There are several good people involved in “Clive,” including director/star Ethan Hawke and Vincent D’Onofrio, back onstage after years in the “Law & Order” trenches. For their sake…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:30PMFollowing their recent roof-raising, foot-stomping show at the Royal Albert Hall, the exceptional Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain are coming back to Australia and we have a DOUBLE PASS t…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:13PMPreviously: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Cinderella “Sleeping Beauty” is the final film of the Storybook Trilogy, a term I’m using to describe the three Disney Princess …
SOURCE: Fragments at 11:05PMEthan Hawke’s hair is bleached Billy Idol blond. His attitude is darkened to bleak, nihilistic black.
The choices are fitting for “Clive,” a wearying new play Hawke directs an…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PMBertolt Brecht's Baal, with its bleak portrait of a dissolute poet who shows a complete disregard for the rules of civilized society, shocked audiences at its premiere nearly 90 years ago. B…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Thursday, February 7, 2013.
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Roll up, roll up, roll up get your tickets to Briefs before they are gone. A show that takes us back to the traditional acts of the circus mixed with Priscilla Queen of the Desert on stero…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:55PMAccording to Chortle, Tim Minchin said he was 'humiliated' after learning his voice had been Auto-Tuned for the DVD of Andrew Lloyd Webber's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR UK arena tour, in which he…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:40PMThe right mood and atmosphere are essential for a successful theatrical presentation, but they only go so far. Jonathan Marc Sherman’s “Clive,” directed by and starring Eth…
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The big, enveloping spirit that emanates from the utterly outstanding revival of Bertolt Brecht’s “Good Person of Szechwan” (at La Mama) is part of the show’s essenti…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 07:54PMCROSS OVER FROM ROUTINE AND VIVE LE VIE Napoleon’s vision to make the world his grand empire of France was stifled by his winter campaign in Russia and his defeat at Waterloo. However, wha…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:48PMAward-winning cabaret producer Joseph Macchia brings you a very special Valentine's Day Show, 'It's Only Love An Evening of Broadway Love Songs on February 14.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:41PMAs reported by the Daily Mail, Menier Chocolate Factory's current production of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along will transfer to the West End's Harold Pinter Theatre in April.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:30PMJason Loewith, an award-winning musical writer, stage director and national leader in the development of new American plays, has been appointed artistic director of Olney Theatre Center, the…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:30PMFrom concert opera to movies to a gospel 'Messiah,' something for all.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:30PMThe talented cast is far too good for the contrived, superficial moments in Joanna Murray-Smith's new work at the Geffen Playhouse.An appealing and capable cast keeps the flicker of hope ali…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:29PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is at work on a musical based on the events surrounding the 1963 Profumo Affair. Today, the Daily Mail has confirmed that L…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:13PMAccording to the Daily Mail, Bond star Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz are in talks to star on Broadway in Harold Pinter's BETRAYAL for a limited run this fall.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:01PMThis episode start with Kurt inner monologue about what we all think about Rachel’s attitude and behavior when she morphs into diva mode (annoying and selfish!). He concludes with “…ne…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 07:00PMOur staff picks highlights for the week ahead.
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Composer Rick Burkhardt (Three Pianos) previews Experiments in Opera's ‘New Shorts’ Project, presented by Issue Project Room this Saturday at 8PM.
SOURCE: Culturebot at 06:48PMThe major musicals of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II will find a home at Lyric Opera of Chicago between 2013 and 2017, the Lyric's general director Anthony Freud announced on F…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:48PMFifty-four years after its premiere, "A Raisin in the Sun" seems not so much an assault on racism as a history play about black culture in the Eisenhower era. Also reviewed this week: "Othel…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 06:40PMClive Davis told the New York Times, "I always wanted to produce a Broadway show and I've never done it." Well, when you're one of the biggest names in the music industry you can! Record Pro…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 06:40PMThe Prism of Brutal HistoryDoes presenting the unimaginable remind, trivialize or flatten?by Caitlin MurphyBoasting live music, choreographed dance, fight sequences, period costumes, and 13 …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:34PMOn Sunday, February 3, 2013 at the North Hollywood Church of Religious Science some of Hollywood and Broadway's finest gathered to honor and remember Paul Ainsley, who passed away on January…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:30PMMetro Arts have flung open their doors and laid out the welcome mat for yet another year of creation and incubation with a program full of Residences, Cross Stitches, Independents and Friday…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:30PMGolden Rule #1: Passion is the key to everything, if you don’t have it, you will never achieve. You must adore everything. Life can be strange. I’m amazed by how a single thought can…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 06:23PMA review of Wayne Rawley’s latest play, “Beating Up Bachman,” playing at West of Lenin through Feb. 16, 2013.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 06:23PMWives break from their roles Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina” and “Next to Normal,” opening soon in Seattle theaters
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 06:23PMDaniel Craig and Rachel Weisz are in closely guarded negotiations to appear together in Harold Pinter's 1978 play Betrayal about a wife cuckolding her husband.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 06:19PM22 Minutes’ Mary Walsh delivers true Canadian comedyDancing with Rage is funny, but not very newby Chris LaneNewfie comedian Mary Walsh is in town performing her one-woman show Dancing wit…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:09PMThe Barbican's season dedicated to Marcel Duchamp and his collaborators is a glorious circus of art, music, theater, dance and film.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 06:08PM10 Faces of Broadway’s ‘Jersey Boys’
The Tony-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys celebrates its 3,000th performance tonight, February 7 at the August Wilson Theatre. The …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 06:05PMWant to be in a musical? The AfterWork Theater Project has a proposition for even the most limited of performers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:02PMLynn Manning is the new artistic director at Watts Village Theater Company...LATC will present Marcus Gardley's the road weeps, the well runs dry, in the fall...Sutton Foster and Andrew Rann…
