CONFIRMED: The internationally acclaimed blockbuster musical WICKED is returning to Australia. Ten years ago this October, Stephen Schwartz’s thrillifying musical Wicked hit the Gershwin T…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:43PMWith the release of his fourth record, It's Our Night, Jason Dottley is on top of his game! Check out the video below, then go to iTunes and buy the single!
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 11:42PMIn the current Broadway-bound revival of Leslie Bricusse and Frank Wildhorn's tuner, Constantine Maroulis is dangerously sexy as Hyde and nerdishly sweet at Jekyll, but vocally there's littl…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:32PMFor three minutes, at midnight, every night in February, in Times Square.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 11:30PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Wednesday, February 13, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00PM
Theater is not only plays and musicals; it is also opera and ballet, and perhaps even sports events. Also canny storytelling and, if they still exist, poetry readings. And certainly masterly…
SOURCE: John Simon at 10:56PMWONDER WEDNESDAY On Wednesdays I look at various chapters in Wonder Woman’s history. Click here for previous installments, including Greg Rucka’s run, the earliest 1940s comics, and th…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:48PMHey, Smash fans! Were you in attendance at the packed NBC Universal Store on February 13? If so, you caught Broadway sweetheart Megan Hilty and Smash songwriting duo Marc Shaiman and Scott W…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:42PMThe Australian Premiere of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic play Driving Miss Daisy is currently playing at The Playhouse, QPAC, Brisbane. The production stars two of the world's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:41PMFEARFUL SYMMETRY In Rajiv Joseph’s Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, inspired by an actual 2003 event involving occupying soldiers in Iraq, a slain tiger takes center stage and discusses fr…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:36PMRound House Theatre in Bethesda, Maryland, and director Mitchell H�bert have brought together a group of fine individual actors who create lightning when they work off each other as an ensem…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:33PMEugene O'Neill is most renowned these days for his epic dramas, but the production of Hughie now at the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Lansburgh Theatre in Washington, DC, offers an exquisite…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:32PM
Age & Hometown: 37; Maarn, Netherlands
Current Role: Making her Broadway debut as the gravity-defying sorceress Elphaba in the blockbuster musical Wicked.
Wicked’s Powerful S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:40PMWe LOVE the Adelaide Fringe Festival and we have managed to snag our Adelaide readers the chance to win a DOUBLE PASS to see comedian Dave O’Neil at the Rhino Room on February 28! One of …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:36PMLone Star Theatre Company presents a night of original music by playwrightsongwriter, David Davila, on Feb 17th at Stage 72 at the Triad Theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:35PMThe 'louder, larger, longer' edict of so many musicals is vividly at work in 'Jekyll & Hyde' at the Pantages, though Deborah Cox and Constantine Maroulis stand out.Hollywood Boulevard is hom…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:30PMCabaret is not an iPod with a shuffle switch, so take note before heading to former Broadway Jersey Boys star John Lloyd Young's new show, My Turn, now at the Café Carlyle—this 80-minute …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:25PMFriends are invited to greet his family on Saturday, February 16th from noon to 400 p.m. and Sunday, February 17th from noon to 300 p.m. at the Shaughnessey Banks Funeral Home, 50 Reef Rd. i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:19PMNewcastle scraps plans to withdraw all cash after campaign from cultural figures, including Gormley and Sting – but venues still face 15% cut
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:07PMWhat a feeling! A rush of the 80s at its absolute finest comes thundering into Baltimore as NETworks presents a brand new musical Flashdance-The Musical. Landing at The Hippodrome Theatre as…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:06PMNoël Coward's 1924 play must have been thought very daring at the time, dealing as it does with a young man's cocaine addiction - no wonder it has been called the jazz age's Shopping and Fu…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:02PMDespite underfunding and overcrowding, prison theatre thrives.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 07:02PM"Feast" boasts everything from dance and a company of 13 performing texts by five authors from four continents to appearances by a recalcitrant real live hen.
SOURCE: Variety at 07:02PMAndrew Lloyd Webber may be at home in the glamorous surroundings of the West End stage, but his charitable foundation is backing a portable theatre that will bring exciting new work to locat…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
Fear not: The power surges occurring frequently and without warning inside Signature Theatre present no cause for alarm. They are, in fact, the reason you want to get as close as possible to…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:56PM A lovely, new musical for little kids – The Little Engine That Could Earns Her Whistle – is coming to La Mirada Theatre for TWO SHOWS ONLY! 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., on Sunday, M…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:37PMDavid Schulner’s two-person play reveals a seemingly ordinary love story’s 50-year arc in 90 minutes, from awkward first date to final bedside goodbye. In Bi Jean Ngo and Griffin Stanton…
SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 06:33PMWriter and performer Martin Moran takes viewers inside his acclaimed new one-man show All the Rage and explains why it’s a story everyone knows personally.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:29PMSarah Brightman's new album 'Dreamchaser' will be released worldwide in April 2013, it was announced today.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:29PMAussieTheatre’s social media and digital team were backstage at Hats Off Sydney this week, live tweeting and interviewing performers at the Seymour Centre. Today we bring you the second …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:28PMMarty Thomas Presents DIVA will celebrate the release of the long-awaited debut album, with a release concert and party. The concert will be held Monday, March 4 at New World Stages.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:20PMSeason at the Tower Grove Abbey offers lots of variety.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:15PMAdam Paolozza & Ravi Jain (Photo by: Elisa Gilmour)Accountability Must Go Both WaysSpent finds humour in the unlikeliest of placesby Stuart Munro@StuartMunroTOThe Economic Crisis of the …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:14PMFormer Rock of Ages co-stars Wesley Taylor and Mitchell Jarvis have teamed up to create the awesomely addictive new web series It Could Be Worse. The show follows Jacob Gordon (Taylor), a yo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:05PMLet’s play detective! Emmy winner Jane Lynch (TV’s Glee, off-Broadway’s Love, Loss and What I Wore) is getting ready to make her Broadway debut this summer, and we suspect …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:05PMIt’s like they never said goodbye. Watching Beyonce, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams perform during the Super Bowl halftime show brought back serious Destiny’s Child memories for fan…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:02PM(photo credit: Phile Deprez)All you can do (not to laugh or cry) by Chad Dembski CAMPO is a company based in Belgium that creates contemporary performance in all shapes, genres and forms.&nb…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:02PMHe came. He partied. He killed. So reads the cover of James St. James' Disco Bloodbath (now titled Party Monster), a memoir about his life as a Manhattan Club Kid in the early 90s, and the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:01PM
