The 2013 season at the Ivorytom Playhouse opens withj the doo-wop review, "Life Is a Dream," which plays March 13 to 30.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:57PMTheater lovers might want to get out their global positioning systems and plug in the settings for Montgomery County, because a new sense of dramatic direction is taking hold in the capital�…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:37PMAre critics willing to recommend "Women of Will"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 08:04PMTeddy Ferrara, a new play by Christopher Shinn having its world premiere at the Owen Theatre in the Goodman, is a perplexing work on several levels. Loosely based on the Tyler Clementi s…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 08:04PMIn Innisfree, the Irish locals’ idea of a good time is watching men knock each other’s blocks off. It’s probably the last place Sean Enright, a champion American prizefighter who’s s…
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Are critics' eyes smiling for "Luck of the Irish"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 07:54PMOur friends at Green Street Theatre in Melbourne have 10 double passes to give away to the Opening Night of Pornography this Thursday at 8pm at the Malthouse. This special Theatre Day offe…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:38PMIt isn’t every dramatist these days who can sustain a nuanced narrative through a full three hours and two intermissions — a feat that makes all the more impressive Danai Gurira’s abso…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:33PMPlaywright A. Zell Williams is the recipient of Philadelphia Theatre Company's Terrence McNally New Play Award for the research and development of his play, The Urban Retreat, PTC announ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:29PMOne year ago, I discovered something new about the Australian arts industry. Something which I had absolutely no idea about. Something, I realised, many of my colleagues had absolutely no id…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:00PMStill jolly good fun after all these years...
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According to a report by Variety, the judging system at the Olivier Awards is soon in for a big change. Though no official announcement has yet been made, the new sytem will 'sideline the aw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMThe Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences, 10 Marriott Drive, presents the charming fairy tale classic ALICE IN WONDERLAND from March 14th through May 18th. A favorite tale for childre…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:31PMPlay that won British honors offers little drama.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:25PMEighty-Eight Entertainment presents the Chicago Premiere of Hershey Felder’s riveting new production, AN AMERICAN STORY for ACTOR AND ORCHESTRA, which tells the story of Abraham Lincoln…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:24PMD.C.'s Commission on the Arts and Humanities announced last week that it will host a public meeting on Feb. 26 for local residents who wish to discuss the future of the underutilized Lincoln…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 05:16PMThe nominations for Victoria’s 30th Annual Green Room Awards have been released celebrating excellence on Melbourne stages for the calendar period January 1 — December 31 2012. The Green…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:15PMBedlam, Access Theatre, Off Broadway
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BOTTOM LINE: Creative directing choices, clarity of text, and a high-energy ensemble make this Hamlet unforgettable.
The actua…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 05:10PM80s dance tunes and dazzling choreography that features plenty of sky-high kicks and ball-busting splits – Connie Loves Juice is John Cantwell’s hilarious multimedia dance-drag-comedy sh…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:09PMThis week’s Movie Monologue Monday is a mind-blowing performance from Angela Lansbury. Yes, dear old Mrs. Potts from Beauty and the Beast can grab the camera with a white-hot intensity…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMCasting for Australia’s Miss Marple will take place in May this year, following the announcement of another Agatha Christie touring production in 2013. Agatha Christie’s murder mystery T…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:00PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 21813.
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Playwright David Ives came by the Lopate Show with actor Carson Elrod to talk about his play "All in the Timing." He shared his guest picks with us.
What have you read or seen over the past…
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:51PMDominican High School's Department of Fine Arts is honored to present the longest running musical in history - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Watch the video below with scenes from the production …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:47PM"Blink Your Eyes: Sekou Sundiata Revisited," which will begin in April, is a collaboration among more than 50 artists, educational institutions and 18 cultural organizations.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:40PMHOW TO BE A NEW YORKER: "How to Be a New Yorker" is an off-Broadway show that is now playing Fridays and Saturdays at Sofia's Downstairs Theater on 46th Street.