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HEDY WEISS: It is quite obvious that writers Stephen Karam and PJ Paparelli have done something right with “Columbinus” at the American Theater Company. It is often difficult to watch, y…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:59PMGangsta ShakesBringing the Bard to life through modern music stylesValerie Cardinal@vscardinalDavid Benedict Brown and Melanie Karin don’t look like your typical rappers. Brown is bald and…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:56PM“Jersey Boys” officially turns 3000 tonight, well 3000 performances that it is. At eight shows a week, the 2006 Tony Award winning musical continues to make theater-goers weak in…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:53PMAn exhilarating sequence opens “The Grand Parade (of the 20th Century),” the flawed, if sometimes brilliant, ensemble-created work by the Massachusetts-based Double Edge Theatre. Now in …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:53PMDouble, double, toil and trouble! Stage and screen star Eve Best is bringing the Scottish play to life in her directorial debut at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, according to V…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:53PMIt's Spring Fever on THEATER TALK when theater journalists Patrick Pacheco from the LA Times, Jesse Green from New York magazine, and Michael Musto from The Village Voice join series produce…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:49PMThe lack of clarity about what emotion this show is trying to evoke is ultimately what makes it a less than enjoyable theater experience. Perhaps with focusing on just the 'horror' aspect of…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:48PMToronto's Gift to the Capitalby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonToronto's Theatre Columbus has brought a production tailor-made for Ottawa. It is about Federal Public Servants. It would mere…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:48PMWhat’s your favorite Motown song? Chances are you’ll be able to hear it in Motown: The Musical, a brand new Broadway musical chronicling the life of Motown founder Berry Gordy (w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:42PMDrury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, presents Andrew Lloyd Webber's triumphant Broadway musical SUNSET BOULEVARD, which opened on February 1 and runs through March 24, 2013. The all-star cast…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:42PMTwo-time Tony nominee Christopher Fitzgerald will be appearing opposite Mark Feuerstein 'Royal Pains', Stanley Tucci, Marcia Gay Harden and Taye Diggs in the new film, 'Larry Gaye Renegade M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:42PMWell, I know you all hate advocacy but listen up people, this is important. Most of you are non profit arts organizations, supported by our federal government in two ways, through paying no…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 05:39PMToo Many Concepts, Too Little TimeLadies of the Lake drowns under its own weightValerie Cardinal@vscardinalLadies of the Lake is a re-imagining of an Arthurian legend, developed by Skeleton …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:39PMThe story may sound familiar: A faithful secretary and her married boss slowly develop a relationship that begins to look a lot like love.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:37PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, February 7, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Listen to CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF stars Ciaran …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:35PMThe cast of Riverside Theatre's production of Funny Girl has done a music video to Jazmine Sullivan's song, Switch. Directed and choreographed by Jeffrey Scott Stevens, who played the Ziegfe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:35PM Oscar Hammerstein, you’ve let me down. Halfway through Act II at Cinderella, things are going swimmingly. Prince Topher and Cinderella have been reunited after the first ball. In …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:35PMSmaller is Sometimes Betterby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonThe Undercurrents Festival which launched at GCTC last evening is designed to give voice to the brighter, edgier work of some of…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:29PMBrooklyn native Eddie Masher (nee Hagner, 1892-1962), billed himself in side shows as the “Skeleton Dude”. However, one notes with interest that he begins to appear on the scene …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:21PMBroadwayWorld.com noticed something today as we scoured Facebook and it's something that we really liked, so we wanted to share it with you because it's not so often that you find such gener…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:17PMThe cast and creative team just met the press earlier today, and BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there to chat with the whole gang. Check out what they had you say and watch a special perf…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:17PMDoes your cat have what it takes to make it on Broadway? Find out when the upcoming Broadway production of Breakfast at Tiffany’s holds an open call for felines to play the role of “Cat,…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:14PMThe international stage sensation “War Horse” comes to Seattle’s Paramount Theatre on Feb. 13-24, 2013.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 05:14PMThere's a secret -- a preposterous gift -- that is revealed near the end of Joanna Murray-Smith's play, and it's a real doozy.
SOURCE: Variety at 05:11PM(l-r) Lauren Toffan (Associate Producer), Esther Vallins (Artistic Director), Alanna Stone (Artistic Producer)Why Shanley?Half-Pint hits the boards with a night of works by the American play…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:10PMThe One-Minute Play Festival and EMP Collective Present: The 1st Baltimore One-Minute Play Festival Livestreaming on the open-source #NEWPLAY TV channel on Sunday, February 10 at 5pm PST (Sa…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:09PMBritish stage and screen legend Laurence Olivier had always hoped to produce his own film version of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth. Now, decades after Olivier's death, a researcher has stumb…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:04PMRyan Murphy has officially confirmed on Twitter that Season One and Season Two American Horror Story standout Frances Conroy will be joining the hit horror series for its third, as-yet-to-be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03PMChanneling Kevin Spacey will play its final performance at the Roy Arias Theatre at the Times Square Arts Center on February 17. Written by Elan Wolf Farbiarz and Cory Terry, the off-Broadwa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PMMAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) — A fire-blowing stilt-walker with the Lyric Opera of Chicago who suffered second-degree burns during a dress rehearsal was released from the hospital Thursday.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:00PMMorgan Hicks is the director of Education for TheatreSquared out of Fayetteville Arkansas. She and I met face to face for the first time at this year’s Arkansas State Thespian Festival…
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The Irish Rep has grown to be one of my favorite companies in the city. They just have a knack for programming, and they consistently hit what they aim at — that’s the least one …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:55PMThe crossroads of the world aren't 42nd Street and Broadway in Manhattan; they're Roosevelt Avenue and 74th Street in Jackson Heights, Queens. Luckily, Director Ari Laura Kreith is bringing …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:53PMThese so called 'Happy Tears' shoot through our veins like free flowing dopamine and leave us comfortably cringing. The prints, cuts and materials from this collection are reminiscent of the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:52PMNew York City residents are busy preparing for an incoming blizzard, with up to 14 inches of snow falling in Manhattan in the coming days. The storm is set to hit New Yorrk, New England, and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:49PM108 Media will produce the new film "Fugly!," an autobiographical comedy written by and starring John Leguizamo.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:46PMTheater companies around the country often ask me: how does a theater company win the Regional Tony Award? Well, I was having lunch last week with my friend at the American Theater Wing and …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 04:44PMCast Party host Jim Caruso turned one year older this past week, so the Monday night 'extreme' open mic was awash in birthday balloons and party hats. The cast of the Broadway production of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:42PMNEW YORK (Reuters) - Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. watched with approval on Thursday as the cast of upcoming Broadway show "Motown: The Musical" tore through the storied record label's hits…
