be broadcast live online on Wednes…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:45AMLaura Ekstrand directs Julia Cho's play
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:40AMKeith Allen and Denise Welch will star in a revival of Richard Bean’s Smack Family Robinson at the Rose Theatre in Kingston. The production, which is a new version of Bean’s 2003…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:39AMTickets for the Broadway Premiere of Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which comes on the heels of its sold-out run at Lincoln Center, are officially on sale�…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:26AMTickets for the Broadway Premiere of Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which comes on the heels of its sold-out run at Lincoln Center, are now on sale to the general …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:25AMThe cast of Broadway's THE HEIRESS was increased by one at this past Saturday's matinee performance. Deep into the drama's second act, at perhaps the most climactic portion of the show, an a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:25AMAfter a brief hiatus we have resumed our podcast series. We are proud to say we were the first theater related podcast series with original content and our interviews, roundtables and just t…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 09:18AMWhat you are trying to do is damn near impossible. You are trying to get people to leave their warm, comfortable, connected home and come to see a piece of art they have to experience, not c…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:18AMnot the same old Shakespearean spinach but a penetrating look at some of the Bard's most fascinating women. It goes a long way toward revealing how each female personage ticks
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:13AMWhat a surprise it was to learn about this book! One tends to think of former British Prime Minister John Major as a colorless fellow (in fact, I’d already sort of forgotten about him)…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:12AMWhile reading the financial reports of numerous arts organizations recently, I have been alarmed at how many of them are taking large percentages of their endowment as income each year.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:05AMMassachusetts legislators are proposing a bill that provides a tax credit for producers that stage pre-Broadway previews. The credit would grant up to $3 million to a production, according t…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 09:00AM
A new website aims to rate the comfort of West End theatre seats, Trip Advisor-style. But doesn't that miss the point?Some of my best nights in the theatre have occurred when sitting in the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:59AMKaren Malpede’s Another Life will open at the Theater for the New City in late March as part of Theatre Three Collaborative‘s Festival of Conscience, two plays and a series of co…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:57AMA new code has changed working practices for get-ins and get-outs. Petrus Bertschinger looks at the response from technical managers and hauliers
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:51AMLoved this anecdote from Julie Crosby, artistic director of the Women's Project: At a recent performance of Bethany (which, by the way, I can't recommend highly enough, as much for the taut,…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 08:43AMToday, BroadwayWorld is thrilled to host the world premiere of a spectacularly sensational showstopper from the forthcoming soundtrack recording for the show-within-the-show on NBC's hit mus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:31AMThis post is one of a series honoring Black History Month. John W. Cooper (1873-1966) was the first African American ventriloquist to play the predominantly white vaudeville circuits. A broo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:28AMFor more than 30 years, Tina Packer has been the founding director and force of nature behind Shakespeare & Company, a popular institution in Lenox, Mass. For at least 15 of those years, she…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 08:23AMIan Rickson's new revival of Harold Pinter's Old Times opened to press last week (31 January 2013, previews from 12 January) at the West End theatre bearing the Nobel Prize-winning playwrigh…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:19AM
Young Vic, LondonAfter Benedict Andrews's radical update of Chekhov's Three Sisters , we now have another sibling trio on stage at the Young Vic. This time, the sisters symbolise Yoruba godd…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:52AMWhy? Why resurrect the most notorious flop in Broadway history? In 1983 MOOSE MURDERS opened and closed in a heartbeat - murdered by the critics. This production presented by The Beaut…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:50AMThis post is one of a series honoring Black History Month. Patterson and Jackson were a plus sized African American comedy duo who billed themselves as “Two Tons of Song and Mirth̶…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:49AMLEICESTER, England • He wore the English crown, but he ended up defeated, humiliated and reviled.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:42AMMore than 110 local and national theater artists representing more than 45 San Diego theatrical productions will compete for the 2012 Craig Noel Awards.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:22AMSadler's Wells, London: Subtitled The Shogun and the English Samurai, this cross-cultural play was premiered in 2009 in Japan and revived for a second season in 2012. With the help of the RS…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:18AMKeith Allen and Denise Welch will star in Richard Wilson's forthcoming revival of Richard Bean's 2003 comedy Smack Family Robinson at the Rose Theatre, Kingston.