The York Theatre Company presents its season opener of the Winter 2013 Musicals in Mufti Series Two By Two, with Book by Peter Stone, Lyrics by Martin Charnin and Music by the legendary Rich…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:59PMThe production of LES MISERABLES at Notre Dame Preparatory High School in Scottsdale, AZ, has been running since February 1 to critical acclaim. Playing to sold-out audiences, the school has…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:58PMMr. Belding transforms from compassionate, rule-following high school principal into a crazed drug lord in “Breaking Belding.” Written by Pete Mandra, the “Saved by the Bell” meets �…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:55PMOn Tuesday, February 11, singer Lorna Luft debuted her new nightclub act at Birdland - and there were some showbiz heavy-hitters in the house to cheer her on Lorna's bff Barry Manilow on his…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:53PMMusic and lyrics by Noel Coward. Composer. Lyricist. Playwright. Screenwriter. Actor. Las Vegas Cabaret star. And more. All in a career that spanned two world wars and seventy-…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:50PMThere weren’t a lot of people joking about nuclear war in 1964. With the Cold War at its peak, the possible annihilation of the human race seemed like too real of a possibility. But then c…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:50PMAs choreographer Melissa Thodos recalled recently, it was just about two years ago — as soon as the curtain came down on the Thodos Dance Chicago company’s premiere of “The White City:…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:50PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, February 13, 2013 Today’s Tweets: click on hyperlinked items for more information @MATILDABroadway’s @Celia_Mei, @RySteele, @JohnArt…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:49PMBroadway.com’s Countrywide Guide is your destination for the best in theatrical offerings around the country. This week, we go from Connecticut to Colorado with five fabulous theater p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:49PMSo it’s not for me, but it might be for you. Your teen could do much, much worse on their own unescorted visits to the city, so if you’re looking for some unthreatening fun, there’s a …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:48PMAdam Jacobs and Ali Ewoldt, who played Marius and Cosette in the Broadway revival of Les Miserables, will reunite for A Heart Full of Love: A Concert Feb. 23 at The Town Hall in Manhattan. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:47PMAccording to the Chicago Tribune, Gene Weygandt is set to star as 'P.T. Barnum' in Mercury Theatre's upcoming revival of the musical BARNUM. He will be joined by Corey Goodrich and Summer Na…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:44PMBroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there for his debut where he chatted with Young about his concert, his return to JERSEY BOYS and more. Check out what he had to say and watch concert highli…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:38PMFour-time Tony winner Boyd Gaines, who is currently starring in Driving Miss Daisy in Australia, will switch hats this summer to direct The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife at Pennsylvania…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:38PMTony Award-winning actress Judith Ivey stars as the family matriarch of Sam Shepard's Curse of the Starving Class, which begins previews Feb. 13 at the Long Wharf Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:36PMCheck out a behind-the-scenes look at Pippin's TV commercial shoot
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:28PMThe intrepid Gil Shaham braved winter's worst last weekend.Neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night stayed violinist Gil Shaham from the completion of his appointed Celebrity Series con…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 05:27PMStudents involved in High Tech High School's Musical Theatre Department recently had the great honor and pleasure of welcoming Rob McClure recent star of Broadway's CHAPLIN and AVENUE Q as h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:19PM'Les Miserables,' 'Arrabal' among titles in lineup
SOURCE: Variety at 05:15PMBucks County Playhouse has announced that Charles Busch's Tony Nominated play The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, directed by four-time Tony Award winner Boyd Gaines will be the final producti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:11PMName: JD Cerna Hometown: ManhattanEducation: Catholic University of America and New York UniversityFavorite Credits: Found A Peanut (Scott, Greenwich Theatre Company)Why theater?: Beca…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:09PMEpisode Twenty-Eight: Movie Monologues Craig and Lindsay talk about a new series on the Theatrefolk Blog – Movie Monologue Monday. What can an actor learn from a movie monologue and why is…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMAn announcement introducing The Center for the Theater Commons at Emerson College went out in December 2011. Soon after an artistic director asked, “How does one become a Citizen of the Co…
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The Berkshire Theatre Group will stage The Lion in Winter, starring Treat Williams, as well as Extremeties, directed by original cast member Karen Allen, this summer in Massachusetts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:56PMJohn Lloyd Young took a night off from performing as Four Seasons frontman Frankie Valli in the blockbuster Broadway musical Jersey Boys to perform as...well...himself! The Tony winner kicke…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:52PM'LES MISERABLES' alumni Adam Jacobs Disney's 'The Lion King,' The Gipsy Kings' 'Zorro', who played the role of Marius in 'LES MISERABLES' return engagement on Broadway in 2006-2008, and Ali …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:49PMVisually and technically, the show is impressive. Yet, like the tiger, we find ourselves asking “Why?” with no satisfactory answer. Rajiv Joseph’s script presents us with a number of i…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:48PMThe circle of life gets turned on its metaphorical head in Rajiv Joseph’s 2009′s play Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo which is currently receiving its Chicago premiere at Lookingglas…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:46PMA behind the scenes look at Shoshana's sophomore album. Exclusive footage and interviews give insight into what inspired the album and the process if it's creation.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:43PMHistory on Foot Walking Tours resume March 21
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SOURCE: fords.org at 04:42PMLin-Manuel Miranda, Karen Olivo, Mandy Gonzalez, Christopher Jackson and the adorable original Broadway cast of In the Heights reunited on February 11 for a concert performance of the s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:40PMBroadway's current revival of the Tony Award-winning 1986 Best Musical THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD has an extra special guest star at tonight's performance for one night only, Westminster Ken…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:40PMSongwriting team Joshua Salzman (music) and Ryan Cunningham (book and lyrics) and composer Kamala Sankaram are the recipients of the 2013 Jonathan Larson Grants, the American Theatre Wing an…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:38PMDaniel Radcliffe is on the cover of this month's OUT Magazine, where he is also featured in an eye-catching photo spread. Scroll below to check out photos of the film and Broadway star