SOURCE: Reuters at 04:40PMThe behind-the-scenes story of Motown is heading to Broadway as "Motown The Musical" prepares for its previews next month. Last week, the company invited On Stage's Frank DiLella t…
SOURCE: NY1 at 04:39PMIt has been over 18 months since the NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell announced that the musical adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom would premiere in Sydney. Originally slated fo…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:38PMDaniel Radcliffe will be attending the Academy Awards for the very first time later this month! Radcliffe, who played the titular hero in the blockbuster Harry Potter franchise, will ma…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PMBradley Dean, Nili Bassman and Josh Tower will star in the Casa Mañana production of the Tony Award-winning 1960 Lerner and Loewe classic Camelot, which is being presented in a modern…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:35PMTHE LION KING's Alton Fitzgerald White performed 'A Whole New World' from Aladdin at Broadway Sessions on December 13th, 2012. Watch him sing below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:29PMLook out, "Rock of Ages": another '80s-themed musical is on the road for "The Great White Way". NY1's Frank DiLella caught up with the folks behind the pre-Broadway tour …
SOURCE: NY1 at 04:26PMVerdi’s Shakespearean tragedy Otello starring Johan Botha in the title role and Renée Fleming as Otello’s innocent wife, Desdemona, airs on Great Performances at the Met Sunday, Februar…
SOURCE: PBS at 04:25PMIn Porchlight’s seductive and sobering production of Lanie Robertson’s Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, the moment Alexis J. Rogers makes her reluctant entrance, drin…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 04:25PMThe Guthrie today announced that actor Peter Michael Goetz will be stepping away from subsequent performances of his acclaimed portrayal of James Tyrone in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:23PMIn a promotional video for the new Hollywood Issue of the long-running publication Vanity Fair, soon-to-be Broadway leading man Tom Hanks joins recent Shakespeare-In-The-Park INTO THE WOODS …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:23PMMOTOWN THE MUSICAL will begin preview performances March 11 and open on Broadway on April 14, 2013 at The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 205 West 46 Street. Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, MOTOW…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:21PMBenjamin Walker was on the Lopate Show on February 7, 2013, with Ciaran Hinds, to talk about their roles in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." He shares his guest picks with us. What have you read or …
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:17PM“Freud’s Last Session” by playwright Mark St. Germain resonated with me in unexpected ways.
Initially I thought that with my background I'd be as prepared as some members of the audie…
SOURCE: uncannydoors.blogspot.com at 04:10PMWe don’t always say it when we say it. We say the f-word. We drop f-bombs. We say effing, freaking, flipping. The conservative among us say fudge or firetruck; the nerdier among us say fr…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:06PMBreaking String of Austin, Texas presents the New Russian Drama Festival, featuring: Strike: Two plays by Yury Klavdiev as well as a post-show discussion: “Klavdiev Performances in Rus…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:01PMAcademy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh has revealed in a new interview with Vulture.com that he plans on pursuing theater work following his impending retirement with the release o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PMOn this date in 1980, the stage adaptation of Harold and Maude premiered on Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PMEverything is tempting and made in-house at New Orleans-themed Riverbend, including the red beans and rice (Mondays only) and gumbos. But at lunch, I keep going back to the meatloaf po’boy…
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The wait is almost over! There’s only one month until The Last Five Years, starring Betsy Wolfe and Adam Kantor, begins performances at off-Broadway’s Second Stage…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:59PMQuestion What the hell are 'EQUITY Pancakes' Answer 'EP's' are any buttermilk, wholegrain or fruit amp spice enhanced pancake products eaten by any proud member of AEA. Preferably consumed a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:58PMTHE PERFECT AMERICAN, a two-act opera with prologue by renowned opera, film and experimental composer Philip Glass is now available to view in full as presented by medici.tv
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:58PMThe exciting thing we haven't told you too much about is that we're rapidly approaching the launch date of our brand-new website, built by the theatre-professional-run marketing/branding age…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 03:49PMThe two year off-Broadway run of Elan Wolf Farbiarz and Cory Terry's Channeling Kevin Spacey will come to a close on February 17 at the Roy Arias Theatre at the Times Square Art Center, the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:48PMGrammy Award-winning record producer Clive Davis plans to produce a Broadway revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's Tony-wining My Fair Lady, aiming for a 2014 bow, according t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:40PMYoung artists display fresh approaches in the Walker’s first group show of paintings in 12 years.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:35PMWith a little bit of luck, legendary record producer Clive Davis hopes to bring Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's My Fair Lady back to the Great White Way. According to the Los Angel…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:35PMSony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all North American rights to Woody Allen's next film, BLUE JASMINE from Gravier Productions.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:30PMJim Brown of the Actor’s Fund will speak about the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act—its implications for artists, arts businesses and arts not-for-profits as part of A…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:26PMAdam Kantor Rent and Betsy Wolfe The Mystery of Edwin Drood will co-star in the highly anticipated revival of Jason Robert Brown's musical The Last Five Years at Second Stage Theatre. The be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:23PMListen to CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF stars Ciaran Hinds and Benjamin Walker talk about their roles in the Broadway show on WNYC Radio's The Leonard Lopate Show below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:17PMOmar Robinson looks lost in Patrick Gabridge's Fire on Earth.I confess I'm only reluctantly writing about Patrick Gabridge's Fire on Earth (at the Factory Theatre from Fresh Ink Theatre…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 03:12PMJust after Valentine’s Day, an exhibition exploring the juncture where literature and fine art meet with the longings of the flesh – Lust Letters – opens Saturday, February 16 in China…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:08PMThe Signature Theatre Company’s annual gala celebration will honor Tony-winning playwright David Henry Hwang on February 11 at off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center. Hw…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:08PM