The production, which run…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:17AMThe Young Vic, London: Part of World Stages London, Feast is a multicultural explosion for the senses. An attempt to document the spread of the Yoruba belief system, its episodic structure c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMTheatre Royal, Norwich: The opening in the Theatre Royal, Norwich, of this year's Propeller tour signals the unusual step of reviving two successes of 2006/7. Running out of plays must …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 4 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
There is more passion pouring off the stage in Slow Burn Theatre Company’s thrilling Side Show than in ten other musicals we’ve seen in the past year put together. That may result in one…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:53AMTheatre Royal Wakefield: John Godber's fourth play for his eponymous company is, according to his programme notes, his first two-hander with a realistic core.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMDuke of York's Theatre, London: An hour always seems a tight squeeze to fit in all the talents of a full year of graduates. And yet, this latest East 15 offering manages to cover the classic…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:17AMColiseum, London: An ongoing problem for the current ENO administration has been an ability to provide new productions of standard repertory pieces that are keepers - able to be revived year…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:15AM"Call Me Adam" chats with the one and only Megan Hilty about "SMASH," "Wicked," singing with The New York Pops on March 8, her debut CD "It Happens All The Time," releasing March 12, and wor…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:00AM"Call Me Adam" chats with the one and only Megan Hilty about NBC's "SMASH," "Wicked," singing with The New York Pops on March 8, her debut CD "It Happens All The Time," releasing March 12, a…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:00AM
The Beacon, Greenock: Birds of Paradise was never meant to open the Beacon, Greenock's sparkling new £9.5m successor to the Arts Guild, but chance and new-build overruns have p…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:55AMPeter Mountain’s early musical career was fraught with challenges that required determination and courage as well as talent. Born into a musical family, he secured a scholarship to the Roy…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:46AMSomething's gone horribly wrong here between the idea of an inspirational Royal Court and Young Vic co-production project involving five young playwrights (American, British, Brazilian, Cuba…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:42AMSoho Theatre, London: New British musicals are sadly thin on the ground, so just as I embraced Loserville last year, I also want to welcome Lift, which has a similar vitality and freshness. …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:39AMFlick around the TV channels any afternoon, and soon they all begin to resemble the amorphous sludge that is ITV2. The exception to this rule is BBC1, which regularly serves up original, inn…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:38AMWatermill Theatre, Bagnor: This corny cornucopia of memorable music hall medleys brings together victorious vignettes and entertaining interludes in a show which has the audience smiling fro…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:35AMSalisbury Playhouse: Life's got a lot of dangerous corners, observes Freda Caplan, in this polished revival of JB Priestley's first original play at Salisbury Playhouse. But there …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:31AMMayfair Theatre, London: Award-winning close-up magician Steve Truglia says no one will leave his Card Shark Show without going "Wow!" and he's right. His lifelong fascination…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:23AMUnicorn Theatre, London: This intense piece of theatre gives us Grace (Danusia Samal), whose mother has left home for another man, dealing with the troubled complications of life with her in…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:11AM
Los Angeles Times 02/02/13
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:42AMKnown for his thrilling live performances and irreverent style, award-winning musical troublemaker David Yazbek takes the stage with his band at 92YTribeca in a new series, presented the fir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMAs previously reported, Tony Award winner Betty Buckley will be playing the 'Madwoman of Chaillot,' the Countess Aurelia, in a London revival of Jerry Herman's Dear World at Charing Cross Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMIt'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 12:30AMTony and Emmy Award-winning actress, singer, and recording artist Leslie Uggams, along with actors LeVar Burton, Ben Vereen, and Louis Gossett, Jr., will make several appearances today, Febr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMCori Thomas is a playwright and actress who lives in New York City. Her plays include: His Daddy (2009 River Crosses Rivers at EST and New Federal Theatre, Smith and Kraus Best Short Plays o…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 12:12AMThe Cat's Meowby Estelle RosenDayna McLeod is a writer, video and performance artist whose work is ripe with humour and socially charged situations. She has travelled extensively with her pe…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMWhen Angels ScreamKent Stetson's 2001 GG-winning play makes for a theatrical reading by Gaëtan L. Charlebois (reprinted from Hour Magazine, 2001)There was a time when plays were meant …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMThe (Post) Mistress was a huge success for Ship's Company in Parrsboro, NS. It was hardly surprising it was: the work bares the imprimatur of the brilliant playwright Tomson Highway; it offe…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMMerle Travis sings and plays "Nine Pound Hammer" and "Mus'rat": (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"One would not expect a person who talks so much of forgiving herself to have anything valuable to say about...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMNew musicals including The Scottsboro Boys, Allegiance, Hands on a Hardbody and Nobody Loves You are among the nominated productions competing for top honors at the San Diego Theatre Critics…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTwo-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone joins Tony-nominated composer-lyricist David Yazbek for the Feb. 4 First Mondays concert series at the 92YTribeca.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTickets are now on sale for the Broadway transfer of Christopher Durang's comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike — starring Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce — …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Charing Cross Theatre's production of Jerry Herman's Dear World, starring Tony Award winner Betty Buckley, begins performances at the London venue Feb. 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Las Vegas production of Million Dollar Quartet begins performances at Harrah's Las Vegas Feb. 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"Betting Big on Broadway," which looks at the financial risks (and gains) of producing a Broadway show, premieres on CNBC Feb. 4 at 9 PM ET. Maria Bartiromo hosts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe CAP21 Theatre Company kicks off its 20th anniversary season Feb. 4 with the opening of Karen Mason's new play with music, Unfinished Business.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMEric S. Goldman presents 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 12:00AMOff-Broadway's TACT/The Actors Company Theatre, which is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary season, presents a benefit performance of Philip Dunning and George Abbott's rarel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1938 Thornton Wilder turns the spotlight on the simple trials and tribulations of Our Town. Martha Scott and Frank Craven are among the cast at the Henry Miller Theatre. The production will …
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