SOURCE: www.myfoxny.com at 04:33PMEight-time Academy Award-winning composer Alan Menken will take us on a unique musical journey through his renowned and beloved songs. This special performance will include a QampA with the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:32PMPlaywright E V Crowe tells Laura Turner about prequels to King Lear, seeking the truth and eating Haribo sours with new play Liar Liar.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:30PMDOWNTON ABBEY creator and forthcoming ROMEO amp JULIET film screenwriter Julian Fellowes has revealed much in a new interview with the New York Times - perhaps most importantly that the many…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:21PMMarking its New York premiere, playwright, actor and Drama Critics Circle Award Winner Tom Dugan will present “Wiesenthal,” a one-man play that portrays the famed concentration camp surv…
SOURCE: 92nd Street Y at 04:20PMPhoto credit: Gerry GoodsteinTheatre For a New Audience might be overtaking--or at least tied with--The Public Theatre as the most reliable theater company for putting on Shakespeare. You ca…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 04:17PM On Sunday, February 24, 2013, Autism Speaks is proud to announce the 5th Annual, An Evening with the Stars Red Carpet Spectacular, taking place at the InterContinental O’Hare Hotel, 53…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:15PMDog & Pony’s vaudeville send-up about the various forgeries large and small that underlie the American dream makes for outstanding individual cabaret scenes, but “Counterfeiters…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 04:15PMOn Thursday you have the opportunity to not only see the opening night of a play, but an opening night of a company as Poor Shadows of Elysium open their doors to the tune of a coin-flip Ric…
SOURCE: Cambiare Productions at 04:11PMEmmy Award winner Holland Taylor received a commendation by Texas Governor Rick Perry making her an honorary Texan on January 10, 2013, for her play Ann about late Texas governor Ann Richard…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PM
'Our librettist was travelling in Borneo. The musical began life in a canoe surrounded by crocs'Cameron Mackintosh, producerIn 1982, a young Hungarian director, Peter Farago, brought me the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:59PMBenedict Nightingale’s “Great Moments in the Theatre” is more a theater lover’s journal than a history lesson, but it puts an engaging spin on the chronology of the Western stage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:58PMTony, Emmy, Grammy and Academy Award-winning actress Rita Moreno has revealed the intricacies of her stormy relationship with legendary stage and screen star Marlon Brando as well as Elvis P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:55PMInternational iconic recording star Mariah Carey has contributed a stirring pop-flecked tune to the soundtrack of the forthcoming OZ, THE GREAT AND POWERFUL titled 'Almost Home'.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:55PMHenry Winkler, best knoiwn as the Fonz in the popular TV series "Happy Days," will be the feastured speaker at Hartford Library 's annual fundraiser, "One Big Summer Night" on June 20 …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:46PMHad an intersection of ideas moment this morning. Yesterday, I was listening to the TED Radio Hour about where ideas come from. They excerpted Steven Johnson’s talk on the subject wher…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 03:44PMSinger, musician and actor Tom Judson will bring his cabaret act to Music@Japanalia, 11 Whitney St., Hartford on March 9 at 8 p.m.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:40PMRattlestick Playwrights Theater's Artistic Director David Van Asselt and Managing Director Brian Long have announced that the world premiere of Buyer amp Cellar, written by Jonathan Tolins, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMThe "Peanuts" cast is reimagined as adults in this subversive ensemble dramedy directed by Jeremy Aldridge at Hollywood's Sacred Fools Theater.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:35PMKatharine McPhee leads a brand new contemporary-sounding SMASH track titled 'Good For You'.The song is written by Jimmy, the troubled modern musical theatre writer newly introduced in the se…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:16PMCarriage House On Farmington AvenueHartBeat Ensemble has a new performing space.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:15PMMAY THE WONDERFUL FOURTH MESSENGER BE A HARBINGER OF GOOD THEATER TO COME Enter a flight of fancy and imagine the scenario if a deity on the scale of a Buddha were a woman living today, wher…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:09PMPart of The New Group's mission statement is to do ambitious work that pushes the boundaries of theater. I applaud this goal, but sometimes taking risks pays off, and sometimes you end up wi…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 03:04PMBEAUTIFUL CREATURES director Richard LaGravenese has revealed more details on his forthcoming feature film adaptation of Jason Robert Brown's beloved two-character Off Broadway musical THE L…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:03PMThe post The Baby Misses You appeared first on The Neo-Futurists.