Destiny's Child star Michelle Williams is currently playing Sandra Isadore in the national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical Fela! Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones (Spring Awaken…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:54PMCome along on a wacky canine caper in "No Dogs Allowed" at the Arvada Center. Written by Sonia Manzano, also known as "Maria" from "Sesame Street," the musical follows a Bronx family on a ra…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:51PMListen to CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF stars Ciarán Hinds and Benjamin Walker talk about their roles in the Broadway show on WNYC Radio’s The Leonard Lopate Show. Click here to listen to the i…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:50PMSignature Theatre has announced that the Signature Theatre Annual Gala celebration will take place on Monday, February 11th and will honor 2012-13 Residency One Playwright David Henry Hwang.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:49PMHead back to the night that ignited the gay rights movement: June 28, 1969. The night that sparked the Stonewall Riots is illuminated and dramatized in Ike Holter’s Hit the Wall. When …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:47PMThe Drama Desk will present its annual spring panel discussion/luncheon March 22 at Sardi's. The 2013 event, "The Art of Storytelling," will explore the challenges actors face …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:45PMYou can say that all musical theatre roads liltingly lead back to composer Jerome Kern.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:44PMAfter a two-year Off-Broadway run, Elan Wolf Farbiarz and Cory Terry's Channeling Kevin Spacey will play its final performance Feb. 17 at the Roy Arias Theatre at the Times Square Art Ce…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PMTaking Charge of Our Own Evolution Over on his blog, Gwydion Suilebhan calls for “a new theatrical ecosystem for the United States”: We need to favor plays more than grant propos…
SOURCE: direct address at 02:41PMVirtualArtsTV will present the WiredArts Fest, a theatre festival that will simultaneously be live-streamed over the Internet, beginning Feb. 19. Performances will take place at The New Medi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:41PMWhat a great week it’s been for two-time Tony nominee John Leguizamo! Earlier in the week, news broke that he will lead a new ABC pilot, and now Leguizamo’s film FUGLY! will get …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:35PMAccording to the Los Angeles Times, Eliza Doolittle might be heading back to Broadway in the near future, as music industry legend Clive Davis has just announced plans to produce My Fair Lad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:32PMThe cast and creative team of Broadway's upcoming Motown: The Musical offered a sneak preview of the world premiere production on Thursday, February 7 at their rehearsal hall, The New 42nd S…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:22PMLast night's episode of the ABC comedy MODERN FAMILY paid tribute to the long-running Broadway musical 'Phantom of the Opera.' In the episode, entitled 'A Slight at the Opera', Cameron Eric…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:17PMB. Coop and Biden to become best friends? Hopefully.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:15PMSia Berkeley, Deborah Findlay, Naomi Frederick, Nick Hendrix, Stephen Joseph, Wendy Nottingham, Charlie Rowe, Peter Sullivan, Richard Teverson and Jay Villiers will join the previously annou…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PMClive Davis has played a key role in some of the biggest careers in pop music, including '60s rock icons Janis Joplin , the Grateful Dead and Carlos Santana as well as pop and R&B hitmakers…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:14PMDeka Walmsley, who plays Dad in Billy Elliot, chats about his longtime friendship with one of the show's creators and what it feels like to watch Billy dance.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:08PMIntroducing the dedicated and creative dramaturg Walter Byongsok Chon! Hometown: I was born in Bonn, Germany, lived there until I was eight, and then moved to Korea. I came to America to ent…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 02:06PMEncores! Artistic Director Jack Viertel announced today that Edward Watts will take on the role of Superman (or Clark Kent for those who prefer his civilian name) in the upcoming production …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:03PM
President of Jujamcyn Theaters, Jordan Roth, joins Morning Joe to discuss "Manilow on Broadway," a limited engagement at Manhattan's St. James Theater where the pop singer returns to the Bro…
SOURCE: NBC News at 01:55PMAt SDCF on December 17, 2012, SDCF hosted a discussion of Theatre for Social Change with guests Erik Ehn and Kamilah Forbes moderated by SDCF Producing Director Ellen Rusconi. Listen in as …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:53PMWoody Allen's new film Blue Jasmine, which features Orphans star Alec Baldwin and The Big Knife's Bobby Cannavale, will bloom in theaters this summer. The star-studded film, which wa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:49PMWith a guy like Romeo, you already know how the relationship is going to end. Badly. But two Romeos?
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:48PMTony nominee Frances Conroy has signed on for the cryptic third season of FX's anthology series American Horror Story, joining previously announced stars Lily Rabe, Sarah Paulson, Jessic…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:47PMMatthew Stocke returns to the cast of the Tony-nominated hit musical Rock of Ages Feb. 7 at the Helen Hayes Theatre (240 West 44th Street) for four weeks.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PMBroadway alum Matthew Stocke will star as German real estate developer Hertz in the ‘80s jukebox musical Rock of Ages, filling in for current star Paul Schoeffler. Stocke will assume t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:44PMCOMMEDIA DELL'ARTE & ACTING WORKSHOPS AND MFA INFO SESSIONS IN CHICAGO FEB 10-11TH WITH MICHELE BOTTINI OF THE ACCADEMIA DELL'ARTESunday, February 10th, 6-9pm: DePaul Location:The Theat…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:39PMBroadway's Motown: The Musical, about the life and career of music mogul Berry Gordy, will begin previews March 11 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. The cast offered a special performance a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:37PMThe touring version of the sacrilegious musical is as good as the one still running on Broadway.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 01:35PMMatthew Stocke returns to the cast of the five-time Tony nominated hit musical ROCK OF AGES tonight, February 7, 2013, at the Helen Hayes Theatre 240 West 44th Street for four weeks. Stocke …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30PMFamily trauma drama Machu Picchu, Texas (pictured above) grabs our Pick of the Week this week. Good reviews also for Noel Coward's Fallen Angels at the Pasadena Playhouse and David Hen…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 01:30PMMOTOWN THE MUSICAL will begin preview performances March 11 and open on Broadway on April 14, 2013 at The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 205 West 46 Street. Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, MOTOW…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:26PMCats is not returning to Broadway, but felines are being sought in an open call for the world-premiere Broadway production of Breakfast at Tiffany's, in which a cat plays a supporting ro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PMTony winner eventually became Beverly Hills attorney
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PMIt might not be winning in the ratings, but NBC's Smash is winning iTunes, with the song "Broadway Here I Come" (currently at #50) beating out Glee's most recent hit and three Justin Bieber …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:11PM
She astounded millions across the nation with her voice and poise. Now, 13-year-old singing sensation and television reality show star Carly Rose Sonenclar will be the special guest at the 1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:59PMJudy Kuhn, a onetime Cosette, has grown beyond her ingénue fame and is eager for mature roles like the coming Fosca in “Passion.”