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:30PMAmazingly, artists don't always respond to the chance to work for free with gratitude
SOURCE: Culturebot at 04:30PMEven more Broadway stars are moving to Grover's Corners! Tony winners Blythe Danner and B.D. Wong will share the role of Stage Manager in the Actors Fund's one-night-only staged bene…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:26PMThe American Theatre Wing announced today that the recipients of the 2013 Jonathan Larson Grants are writing team Joshua Salzman music amp Ryan Cunningham book and lyrics and Kamala Sankaram…
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SOURCE: Vulture at 04:21PMBlythe Danner, B.D. Wong, Martin Moran, Julia Murney and Leslie Odom, Jr. have joined the cast of the Actors Fund's March 4 benefit reading of Thornton Wilder's landmark play Our Tow…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:13PMASIAN VOICES: HARDEEP SINGH KOHLI The co-adapter, with director Jatinder Verma, of Moliere's The Miser, now renamed as Kanjoos (Tara Arts, currently touring), talks to Suman Bhuchar about th…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 04:12PMTony Award winner John Lloyd Young, who recently returned to the cast of Broadway's Jersey Boys, made his Café Carlyle debut Feb. 12-23.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:09PMWant all the hottest buzz delivered to you in one shiny, happy video package? Love Broadway.com and want to feel a part of it all? Can't get enough of Broadway stars on Twitter? Welcome …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:08PMBoundary-breaking fashion designer Asher Levine has deemed the theme of his new Spring fashion line to be 'Theatricality' and has taken significant inspiration for it from legendary power ba…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:08PMhttp://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/the-10-hottest-chorus-girls-opening-in-broadway-musicals-this-spring-2013
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:06PMIn its Los Angeles premiere production at the Colony theatre, it is perfectly executed. This is a show that won't leave you debating about anything in the car on the way home, but it will le…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:03PM[E]ven with a concert staged reading, the downright awfulness of the book takes its toll.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:02PMLa Jolla Playhouse has announced that the fifth production in its 2013/2014 season will be The Tallest Tree, a new play written and performed by Daniel Beaty (Emergence-See!, Through the Nig…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:01PM
Superstorm Nemo was in full force on February 8, but for The Phantom of the Opera leading lady Sierra Boggess, the show had to go on! Boggess gave Broadway.com photograper Jenny Anderson a b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:58PMEach spring brings a fresh crop of musicals to Broadway, with new ensembles of dancers and singers to razzle-dazzle us. And each year, we help whet your appetite for the season with a previe…
SOURCE: Time Out at 03:54PMBrighid Fleming, Adam Haas Hunter, Robert Joy, Dakin Matthews and Jeanne Syquia will star in Jennifer Haley's The Nether, about the addictive world of virtual reality, getting its world …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:48PMMany industries grapple with fully representing diversity in their hiring choices, and the theater is no exception. The Asian American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC) recently released t…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:46PMMusicals by Dave Malloy and the brothers Tom and Jack Megan are winners of the Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:44PMFlorida Studio Theater is offering the regional premiere of an intriguing if imperfect play, The Columnist by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Auburn (Proof).
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:36PMGene Weygandt will star as P. T. Barnum in the Mercury Theatre's upcoming production of the musical "Barnum," the Mercury has announced. Also starring: Corey Goodrich and Summer Naomi Smart.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:31PMThey may be in the background, but these sexy Broadway dancers and singers are heating up the stage.
SOURCE: Time Out at 03:29PMFor this Valentine's Day week, here are two plays about romance ... Theatre Horizon's An Infinite Ache has an interesting concept, but it isn't executed particularly well. And Hedgerow Theat…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:18PMSunny and Casey, the beautiful canines in the current Broadway revival of Annie, have some competition. Theater, on Broadway and abroad, is going to the dogs. And cats. Literally. From cat a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:14PMSince bursting onto the Broadway scene more than 30 years ago as co-writer and star of the deliciously down-home musical Pump Boys and Dinettes, Debra Monk has happily jumped between drama a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:09PMTo celebrate Valentine’s Day, we dream-cast 15 of our favorite real-life couples in musicals we’d like to see them do together. From Sierra Boggess and Tam Mutu in Evita to Idina…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:03PMWillemijn Verkaik is the latest headliner to fly into the Broadway blockbuster Wicked. Embraced the world over, Verkaik has played the role of Elphaba over 1,000 times and in three different…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:01PM
Peter Hook's memoir contains no earthshattering revelations, but it does offer a new way (or at least another way) of thinking about the four young men who made up Joy Division.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:54PMLondon stage star Lia Williams is taking on a thrillingly difficult challenge: alternating the lead roles of Kate and Anna with Kristin Scott Thomas in Ian Rickson’s superb revival of …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:49PMTony Award winners Blythe Danner and B.D. Wong will share the role of the Stage Manager in The Actors Fund's upcoming benefit reading of the American classic Our Town on Monday, March 4, 201…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:45PMAt the recent 29th Annual Musical Celebration of Broadway, the Drama League announced the founding of the Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley Studio Lab and the Joseph and Lauren Pizza Welcome…
SOURCE: Backstage at 02:33PMAlbert Alarr, a Juilliard-trained director of TV soaps, is staging his first musical, the Sondheim/Furth Company, which he compares to Shakespeare's Tempest. It's at Crown City Theatre i…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:33PMThesis: Celebrity is one of the strongest social forces in America. Increasingly, though, people are responding to apparently oxymoronic “Narrow fame;” that is, being highly salient for …
SOURCE: 2AMT at 02:31PMGood news theater fans, Ramin Karimloo is now confirmed to star in a musical in North America...that’s one tiny step closer to Broadway, right? As previously speculated Karim…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:29PMThe DIY cards are from a Milwaukee blogger.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:29PMThe Drama League paid tribute to five-time Tony winner Audra McDonald on February 11 with a gala hosted by her friends, family, and of course, husband Will Swenson. See what Norm Lewis, Judi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:17PMWhen Josh Shriber wanted to put together a band to play music for kids, he didn’t need to look far. He already had all the talented musicianship he needed among his staff at the Wellesley …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:11PMNEW YORK (AP) — With perfect timing to brighten winter doldrums comes a revival of David Ives' hilarious six-pack of one-act plays, "All In the Timing."