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 03:02PMCinderella's Castle at Disney World in Florida.The trouble with Mike Daisey's American Utopias, which opened ArtsEmerson's "The Next Thing" festival on Friday night (sorry, it closed Saturda…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 03:00PM
The Opera Institute at Boston University will present 'Owen Wingrave' with Nickoli Strommer starring in the title role. The production opens on February 21 through February 24. Click below f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMThere is much to admire in The Den Theatre’s world premiere of Don Nigro’s film noir inspired City of Dreadful Night. A fusion of theatre and motion picture melodrama, this four char…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:54PMA great cast finds the gnarly juice in David Mamet’s psychodrama about the crasser side of moviemaking.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 02:52PMHere’s Part 3 of our Behind the Scenes look at Olney Theatre Center’s Spring Awakening. We continue our interviews with the cast with MaryLee Adams. Joel: Why did you want to be…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:48PMRattlestick Playwrights Theater will present the world premiere of Jonathan Tolins' Buyer & Cellar, starring Michael Urie as a struggling Los Angeles actor working for a superstar, s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:45PMIn a recent interview with Collider.com, 'Beautiful Creatures' director Richard LaGravenese revealed that he is currently working on an indie film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical THE …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:40PMPaper Mill Playhouse presents Ken Ludwig's Lend Me a Tenor. This hysterically funny, door-slamming comedy features Broadway stars and Paper Mill Playhouse favorites including Judith Blazer M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:34PMGANO GRILLS: Gano has acted in many plays from National Black Theater to Henry Street Settlement. He is preparing to play Othello this summer. TV credits: 30 Rock, Law & Order, OZ! Films…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 02:25PMOn Twitter Watch, Neil Meron wrote 'Backstage again...I love a good ghost light... 'The Oscars Red Carpet Live' airs SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, beginning at 700 p.m., ET.The show is executive-prod…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:23PMUnder A Rainbow Flag - Pride Films and Plays at the Main Stage, 4139 North Broadway, is pleased to offer $10 industry tickets for film and theater professionals for Thursday and Friday, Marc…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 02:03PMPaper Mill Playhouse presents Ken Ludwig's Lend Me a Tenor. This hysterically funny, door-slamming comedy features Broadway stars and Paper Mill Playhouse favorites including Judith Blazer M…
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 02:00PM
AMY HARGREAVES: Amy plays Maggie on the Emmy-winning Showtime series Homeland. NY Theater: Expecting Isabel and Trust (The Barrow Group), Living Proof (Jewish Rep), and Whodunit (Vital). Fil…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 01:58PMSHELDON BEST: Sheldon returns to 59E59 after his lead role in Freed (Penguin Rep; AUDELCO nomination). Other NYC credits include: Soul Samurai (Ma-Yi and Vampire Cowboys), Alice in Sla…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 01:49PMTron, GlasgowYou couldn't fault this adaptation of Julia Donaldson's novel for being short of themes. In 90 minutes, it ticks off bereavement, child abuse, missing people, drug addiction, me…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:34PMToday, we're featuring Jennifer Cody and Lisa Gajda circa 2003.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:31PMThe comedy by Jonathan Tolins is about a struggling actor who bonds with a superstar while cataloging her collectibles.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:30PMName: Gillian EnglishHometown: Sutherland's River, Nova ScotiaEducation: BA Dalhousie University, Theatre; Post-Grad Diploma in Classical Acting, LAMDASelect Credits: A Woman of No Importanc…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:30PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:27PMAddtional Auditions for Ragtime at Kensington Arts Theatre Music by Stephen Flaherty Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens Book by Terrence McNally Directed by Darnell Morris Music Direction by Mayumi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:22PMNEW YORK—They were hooked: The moment singer-songwriter Jim James and his bandmates from My Morning Jacket first wandered into the immersive, genre-bending show "Sleep No More," there …
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:09PMEmmy Award winner Holland Taylor received a commendation by Texas Governor Rick Perry making her an honorary Texan on January 10, 2013, for her play Ann about late Texas governor Ann Richard…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:05PMMike Daisey re-wrote his monologue The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs after it was embroiled in controversy over fabricated embellishments. Now the edited, 2.0 version will introduce th…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:00PM