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SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 12:55PMModern Family paid homage to Broadway’s favorite masked man on February 6, as Cam (played by Emmy winner Eric Stonestreet) directed the middle school musical, which he hailed as "…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:55PMModern Family paid homage to Broadway’s favorite masked man on February 6, as Cam (played by Emmy winner Eric Stonestreet) directed the middle school musical, which he hailed as "…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:55PMWorks like “This Clement World,” a new play at St. Ann’s Warehouse, could start to transform the theater world’s attitude about climate change.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:52PMTickets are now available for Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of The Big Knife, starring two-time Tony nominee Bobby Cannavale. Written by Clifford Odete and directed by Doug Hugh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:50PMAn economically strapped town decides to become a reality TV site in Paradise, a new bluegrass musical by Cliff Wagner, Bill Robertson and Tom Sage. Wagner, a reality TV veteran from the Old…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 12:49PM“Someone else is going to be killed!” “Oh, good!” Such a devil-may-care attitude may be surprising in everyday life, but it is completely suitable for Speakeasy Dollhouse, the immers…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 12:46PMPicture an aging theatre company whose has-been actors just won’t call it quits; a daughter desperate to break away from it all, a loony mostly deaf grandmother who just adds to the lunacy…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:45PMDirector John Tiffany agreed to return to the A.R.T. to lead their first-ever Tennessee Williams production under one condition: Cherry Jones would have to play Amanda Wingfield.
SOURCE: www.wbur.org at 12:44PMIt's been a high-traffic week on Broadway.com, as theater fans responded to our lively mix of news, exclusive features, recaps, polls and photo fun. If you missed anything, click below t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PMSensual and contagiously gleeful, the dancers in Armitage’s troupe almost compensated for the veteran choreographer’s lapses, writes Apollinaire Scherr
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:41PMThe world premiere of Tony Award winning playwright Richard Greenberg's new play, Breakfast at Tiffany's, will hold a casting call to find the perfect cat to take on the iconic role of Cat. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:41PMThe Tony-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys celebrates its 3,000th performance tonight, February 7 at the August Wilson Theatre. The musical is currently the 18th longest-running show in Bro…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:41PMJason Loewith, the librettist, director, theatre administrator and new-plays advocate who most recently served as executive director of the National New Plays Network, has been named artisti…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PMSome big new theaters cost tens of millions of dollars — even more than a decade ago, the new Goodman Theatre in the Loop cost $46 million. The new Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis cost …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:31PMOh What a Night! The life of a Broadway show always seems to be a hit or a miss with something audiences can’t seem to get enough of or can’t seem to digest. Now in it’s s…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 12:30PMHedwig'dWhen I left my casita yesterday morning I had intended to come home after work, cook dinner and go to bed early. I'm happy to report that by lunch time my plans had changed. I w…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 12:30PMIt's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Edward Watts! The Broadway veteran will take on the dual roles of mild-mannered Clark Kent and dashing Man of Steel Superman in Encores! upcomin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:30PMSnark alert: This year, we give our Soulard Mardi Gras guide the Internet meme treatment.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:30PMThe Second Stage Theatre revival of Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years, directed by the composer himself, will begin Off-Broadway performances March 7. Here is a look inside rehear…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMProposals to replace GCSEs with an English Baccalaureate qualification that did not include arts subjects have been dropped by the government. Arts campaigners who had opposed the EBacc prop…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:27PMJust came across this performance, Imogen Heap using sensing gloves; close mics; a Kinect to control Ableton. Very impressive – two years of mapping to create a ‘human instrument…
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 12:25PMValentine’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 musical that sparked their love of theate…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:23PMArtistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company Michael Kahn has announced five productions scheduled for the company's 2013-2014 season, with a sixth production to be determined at a l…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:19PMFull casting has been announced for the Old Vic's forthcoming revival of Terence Rattigan's The Winslow Boy. The production, directed by Lindsay Posner, runs from 8 March to 25 May 2013.
The…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:16PMVisits the 90's is a concert featuring exceptional Broadway voices singing pop songs we all love It will take place on Sunday, February 17th, 2013 at Flute Bar in Gramercy at 40 E. 20th Stre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:15PMEdward Watts will star as Superman in the New York City Center Encores! production of It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman, which will play the famed Manhat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:13PMToday is the birthday of the great American satirist Sinclair Lewis (1885-1851). I went through my Sinclair Lewis phase in my early twenties, when I read his best known novels Main Street…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:12PMEdward Watts will star as Superman in the New York City Center Encores production of It's a BirdIt's a PlaneIt's Superman, runningMarch 20- 24 at City Center. Stay tuned for the identities o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMAge & Hometown: 29; Boston, MA
Current Role: Originating the character of Jean-Michel, a crusader for the kingdom’s poor and a love interest for Ella’s stepsister Gabriell…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:05PMMerlin star Colin Morgan has lined up another magical role - on stage at Shakespeare's Globe.