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:04PMTweetFavorite Disney Valentine’s Day Song from Aladdin Since my daughter and I are big Disney fans, our favorite Valentine’s Day song is from the movie Aladdin – A Whole New World. We …
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 02:03PMMirvish Productions celebrates fifty years of producing and presenting theatre in Toronto with their ambitious and diverse 2013-2014, which includes the return of Les Miserables, the tour of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:02PMAs the Broadway production of Mary Poppins comes to a close, we asked current and original principle cast members, as well as current cast members who have been with the show since day one, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMBroadway trooper Tim Federle has just released his debut novel "Better Nate Than Ever," which captures the adventure of a young theatre lover with Broadway dreams who sneaks on a bus to New …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM
Samantha Hill is making her Broadway debut as the Alternate Christine in The Phantom of the Opera, playing the lead role two shows a week. Hill, who will replace Sierra Boggess as the princi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PMAlan Cumming accompanied the installation of the marquee for “Macbeth” The stars were not present when Orphans went up All four shows are opening in April: &…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:51PMI’ve talked before about how the arts benefit local economies. You can check samples of those posts here and here. But it is a topic that bears repeating, and you will see me repeat it…
SOURCE: The Road 101 at 01:51PMHarold Pinter and Vivien Merchant, David Mamet and Rebecca Pidgeon, Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe. (Okay, not so much the Miller/Monroe nightmare union, but, you know, lists of three.) Ac…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:38PMOut Magazine’s third annual list of the 100 Most Eligible Bachelors is, well out, and there are a slew of Broadway stars who have gotten our attention. Among the men who made it i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:29PMOh, David Ives, you make me laugh. You make me laugh out loud. And you should go see THIS production of your work because it is brilliant. But then you know that…David Ives likes to tak…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 01:16PMDuke student Steven Li of the Duke University Dept. of Theater Studies will act in his own play, The Miles as his senior distinction project. The Miles will run Feb. 14-16, 2013 in Brody The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMNEW YORK (AP) — The Best in Show winner at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is heading to Broadway. Not to see a show — to be in one.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:12PMThis past Monday, Overcash amp Change took of Joe's Pub with original music from Drew Overcash's musicals Boys Vs. Girls, Joe amp To You With Love.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10PMby Michael Wheeler I am writing from the privileged vantage-point of someone brought up in a home where talking about feelings and mental health was not stigmatized. (Thanks Mom and Dad.) St…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 01:07PMThe Star-Tribune (Mpls) 02/13/13
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:01PMMax Crumm is still the one that New York theater wants. (Yeah, we went there.) His last stage appearance was in 2007 in the Broadway revival of Grease, for which he nabbed the leading role o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
This programme’s light-minded view of a great choreographer diminished his significance, writes Clement Crisp
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:59PMDespite its mesmerising staging and its big themes, Robert Lepage’s latest drama is disappointingly sketchy, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:59PMBroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there for the big event were he got to chat with the guest of honor herself and plenty of guests including, Judith Light, Michael Arden, LaChanze, Tyne Daly…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMSheffield CrucibleNasty, brutish and short, Mike Bartlett's 55-minute three-hander, playing in the Crucible's studio space, can be seen as a companion piece to his 2009 Royal Court play, Coc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:52PMSheffield Crucible Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:52PMBanana Joe wowed the Westminster Kennel Club on Tuesday and won the title of Best in Show. On Wednesday night, the pint-sized Affenpinscher swings onto Broadway for a cameo star turn in the …
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:50PMMovie star and Broadway vet Daniel Radcliffe looks very handsome in a newly published portfolio of photos by Kai Z Feng in the March issue of Out magazine. The cover story promotes Radcliffe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:49PMI was thrilled to sit down with Martin Denton a few weeks back to talk about my long career in NYC as a playwright, discussing my diverse and sundry stageworks going back to the late 1980s…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:44PMThe affenpinscher Banana Joe, the "Best in Show" winner of the 2013 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Feb. 12, will make a cameo appearance in the Feb. 13 evening performance of …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:41PMDirect 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 nominee 'The Good W…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:39PMProducers of The Man, a new musical about the rise and fall of a fictional music-industry superstar, plan to open the work in Las Vegas, prior to Broadway, according to Variety.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PMWhen you’re Barbra Streisand, you don’t just get anybody to present you with a lifetime achievement award…you get a president to do the job! Former President Bill Clinton …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:30PMThe Broadway revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood is welcoming two new cast members to its madcaup musical world! On February 12, South Pacific and Scandalous alum Andre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:30PMElaine Stritch stops by THEATER TALK to celebrate her 88th birthday. Joining her in the festivities are two of her best friends, music director Rob Bowman and actor Hunter Ryan Herdlicka who…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30PMTony Award winners Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo, Tony nominees Olga Merediz and Robin de Jesús and other members of the original Broadway cast of In the Heights reunited for a o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMOld Jews Telling Jokes, the Off-Broadway evening of comedy whose title says it all, will get an offshoot Chicago production this fall. Marc Bruni will again direct the revue by Peter Gethers…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMWriters Guild of America, East today announced a tribute to award-winning, screenwriter, director, playwright, author, and Guild, East member Nora Ephron.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:25PMLincoln Center Theater will present The Nance, a new play by Douglas Carter Beane to be directed by Jack O'Brien. The production will begin previews on Thursday, March 21 and open on Monday,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMNo, it's not a re-make of Les Miz with a happier ending for Fantine. Peter Bogdanovich, best known for directing the Academy Award-winning film The Last Picture Show, will be directing a new…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:16PMMarvell Repertory Theatre's winter 2013 repertory project, Desire & Delusion: 3 plays in repertory, continues through March 17 at TBG Theatre in New York City. The project features t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMFormer Grease headliner Max Crumm will lead the off-Broadway premiere of the new rock musical F#%king Up Everything. Directed and choreographed by Jen Wineman, F#%king Up Everything includ…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PMOf all the girl singing groups, the Andrews Sisters were the most famous – LaVerne, Maxene and the youngest, Patty. Although their biggest fans were the American soldiers whose morale they…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:09PMMark Benton plays Edna Turnblad in the new tour of Hairspray, which kicks off at Manchester's Lowry Theatre tonight (13 February 2013).