Manhattan Concert Productions will present a special concert performance of Ragtime at Avery Fisher Hall tonight, Monday, February 18, 2013. The cast will include Michael Arden as Younger Br…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:57PMAyn Rand-style self-interest runs amok in this drama, featuring Zosia Mamet and Matt Lauria, about the aftermath of a college party sex scandal.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:55PMNeo-classical masterpieces by two British choreographers are the highlights of Ballett am Rhein’s programme, Gerald Dowler writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:49PMThe NEA has announced the first round of funding for Fiscal Year 2013 totaling $23.3 million awarded through 832 Art Works grants to not-for-profit arts organizations nationwide. In addition…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:43PMThe Diary of a Madman, by Nikolai Gogol, adapted by David Holman, Neil Armfield and Geoffrey Rush, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield. Produced by Quintessence Theatre Group, directed by Alexander…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:43PMUnicorn, LondonWe are always told that we should tell the truth – but then it didn't do Cordelia in King Lear much good. Fourteen-year-old Grace (Danusia Samal) lives near the Olympic Park…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:43PMThe water drew me in. The performance kept me there. And now the indelible images flood my memory as I replay the scenes of men and women being at one with the water, floating age-old storie…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:39PMThe title of Bill Cain’s drama, “9 Circles,” alludes to the concentric regions of torment described in Dante’s “Inferno.” But given the emotional workout actor Julian Elijah Mart…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:37PMBroadway stars Ali Ewoldt 'Les Miserables,' 'West Side Story' and Adam Jacobs 'Les Miserables,' 'The Lion King' rehearse with Filipino-American composer Fabian Obispo for their upcoming conc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:35PMAre star names above the title above the title absolutely necessary?
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 12:29PMChita Rivera, Stephen Sondheim and Harold Prince will share the 2013 Jerome Robbins Award on February 18, 2013 at the Baryshnikov Arts Center. A full evening of performances, hosted by Frank…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMLast night (17 February 2013) the stars of Theatreland gathered at the Palace Theatre for the biggest ever Whatsonstage.com Awards Concert, to find out the winners of the original and best a…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:20PMHere are some of the familiar Broadway faces appearing in prime time tonight Monday, February 18.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:17PMPurcell Room, Southbank Centre, London: Roald Dahl once said that you only have to mention "knickers" to make children laugh and this gentle, witty, clever show for over-threes - p…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:04PMBroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage in multiple regions around the world.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMPeek behind the scenes of Peter and Alice - John Logan's new play which continues the Michael Grandage Company Season at the Noel Coward Theatre. Joining Judi Dench and Ben Whishaw are Olly …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMJBN sits down with Broadway's Jen Waldman, founder of the Jen Waldman Studio (jenwaldmanstudio.com) and co-artistic director of Breaking Bread Theatre (breakingbreadtheatre.com/). Song Premi…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00PMJBN sits down with Broadway's Jen Waldman, founder of the Jen Waldman Studio (jenwaldmanstudio.com) and co-artistic director of Breaking Bread Theatre (breakingbreadtheatre.com/). Song Premi…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00PMJames Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury and Boyd Gaines star in Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic about a friendship that crosses lines of class and race. Sparks fly when Boolie Werthan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM