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:02PMThe Print Room, LondonHubert Essakow's multimedia dance work puts a new spin on immersive performance. Waterproof capes are handed out as we enter the tiny Print Room theatre, and by th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PM
The Drilling Company will produce "Richard III" this summer as part of its annual Shakespeare in the Park(ing) Lot season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:59AMGarrett Lewis, an Academy Award-nominated set decorator, died Jan. 29 at his home in Woodland Hills, CA, of natural causes. He was 77.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMEdward Watts, who played the dual roles of Robert Semple and David Hutton in the recent Broadway musical "Scandalous," will portray Superman and Clark Kent in the Encores! revival of "It's a…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:54AMBizet’s opera Carmen is to be retold in a contemporary Bollywood style as part of a live event on BBC3. Bollywood Live will be filmed from the centre of Bradford and has been described by.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:52AMI’m going to say something every Thursday, half on purpose and half by accident. #Oops! This week: “Oops! Broadway’s got a big, splashy, racist hit on its hands!” As Kink…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 11:42AMOne-note direction misses the comedy in Ira Levin’s comic-thriller.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 11:42AMBritish composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has sent thanks to fans and supporters as he recovers from back surgery. Webber did not attend the 25th Anniversary performance of Phantom of the Opera d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:41AMBriton in custody, with lawyer saying order is result of court throwing out case brought over play about gay employerDavid Cecil, the British theatre producer arrested in Uganda in 2012 for …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:41AMTweetI just saw a commercial for a brand new show called Scooby Doo the Musical which is now on tour. This looks like one of the cutest musicals for kids. It features the entire cast, a ton …
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 11:40AMMarin Mazzie, Jason Danieley, Joel Grey and Chita Rivera sang the bitter, sweet — and bittersweet — songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb in Lincoln Center's American Songbook se…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AMMinnesota Opera stems all the way back to 1963 when The Masque of Angelsby Dominick Argento was commissioned by the Walker Art Center for its performing arts program, Center Opera. The grou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMCapturing the razzle dazzle of John Kander and Fred Ebb's Chicago with its merry murderesses, scantily clad dancers and slickster lawyer is a tall order, but Broadway.com resident artist…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:29AMOlney Theatre Center's 75th anniversary season kicked off with the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening beginning Feb. 7, prior to an official opening Feb. 9, on the company's…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:28AMGet a deconstructionist drunk (if you must), and you’ll probably be treated to an excitable if slurred rant about text: what is it? How can it ever be called ‘fixed?’ Who’s in charge…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:27AMHELLO. We would like to share with you the most amazing season - THE BOOK OF MORMON, THE LIONG KING, EVITA, ONCE, GHOST, and AMERICAN IDIOT Subscriptions now on sale
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:26AMMama and Her Boys, which premiered at Cape Rep Theatre in January 2011, will make its Manhattan debut Feb. 18 at the new Underground Theatre. The open-ended run will play Mondays at 9 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22AMToday is the birthday of Eddie Bracken (1915-2002), best known today for his tour de force turns in two Preston Sturges films The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek and Hail the Conquering H…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:20AMI am so thrilled that Jason Loewith has accepted the Artistic Director position at Olney Theatre Center. He began his new position on February 4th. Here is the announcement from Olney Theatr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:14AMAcademy Award winner Julie Andrews, known for her iconic portrayal of Maria von Trapp in the Oscar-winning film "The Sound of Music," is showing full support for the upcoming "…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMThis week's A.P.T. is Gray Scott. Gray gave the closing keynote at the first ConnectorCon and blew us all away. Gray is a Futurist which is a fascinating profession that you can read more ab…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 11:09AMIn these ever-evolving times, the daily challenges facing theatre professionals can seem insurmountable. To better equip TCG’s Member Theatre staff to respond to these challenges, TCG …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:06AMShakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” goes “Little Mermaid” in a whimsical new staging by Taffety Punk Theatre Company that’s goofy and buoyant. Occasional bubbles suggest everything’s…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:04AMInitial casting has been announced for a co-production of the Tony-winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie, which will play the Maltz Jupiter Theatre in Jupiter, FL, March 5-24, followed by…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AMThere were no panels today. No keynotes. And no lectures. Why not? Because it was time for all of us to take what we learned over the past few days and figure out what we wanted to foc…
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SOURCE: LA Weekly at 11:00AM
Roger Allam is set to appear opposite Colin Morgan in The Tempest as part of Shakespeare’s Globe’s 2013 season. Allam will play Prospero and Morgan, who is best known for playing the tit…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:58AMThree-part series ends tomorrow with David Tennant and Trevor Nunn on the challenges of doing Shakespeare. They compare notes on Hamlet and The Tempest with Jude Law, Ben Whishaw, Dame Judy …
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 10:50AMTravis High School's production of XANADU is now in performances. Check out the promo photos below The show runs thru February 9 and stars Courtney Crews, Brandon Wills, Taylor Winks, Tiffan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:50AMWere you planning on staying upriver this winter because there’s nothing that interesting happening in New York City? Well, fuhgeddaboudit! Head to Sofia’s Downstairs Theatre, in Times S…