Benton has clocked up previous credits onstage at the…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:05PMNEW YORK (AP) -- The Best in Show winner at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is heading to Broadway. Not to see a show - to be in one....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:05PMThere’s a lot going down behind the scenes over at Bombshell, the fictional musical that no longer the only tuner at the center of attention on NBC’s musical dramedy Smash. This …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:04PMSEASON OF SAVINGS, the unofficial New York Theatregoers Guide to Times Square' has partnered with Trivia, AD to create the first ever 'Broadway Trivia Night'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the Internet, is excited to announce a new feature to its comprehensive regional coverage - the Featured Regional Theater of the Week Each week…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PM
Musicals Tonight, under the aristic direction of Mel Miller, will present Strike Up The Band!, Same Time, Next Year – The Musical and Leave It to Jane at the Lion Theatre this spr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AMBanana Joe, the affenpinscher who was named Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, will appear in Wednesday evening's performance of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:55AMPrimary Stages' 20th anniversary revival of David Ives' All in the Timing opened off-Broadway on Tuesday, February 12. Following the performance, the cast, creative team, and gue
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:54AMReality TV fans, rejoice! Mob Wives star Angela “Big Ang” Raiola has added a second performance to her engagement at off-Broadway’s My Big Gay Italian Wedding. Raiola, who …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:52AMSwan, Stratford-on-AvonA reactionary pope dies, only to be succeeded by a seeming liberal who soon reverts to institutional conservatism. You could hardly have a more topical play than this.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:52AMLooks like Macaco is getting a night off! Westminster winner Banana Joe, who took home the coveted Best in Show prize at the 137th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, will make his Broadway de…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:51AMThe Ride, a mobile theater and touring experience that turns the streets of New York into a stage featuring curated live performances, is partnering with Couture Fashion Week to launch the C…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:50AMValentine’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 11:49AMShould the stage reflect the demographics of the city in which it is located? That is the assumption of the second annual report from the Asian American Performers Action Coalition, the AAPA…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:46AMMichael John LaChiusa's Tony Award-nominated musical Marie Christine, a retelling of Medea set in late 19th-century New Orleans, will be produced for the first time in the U.S. since its…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMThere was a post by KCET columnist Corbett Barklie last fall that has had me thinking and wondering if there hasn’t been enough conversation about this topic. In short, Barklie feels t…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:38AMDutch actress Willemijn Verkaik, recently seen in the Dutch production of Wicked, made her Broadway debut as Elphaba in that hit Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical Feb. 12 at the Gersh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMFrom inception to opening night, the new documentary Broadway Idiot offers viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the journey of the hard-rocking musical American Idiot, based on the song catal…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMA musical verison of Goodfellas meets Dreamgirls? That's how a band of music producers who helped manage Michael Jackson’s career are pitching The Man, a new stage musical abo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMAs Shania, the sassy daughter of a surrogate mom, Bebe Wood is one of the best reasons to watch NBC’s The New Normal. Before she launched her TV career, Wood appeared in a production o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:35AMThe New Group’s “Clive” makes music out of trash and doorframes The characters in Clive come and go abruptly, usually driven away by the toxic narcissism of the titular cha…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:30AM"It Could Be Worse," a new web comedy series featuring a host of theatre actors, made its debut Feb. 1 at www.itcouldbeworse.tv. A series screening and party was held in New York …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:28AMMadame Devere is important to our history for having possessed the longest facial hair ever recorded on a bearded lady — 14 inches. While there is some confusion about her birthdate (I…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:26AMJohn Ford's Oscar winning, The Quiet Man, is one of the best loved and most popular films of all time. Its musical adaptation, Donnybrook, begins with the haunting love theme, Richard Farrel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:26AMI've used the word 'agitprop' in several recent reviews - most recently Sour Lips::E8831359735565 at Ovalhouse and Money the Game Show::E8831360244407 at the Bush - which prompts me to ask w…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:25AMSpecial Offer All seats 35 for a limited time Guests include two-time Tony Award-winner James Naughton, Tony Award-nominee Rebecca Luker, Billy Stritch, Karen Ziemba, Heidi Blickenstaff, Jef…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMThe Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today that President Bill Clinton will present the 40th Chaplin Award to Academy Award-winner Barbra Streisand, the first American woman artist t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMWith nothing but their pop culture knowledge and a pair of game buzzers, Smash stars Debra Messing and Christian Borle are the latest celebs to participate in the red-hot comedy show Funny o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AMTony Award winners Len Cariou, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Karen Ziemba have joined the star-studded lineup for this year’s Broadway Backwards, a one-night-only performance produced by…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:13AMThe New Victory's presentation is so visually inventive and the story so intriguing that the 70 minutes, like Zorro, gallops by
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:12AMPrimary Stages' 20th anniversary revival of David Ives' All in the Timing, a daffy collection of short comedies including Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread and The Philadelphia, offi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AM“The Book of Mormon” and “Wicked” will highlight the 2013-2014 San Antonio Broadway season. The upcoming season also will feature “Peter and the Star Catcher,” “How the Grinch …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 11:00AMPerformers hired to play Christmas characters in grottos around the UK have been left hundreds of pounds out of pocket, after the events management company they worked for collapsed. Melbry …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMWho doesn’t love a little Cirque du Soleil? I remember the first time I saw “O” in Vegas (and yep, I said first time, because I’ve seen in multiple times). I spent …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMr. Clinton, a longtime fan of Ms. Streisand's, will present the Chaplin Award to her at a gala held by the Film Society of Lincoln Center on April 22.