The European premiere of Paul Scott Goodman's Rooms is to be presented at London's Finborough Theatre, beginning performances April 23 prior to an official opening April 25, for a fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:53AMVenus Theatre, the Laurel, Maryland troupe which specializes in plays about the experiences of women, will offer a four-play season in 2013 in which three of the works are world premieres, t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:51AMLondon's Hampstead Theatre is to present the U.K. premiere of David Mamet's Race, originally premiered on Broadway in 2009, as well as the world premiere of Howard Brenton's #aiw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:51AMTHE PEARL THEATRE COMPANY J.R. Sullivan, Artistic Director presents in the latest in a series of free readings, Chekov's The Seagull, adapted by Michael Raver THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, FIR…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AMThe cast of Off-Broadway's newest hit comedy How To Be a New Yorker is set to appear on Fox 5 TV's "Good Day New York" next Tuesday, February 19th at 9:45 AM. Written and performed by Margar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMUnlike fellow apostate (and friend) Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne didn't have the chutzpah to be a proto-existentialist -- for him, it was better to cling to questionable moral pietie…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:33AMNEW YORK (AP) — They were hooked: The moment singer-songwriter Jim James and his bandmates from My Morning Jacket first wandered into the immersive, genre-bending show "Sleep No More," the…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:32AMNEW YORK (AP) -- They were hooked: The moment singer-songwriter Jim James and his bandmates from My Morning Jacket first wandered into the immersive, genre-bending show "Sleep No More," …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:30AMTim Minchin has revealed he is working on a new musical following his work on the RSC's multi award-winning adaptation of Matilda.Speaking at last night's Whatsonstage.com Awards Concert, Mi…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:23AMNormally the Academy Award nominations are an annual opportunity for film fans to gripe about how out-of-touch the Hollywood establishment is with quality filmmaking. But something strange h…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:15AMOriginally published here on 25 August 2011. The role of the elegy is to describe a closed system: the closed system of the dead individual, now bereft of possibility and imagination. It is …
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 11:02AMThe best stories I’ve read, watched, and listened to have high, obvious and dramatic arcs. The writer(s) start you off slow, and then over the course of a number of pages or a number…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM“Once” and “The Lion King” will lead the 2013-2014 Seattle Broadway season at the Paramount Theatre. In addition to those two shows, the season also will include “Priscilla Queen o…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 11:00AM“I HAD to be cool with everything.” That was the eternal mindset of Sachi Parker, the only child of actress Shirley MacLaine and Shirley’s distant, mysterious husband, Steve Parker. Sa…
SOURCE: wowOwow at 11:00AM
Last week's poll asked which play of the season you're the most excited to see. Check out your landslide results below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:55AMAccording to published reports, stage and screen star Richard Briers passed away yesterday, February 17, from a serious lung condition. He was 79 years old.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMI survived the Lonely Heart’s Club of Valentine’s Day not eating a box of chocolate covered cherries, which is my usual modus operandi, but on a date with a full-figured friend. The Best…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:46AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending February 17, 2013: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm ANNIE $954,565 10,386 76.01% $91.91 CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF $957,7…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM“Other Desert Cities” throws us back to the great American family drama.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 10:40AMFrançois Girard and Michael Levine collaborating on a new Parsifal? Considering what these Canadians have done for Wagner in the past, I was expecting people to boo before the curtain went …
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 10:37AMHappy Birthday, John Travolta Travolta made his Broadway debut as a replacement in GREASE and also starred in OVER HERE He is well known for his work in such films as 'Saturday Night Fever,'…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMOne of Britain’s best-loved actors, Richard Briers, has died at the age of 79. His agent, Christopher Farrar, said he passed away peacefully at his home in London yesterday (February 17). …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:34AMSantino Fontana is bringing in a new kind of charm to Cinderella’s Prince Topher in the first Broadway staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical. Starring opposite Lau…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:30AMIn many of my consulting sessions recently I have met with people who are trying to build their business, find investors, and find partners. Many times they will tell me that the main thing …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMToday, BWW's Student Center is thrilled to feature the performing arts courses and events offered by the Brighton Central School District.