SOURCE: www.pcnr.com at 10:47AMToday is the great star of the serials Larry “Buster” Crabbe (1908-1983). A medal-winning Olympic swimmer, he first got into films (like fellow Olympic swimmer Johnny Weismuller)…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:46AMBarefoot Theatre Company will continue its new bareNaked Reading Series with a reading of Emmy winner Mike Reiss' Rubble Feb. 11 at 7 PM at The Loft.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMTimberlake Wertenbaker’s play has been a landmark for a huge number of actors and students in the past 20 years or so. Having performed in the production twice (during training), I was…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:39AMMarsha Stephanie Blake, Eisa Davis, Dashiell Eaves and Robert Hogan appear in the LCT3 premiere of Kirsten Greenidge's Luck of the Irish, which begins performances Jan. 28 at the Claire …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AMAuthor and Broadway performer Tim Federle signed copies of his new book "Better Nate Than Ever" Feb. 5 at the Drama Book Shop. The novel for young readers and theatre lovers of all…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMTony Award winner Faith Prince starred in the 1998 Broadway revival of Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh and Neil Simon's Little Me, which played its final performance Feb. 7, 1999. Here is a lo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMThe Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS will play its 3,000th performance on Broadway today, Thursday, February 7. JERSEY BOYS is the 18th longest-running show in …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:20AMProd'n part of Shakespeare's Globe slate
SOURCE: Variety at 10:18AMThis post is one of a series honoring Black History Month. Today is the birthday of the great ragtime songwriter and piano man Eubie Blake (for more on him and his vaudeville partner Noble …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:16AMOperatic tenor Jay Hunter Morris has withdrawn from Los Angeles Opera's upcoming production of Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman," which is scheduled to begin performances on March 9 at the Doro…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:15AMThe Tony-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys plays its 3,000th performance Feb. 7 at the August Wilson Theatre. The musical is currently the 18th longest-running show in Broadway history.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMThe 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 10:10AM“Everything that I’ve done has turned out so wrong. What if I can’t fix it?” When Julia says the above line towards the end of the first hour of Smash‘…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:07AMThe Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS will play its 3,000th performance on Broadway today, Thursday, February 7. JERSEY BOYS is the 18th longest-running show in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMA host of theatre artists will join forces March 6 at 54 Below to perform the lesser-known songs of Oscar, Tony and Grammy-winning composer Alan Menken.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AMJulie Walters has backed a campaign calling on broadcasters to produce more television and radio content in the Midlands. The Campaign for Regional Broadcasting Midlands urges producers and …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AM
If you’ve never seen “Our Town,” Thornton Wilder’s achingly beautiful story of life, love and death in New Hampshire, seeing it at a high school is not a bad option. …
SOURCE: The Journal News at 09:57AMBroadwayWorld is excited to expand its popular feature series outside the U.S. borders setting our sights on showcasing performance companies around the world Each month we will introduce yo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:50AMSpider-Man Turn Off the Dark's Philip Wm. McKinley is currently directing a production of Mozart L'Opera Rock in Tokyo, Japan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:47AMToday is the birthday of Anita Stewart (1895-1961). A native of Brooklyn, she started out in 1911 playing bit roles at Vitagraph Studios, which was based locally. (She was in the all-star A…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:45AMThesis: Skills in event creation and performance can be applied to marketing appropriately and effectively. If stunt marketing is selling out, it is selling out in a very classy way. I was i…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 09:36AMVaudeville theatre, LondonA young unknown called Alan Cumming played Pip in Jo Clifford's adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel, first produced for Glasgow's wonderful TAG Theatre back in 198…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:35AMNew season will also include return for Roger Allam as Prospero and Joseph Millson in title role of Macbeth – but no new Richard IIIShakespeare's Globe will take the Wars of the Roses to t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:35AMJekyll amp Hyde composer Frank Wildhorn brought his monthly Frank amp Friends, back to the Broadway at Birdland stage this past Monday night.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMEthan Hawke has entered the building! Jonathan Marc Sherman's new play Clive, starring Hawke as an aging rocker, officially opens February 7 at off-Broadway’s Acorn Theatre at Thea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:28AMLANFORD WILSON's Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy Talley's Folly returns in a joyful and moving new production starring Tony Award nominee DANNY BURSTEIN Golden Boy, Follies and Emmy and Golden…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:25AMThe status of women directors has received relatively less airtime and press space compared to the perennial woe expressed over the paucity of women playwrights represented on Broadway (or O…
SOURCE: The Feminist Spectator at 09:23AMThe hit film 'Les Miserables' had its Paris premiere last night, Wednesday February 6th, as part of Avenue Du Cinema Festival at Cinema Gaumont Marignan. Below, check out the dazzling Anne H…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:12AMCate Brewer speaks with Matthew R. Wilson, who is nominated for The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical for Faction of Fools Theatre Company’s A Commedia Chri…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMBrent Council is launching a national competition calling for proposals on how to best use a new community space in Wembley. Make Your Idea Happen Here! is seeking ideas for how to make use …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM
This year's summer season at London's Shakespeare's Globe, presented under the umbrella title Season of Plenty, will see the returns of Roger Allam and Eve Best, the latter makin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:58AMOnce in a generation, if we are lucky, an extraordinary talent like no other arises - one who can ceaselessly, effortlessly caress the loftiest heights of comedy and drama onstage and someti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:46AMProducers of The Book of Mormon have announced that all seats for the first preview performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre on 25 February will be sold for £20. And, following the s…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:42AMOriginally published here on 4 February 2010. A revised version of this post appears as a passage in Word Made Flesh. The active contemplation for which the art of tragedy aims rehearses a c…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:37AMNEW YORK (AP) — David Alan Grier would obviously love to win a Grammy when the awards are handed out this weekend. It's a small part of his master plan.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:30AMNEW YORK (AP) -- David Alan Grier would obviously love to win a Grammy when the awards are handed out this weekend. It's a small part of his master plan....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:29AMJust over 550 years on from the “largest and bloodiest battle” fought in England, Shakespeare’s dramatisation is to be performed at the site it took place.