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Television personality and producer Simon Cowell, who created the British television reality singing competition "The X Factor," will produce a musical based on the series of the s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMToday is the birthday of the great American painter Grant Wood (1891-1942). I relate mightily to this artist’s consuming subject matter (Americana) and the attitude he brings to it (an…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:56AMStage and screen actor Cheyenne Jackson, recently seen on Broadway in the short-lived The Performers, will star opposite Jeffrey Tambor in a new comedy pilot for Amazon Studios, accordi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:56AMIt’s hard to watch something you love suffer. In this case, it is the 2006 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Spring Awakening, featuring a sumptuous indie-rock score from Duncan Sheik an…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:54AMREVIEW: A 2012 work by Bebe Miller uses dance, text, film and installation to explain some fleeting mysteries of the creative act itself.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 10:54AMYou know what the West End needs? A musical based on the hit TV show The X Factor…at least according to Simon Cowell! The infamous host of the talent competition series is producing a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:52AMThe March issue of VOGUE is on stands now and features Broadway’s eagerly anticipated MATILDA THE MUSICAL, including stunning photos by Annie Leibovitz of the cast in costume and a story b…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:51AM'I'm in a coffee grinder', exclaims the hapless ex-jailbird Wilhelm Voigt. After watching the endless revolving Olivier theatre stage, I know exactly how he feels. In Adrian Noble's frenetic…
SOURCE: John Morrison at 10:50AMDirector Jonathan Miller claims he isn't offered directing work because of his advanced years – but is it as simple as that?The Pope may be too frail in body and mind to go on, but not di…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:44AMToday’s picks come from the Executive Director at Richmond CenterStage, Richard Parison. No stranger to producing and directing, Richard also served as Producing Director at Barrington Sta…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:36AMThis week's retro wednesday is all about how the collecting of trading cards is great prep for networking. Check it out! September 28, 2011 What comic trading cards taught me about networkin…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMOvercash and Change, a concert featuring the work of songwriter Drew Overcash, was offered Feb. 11 at Joe's Pub in New York City. Here are highlights from the evening.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AMIt's fair to say that the 1983 touring production of Noel Coward's "Private Lives," starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, wasn't a high point in the couple's catalog of professional …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:28AMRamin Karimloo, star of London's The Phantom of the Opera and Love Never Dies, will play Jean Valjean in the new Canadian-cast company of the 25th-anniversary edition of Les Misér…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMI want to be powerful. And what’s more, I want to be respected. Why is that such a crazy thing for me to say? As a hard-working young woman in my late twenties, striving to shape my career…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:17AMThe upcoming Broadway revival of Horton Foote's beloved classic, The Trip to Bountiful, will begin preview performances on Saturday, March 30 at 8pm at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre 124 W 43r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:14AMToday is the birthday of Peter Tork of the Monkees (b. 1942). As all Monkees fans know, the not-so-secret secret is that while Michael Nesmith was the best songwriter, Mickey Dolenz the bes…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:11AMThe Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel welcomes Tony Award-Winner John Lloyd Young for his Cafe Carlyle debut where he will perform his program 'My Turn.' Mr. Young opens at the Cafe Carlyle through …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:10AMMax Crumm, who starred in the most recent Broadway revival of Grease, will head the cast of the new Off-Broadway musical F#%king Up Everything — a winner at the 2009 New York Musical T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:10AMDutch star musical theatre star Willemijn Verkaik joined the cast of Broadway's Wicked last night as 'Elphaba' at the Gershwin Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there for her first curtain call and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMThere are no shades of gray in David Mamet's provocative legal drama Race, which deals with guilt and innocence, truth and fabrication, in black and white. For Mamet, race is everything in a…
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 10:02AMIdina Menzel will perform at the Sydney Opera House along with the Sydney Symphony later this year in Australia. The actress, best known for originating the role of Elphaba in the Broadway a…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMI’m sure many people can relate to that scary moment when you look into your past yearbooks and see what you looked like 5, 10 or maybe 15 years ago! Well, we decided it would be entertain…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMHere's the first in a series of blogs that look back at Broadway Musicals from 30, 20 and 10 years ago. Enjoy!The Playbill and ShowcardThe MerchShow: MerlinTheatre: Mark Hellinger…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 10:00AM
Ronald K. Brown will travel to Cuba to select a Cuban dance company to create a new work, to be performed at the Joyce in May, 2014.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:58AMSince the Six Day War in 1967, two invisible webs have covered the West Bank and Gaza. One is the Palestinian population - sometimes quiescent, sometimes violently resistant. The other belon…
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 09:57AMOn yesterday's 'The Talk' on CBS, Julie Andrews shared her thoughts on former 'Princess Diaries' co-star Anne Hathaway's Oscar nomination. 'I'm absolutely thrilled for her. She's a sweet gir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:54AMSinger Sarah Brightman, who created the role of Christine in the London and Broadway productions of The Phantom of the Opera, will release her 11th studio album, "Dreamchaser," Apr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:53AMBroadwayWorld is excited to announce its newest series - the Featured Symphony Orchestra of the Week Today, we bring you a look at the Houston Symphony, one of American's oldest performing a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:50AMCan you tell your Threepenny Opera from your Resistible Rise? Try our quiz to find out how much of a Brechtian brainbox you are
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMHi fabulous Broadway World Blog readers Welcome to your behind-the-scenes snippets of Kinky Boots the musical as notated by me... Tory Ross You may not remember me from such non pivotal role…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:44AMNBC's reality singing competition, "The Voice," which has featured Broadway's Frenchie Davis and Tony Vincent as contestants, is heading to Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMPrimary Stages revives six of David Ives' clever little comedies
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:39AMSutton Foster spoke exclusively to BWW about working with real-life brother Hunter, what's ahead for her character and why there's 'a lot of Broadway love' going on the set of the show
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AM'If I Loved You,' 'June Is Bustin' Out All Over,' 'You'll Never Walk Alone' these are just a few of the many joys of the musical Time magazine called 'The Best of the 20th Century.' Now, in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:34AMSongwriter Scott Alan, who recently relocated to Nashville, will return to Los Angeles' Rockwell March 11 for an evening celebrating his compositions.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:27AMWelcome to the second of our collaborations with the Don't Bump Into the Furniture
podcast team, in which actors Oliver Jackson and Sarah Moyle
discuss theatre from an insider, irreverent …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:22AMRace Matters The Crime: Rape. Or is it Race? The Defendant: Charles Strickland is a man who doesn’t comprehend being told “No,” and one who has never had to beg for anything. A wealth…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:04AMAt the age of 9, Quvenzhane Wallis is the youngest actress ever nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, and now it is revealed that she may star in an upcoming film adaptation of the classic mus…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 09:00AMDCMetroTheaterArts caught up with Playwright Tom Block over coffee, in the small, sun-filled writing studio where he creates his written works. As he sat overlooking the rural expanse of his…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMStarring Deborah Cox and Constantine Maroulis, the production is playing at the Pantages Theatre but also being readied for Broadway.The lithe beauty in the form-fitting, flame-red sweater-j…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM
Take Your Sweetheart And Save Up to 35 on this Tony-Winning new musical comedy starring Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:59AMTomorrow is going to be a big day for me because it is both
Valentine’s Day (for which my beloved husband K and I have special plans) and the
sixth anniversary of Broadway & Me, which …
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:47AMHeartbeat is an international non-profit organization that is aimed at uniting Israeli and Palestinian musicians, educators and students in order to transform conflict through the power of m…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:37AMIt hasn’t been long since Iphigenia in Aulis has been seen on a New York stage. Euripides’ tragedy about the events leading up to the Trojan Wars and the extraordinary saga of th…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:36AMBelow, check out the first official trailer to the Green Day musical documentary, BROADWAY IDIOT, which follows the musical AMERICAN IDIOT's journey to Broadway.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:02AMMichael Riedel reports that Simon Cowell is hard at work on THE X FACTOR MUSICAL, which just had an invitation only workshop in London last week, starring Alexander Hanson as the infamous re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:01AMBEACON, N.Y. (AP) -- The high school in Pete Seeger's upstate New York hometown has named its theater after the 93-year-old folk singer and his wife....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:00AM
Arts organisations in Ireland are able to pitch for €230,000 – around £200,000 – as part of Sky Arts’ Ignition initiative. Sky Arts’ Ignition was launched in 2011 and is aimed at …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AMThe Curtain and the Theatre, both used by Shakespeare, have recently applied for redevelopment as modern drama spacesThe sites of two Jacobean theatres in London, both used by William Shakes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:17AMRepertorio Español, Off Broadway
By Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: The classic Lope de Vega play about proletariat triumph is cleverly portrayed via a contemporary office setting in Rep…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:15AMThe Royal Opera House has launched a partnership with one of Brazil’s major theatres to develop an education, audience engagement and skills programme. Rio de Janeiro’s Theatro Municipal…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AMThe largest slate of theatre in the 50-year history of Mirvish Productions was announced Tuesday
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 13 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
The West End’s first live broadcast of a show’s opening night was transmitted to around 7,500 people in local cinemas across the UK and Ireland. Great Expectations’ live screening took…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:57AMRoyal Opera House, London: The return of Tamara Rojo and Sergei Polunin to The Royal Ballet, albeit as guest performers, was the big draw of the company's latest mixed bill. Rojo shifte…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:22AMLeading figures from the cultural sector have described the government’s decision to drop its English Baccalaureate proposals as a “big win”, but have warned there is still work to be …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:12AMKing's Head Theatre, Islington: Although still of kindergarten age, OperaUpClose has created 11 new productions. Its latest is Donizetti's bel canto comedy L'elisir d'amore (T…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:02AM"Call Me Adam" chats with playwright and director Michael Perlman about his new show, "From White Plains," nominated for a GLAAD Media Award, about the lasting effects of gay bullying, will …
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:00AM
Return of the prodigals: The Royal Ballet’s latest mixed bill is a celebration of choreographer Frederick Ashton, but the news of the evening is Sergei Polunin with Tamara Rojo in Margueri…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:55AMSwan, Stratford-upon-Avon: The RSC's A World Elsewhere season - which set out to explore events and developments happening in the world during Shakespeare's lifetime - concludes wi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:36AMSoho, London: Though his attire tonight is a two-tone shirt, Josh Widdicombe proves that he is a three-dimensional proposition who has more than a couple of gears to show off.