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:26AMPricing policy is a premium pain I would like to bring to people’s attention the matter of West End theatres’ ‘premium seats’. In these harsh financial times, I’m shocked by how ma…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:16AMThe Shakespeare Theatre Company’s 2013-2014 season will feature one of the Bard’s most controversial plays as well as the vivid historical dramas Henry IV Part I and Part II, the company…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:14AMToday is the birthday of Spanish magician Frakson (Jose Seville, 1891-1981), billed as “The Man witha 1,000 Cigarettes”. Seville came from a family in which everybody (father, un…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:05AMThe first-ever autism-friendly performance of the Broadway hit "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" will take off this spring and tickets go on sale Thursday.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:04AM
Somerset House, London"Are we meant to be looking for clues?" a young woman suddenly asked me as we poked about in the underground passages linking Somerset House and King's College. In a wa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:57AMSomerset House, London: With a title that artfully riffs off a verse from the apocalyptic Book of Revelations, it's no surprise that In the Beginning was the End is rather doom-laden. B…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:55AMThe Oscars will feature special appearances by Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Daniel Radcliffe at the upcoming Awards ceremony.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:53AMLighthouse, Poole : Sell a Door's unseasonal production of one of Shakespeare's most familiar comedies is a laugh out loud triumph of exuberance, enthusiasm and sheer acting skill.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:53AMDavid
Baddiel is coming out of stand-up retirement, again.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:51AMLast week, at the opening night of Old Times, Kristin Scott Thomas stated that she “hates doing films” and would always prefer the stage to the film set.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:47AMBelgrade, Coventry: Gogol's farce may well have been deeply funny when it was first given an airing in the smid-19th century but times have changed, and small-town Russian life in the 1…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:43AMThis show from Clare Duffy, which first appeared at The Arches in Glasgow in 2011, is a difficult beast to categorise. As the title suggest, it's largely a game show that sees the audience s…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:41AMBush Theatre, London: The sight of £10,000 in shiny coins on stage certainly adds a frisson to Clare Duffy's economic meltdown-inspired play. Developed from a project sponsore…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMThere have many screen and television adaptations of Dickens's great novel, the latest opening just a couple of months ago.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:10AMAmbassador Theatre Group and Elstree Studios are among organisations backing the launch of a school that will specialise in training students for backstage jobs in the arts. The Elstree Univ…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 7 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
The Print Room, London: Providing the opportunities, and the physical space, for dance-makers to flex their choreographic muscles is a vital part of the arts ecology. Small-scale venues have…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:59AMWest Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds: It is a measure of the standing of Phoenix Dance Theatre that Richard Alston, who usually stays with a commission until final rehearsal, felt able to head ba…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:59AMVaudeville Theatre, London: In this stage re-imagining of Dickens' classic, all the action takes place with Miss Havisham's dusty living room as the backdrop - an eerie, ghostlike …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:59AMDominic Dromgoole, artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe, has today (7 February 2013) announced further details of the venue's 2013 programme, titled "season of plenty" and themed around …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:56AMCeal Phelan, 63, whose expressive and angular face graced regional theater here and around the country for more than four decades, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, in Malvern after a decadelong battle …
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:47AMA writing scheme that has been run by the BBC since 2005, with support from talent such as Tony Jordan and Barbara Machin, has been suspended by the Corporation. The BBC said it had taken...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:30AMProduction images have been released for Great Expectations at the Vaudeville Theatre, which is being broadcast live in cinemas today (7 February 2013) to commemorate Charles Dickens' b…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:19AMGrace Rowe & Paula Wilcox
Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations, apart from being a sharp instruction manual for young Pip on how to be a proper gentleman (and stay true to your roots),…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:18AMArts Council England and national tourist board VisitEngland have announced a new partnership aimed at boosting cultural tourism. The three-year arrangement will see the two organisations co…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:12AMTheatres are becoming more “risk averse” when commissioning new writing due to cuts to art funding, leading theatre directors have warned. National Theatre associate director Marianne El…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AM
W. Kamau Bell welcomes comedy icon David Alan Grier as his guest tonight, February 7 1100pm ETPT on an all-new episode of TOTALLY BIASED with W. Kamau Bell.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMSan Francisco's 42nd Street Moon will celebrate 20 years of presenting musical theatre with IT'S DE-LOVELY, a gala fundraising evening with special guest star, two-time Tony winner Sutton Fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMClassic Stage Company welcomes Ryan Silverman to the cast of PASSION as Giorgio, joining acclaimedawarding winning actresses Judy Kuhn as Fosca and Melissa Errico as Clara, in the company's …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMTo celebrate the launch of The Dickens Legacy at the Gala Evening at London's Vaudeville Theatre, GREAT EXPECTATIONS will be screened live via satellite to more than 150 cinemas across the U…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMSo I really hadn’t intended to write too much more about my job change until I left my current job or took my next one. However, the assistant theatre manager who is chairing the searc…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:08AMThis magnificent photo by Nir Baraket of Jon de Leon in Nina Aquino's Every Letter Counts, at Factory Theatre, qualifies as both scintillating photography and theatre photography (not always…
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SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMRick Brookhiser reminded me last night to strike the Jane Chord of Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington: The Jane...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMNow that I've finished Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington, I find myself thoroughly disconcerted to have written two jazz...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"It is not the clear-sighted who lead the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm mental fog." Joseph...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMBenjamin Walker and Ciaran Hinds talk about their roles in Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” It’s playing at the Richard Rogers Theater through March 30.
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMBenjamin Walker and Ciaran Hinds talk about the new Broadway revival of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” Music executive Tommy Mottola tells how he became the hitmaking producer of Gloria Esteph…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMTony Award-winning writer Rupert Holmes, the Rennaisance man who authored the book, music, lyrics and orchestrations to Broadway's The Mystery of Edwin Drood, discusses creating the rich…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNoah Racey and Laura Griffith co-star in the 5th Avenue Theatre production of Meredith Willson's Tony Award-winning musical The Music Man, which parades into Seattle Feb. 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJames Barbour and Jenny Powers star in Irish Repertory Theatre's new production of Donnybrook!, the Johnny Burke-scored 1961 Broadway musical about the code of masculinity in Ireland. Of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOlney Theatre Center's 75th anniversary season kicks off with the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening beginning Feb. 7, prior to an official opening Feb. 9, on the company's …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHow do the people who put on shows guard themselves from illness in a time of colds, flu and other bugs? We asked.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMStudents of New York University's Steinhardt School present a revival of the Tony Award-winning film-noir musical City of Angels, featuring a jazz score by late composer Cy Coleman and l…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFour-time Tony nominee Tovah Feldshuh makes her 54 Below debut Feb. 7 with a show entitled On, Off, & Now Under Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe New Group's production of Jonathan Marc Sherman's Clive, about a songwriter living in New York City in the '90s, officially opens Off-Broadway Feb. 7 at 7 PM at The New Group…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTheir Favorite Things asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
This week we spotlight the choices of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPerry Young, Christina Aranda and original Broadway cast member Arielle Jacobs star in the Westchester Broadway Theatre staging of In the Heights, which begin performances Feb. 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1812 Birthday of author Charles Dickens (1812-1870), whose "A Christmas Carol" has been adapted to the stage dozens of times and provides a durable annuity for theatre troupes ever…
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