Read the full …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:28AMTickets for the 2013 Whatsonstage.com Awards Concert, which takes place on Sunday 17 February 2013 at the West End’s Palace Theatre, are now SOLD OUT!!! However, we hope to release a handf…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:24AM“The biggest surprise is how much it’s running on its own,” muses Mark Jeffery, performance/installation artist, SAIC professor and curator of a sprawling and ambitious multi-venue per…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AM
Colin Hay, best known as the frontman of Men at Work, has reinvented himself for a new generation of audiences. His voice and music is as familiar as ever, but there is a new simplicity to h…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:32AMA first-time photography show, a new community band, public artwork and a collaboration with Parkway schools to showcase students' artistic talents are among goals proposed for this year by …
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AMJared Fogle & More Give Tips on Being Heart Healthy
We are at The Heart Truth event for New York Fashion Week to catch up with Jared Fogle (AKA The Subway Guy), gymnast Nastia Liukin, and sn…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMBackstage Exclusives with Nick Cannon, Big Time Rush, & More
We head backstage at the Hall of Game Awards to chat exclusively with the winners and presenters, such as host Nick Cannon as wel…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMJosh Duhamel & Julianne Hough on Filming 'Safe Haven'
The two gorgeous and talented stars of the super-romantical film 'Safe Haven', Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough, stop by the Studio to ch…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
David Atkins and Dein Perry’s Hot Shoe Shuffle is one of Australia’s most successful musicals of all time and 2013 marks the 21st anniversary of the original production. Having been seen…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:59AMThree monkeys pounding on typewriters, in the hope they’ll eventually produce “Hamlet.” Leon Trotsky going about his day with an assassin’s ax in his head. A universal, nonsensical b…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:49AMIt’s the 1950s, and a black family hopes to buy into an all-white neighborhood. No, the play this time isn’t “A Raisin in the Sun” or its modern-day theatrical riff, “Clybourne Par…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:49AMWhat better song for Simon Cowell to sing than “Falling in Love With Myself”?
That’s the big second-act number in “The X Factor Musical,” which had an invitation-only workshop two …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:37AMSirius XM Radio SIRI previously announced that legendary recording artist Tony Bennett will sit down for an intimate QampA session with an audience of SiriusXM listeners, moderated by Alec B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMNBC and Columbia Records released the soundtrack for Bombshell, the musical within NBC's Golden Globe-nominated series television hit 'SMASH' Tuesdays, 10-11pm ET yesterday, February 12. In …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMTony nominee Stephanie D'Abruzzo, rising cabaret star Jennifer Sheehan, and multi-award-winning star of ZOMBIE, Bill Connington, will appear in The Importance of Being Earnest 'A Trivial Com…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMBravo shines the spotlight on multi-talented star, and 2013 Oscar nominee, Hugh Jackman, as he returns to the 'Inside The Actors Studio' stage for a second time, premiering tonight, February…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMTony Award-winner Judith Ivey, known for her critically acclaimed work in Long Wharf Theatre's productions of The Glass Menagerie and Shirley Valentine, will star in Curse of the Starving Cl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe Great White Way is still white.
Although minimally less white.
The Asian American Performers Action Coalition this week released its second annual look at ethnic representation on New Yo…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:29AMRamin Karimloo was first bitten by the theatre bug upon seeing Colm Wilkinson in the original production of The Phantom of the Opera in Toronto in the late 80s. Since then he has gone on to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:20AMits share of laughter and tearsGerman born mezzo-soprano Kathrin Welte has been singing for ten years on stages across Canada and internationally. After receiving training at Mount…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:04AMMirvish Productions is celebrating fifty years of producing in Toronto with their largest and most ambitious subscription seasons to date, starting with the return of the smash-hit LES MISER…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:02AMIt's Hump Day so who doesn't need some silliness? Comedy team Matt and Kyle and Matt have been putting out their own brand of silliness for years (notably in these pages) but have been on a …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMAt 183,700 words, Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington is my longest and most complex book to date. Yet it...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"To Hear Your Banjo Play," a 1947 film short by Alan Lomax, narrated by Pete Seeger: (This is the latest...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane." Mark Twain, "Christian Science"...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMLiberti(n)es
Through Feb. 23 at Open Space Gallery
I really don’t like sports. I know this is not a popular sentiment in Baltimore presently, but it’s true. I’m just not a fa…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMThe Tropic of Cancer
Directed By Nathan A. Cooper
Written By Caridad Svich
At Single Carrot Theatre Through March 3
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMSometimes we look back on the low moments in our lives and realize, hey, we did learn something from that awful episode; it wasn’t as bad as we remember, after all. Can the perspective…
SOURCE: WQXR at 12:00AMRobert Brustein's Last Will, the final installment in his trilogy of plays examining the life of Shakespeare, begins its world-premiere engagement Feb. 13 under the auspices of the Commo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com met with Academy and Tony Award-winning composer Alan Menken, whose musicals include Newsies, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and the new Broadway musical Aladdin, duri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Attic Theater Company's production of The Mnemonist of Dutchess County, a new comedy written by Josh Koenigsberg, officially opens Feb. 13, following previews that began Feb. 8, at T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDrew Gasparini, whose music is featured on the second season of the NBC musical drama "Smash," has offered Playbill.com an exclusive listen to a track from his upcoming album, &quo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA free performance of The Civil War in Words and Music, sponsored by Cooper Union, the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation and the New York State Archives Partnership Trust, is offered F…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony winner Betty Buckley, who received an Olivier Award nomination for her work in the West End production of Sunset Boulevard, returns to the London stage in The Charing Cross Theatre prod…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Paper Mill Playhouse production of Ken Ludwig's Lend Me a Tenor plays the New Jersey venue Feb. 13-March 10. Opening night is Feb. 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMGrammy Award winner Jennifer Holliday, best known for her Tony-winning performance as Effie White in the original Broadway staging of Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen's Dreamgirls, offers con…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMActors' Equity Association is celebrating its 100th anniversary. In Playbill's latest look at the union's history, learn about the union's early push for racial equality &mda…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1904 Future set and costume designer Oliver Messel is born today in London.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM 