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMBeginning tonight, 218, Emmy Award-winner Holland Taylor steps into the shoes of Texas Governor Ann Richards in ANN at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater. The Neil Pepe-helmed new mus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMRolando and Kristofer Sanz are gearing up for Young Artists of America’s upcoming Madama Butterfly and Miss Saigon joint concert with Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras on March 4th …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:08AMSondheim production wins five gongs at awards voted for by public, while Tim Minchin, Danny Boyle and Mel C also triumphIf Sweeney Todd reckons his razors are his only friends, Fleet Street'…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:07AMGavin Lee and Kristen Beth Williams are leading the new cast of the West End hit musical Top Hat as Jerry Travers and Dale Tremont. They are joined by Olivier award nominee Alex Gaumond as A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:07AMJoin HowlRound live from The Next Thing (TNT) Festival in Boston for three process sharing workshops live on #NEWPLAY TV February 20-22 featuring The Debate Society, Double Edge Theatre, L…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:00AM
One-woman bio play Ann begins performances at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater on February 18. Written by and starring Emmy Award-winner Holland Taylor, the Broadway production…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:59AMIt’s the most famous teenage kiss of all time. “O then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do. They pray,” Romeo declares on that fateful night of love at first sight at the Capulets�…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:54AMGavin Lee and Kristen Beth Williams are leading the new cast of the West End hit musical Top Hat as Jerry Travers and Dale Tremont. They are joined by Olivier award nominee Alex Gaumond as A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:49AMThe Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay.* Join us Thursday, February…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:46AMLondon Wonderground will return to the South Bank this summer, headlined by a new show from the creators of last year’s Cantina. Limbo – another mix of cabaret, circus and acroba…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:38AMGenial star of the sitcom The Good Life who impressed in a range of roles on stageWhen he played Hamlet as a young man, Richard Briers, who has died aged 79 after suffering from a lung condi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:31AMLONDON (Reuters) - British actor Richard Briers, best known for the 1970s TV sit-com "The Good Life" but also for his Shakespearean roles, has died at the age of 79, prompting a flood of tri…
SOURCE: Reuters at 09:30AMI missed Canterbury Tales day in AP English. I missed Canterbury Tales day in college, too. In fact, I’m ashamed to admit that the closest I’ve come to Chaucer’s widely celebrated work…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:23AM'I decided I wanted to be a director at university. So I sold my granny's piano to take a show to the Edinburgh festival'Job: Incoming artistic director and chief executive of the Royal Cour…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:23AMThis week I'll be down in Philly at the Audience (R)Evolution Convening which is presented by The Theatre Communication Group (TCG). The focus of the convening is audience engagement. One de…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:19AMSonoma State University Department of Theatre Arts amp Dance continues 'Water Works' performance season with the premiere of 'The Seance', the first SSU student-written play featured in depa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMToday is the birthday of the great screen star Adolphe Menjou (1890-1963). The son of a French-American restauranteur, he defied his father by switching his major from engineering at Cornell…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:13AMHe played Tom in BBC comedy and also starred in shows such as Ever Decreasing Circles and Monarch Of The Glen
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AMThe stars really were out in force last night for the 13th annual Whatsonstage.com Awards Concert at the Palace Theatre.
Attended by a host of big names from the past year in theatre, inclu…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:03AMTheatre for a New Audience presents Jonathan Cake and Maggie Siff in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, which officially opened Feb. 17 at The Duke on 42nd Street after previe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:01AM
A more difficult relationship could not be fathomed than that of the one that springs inadvertently between a crotchety set-in-his ways retired ex-judge and a spry youthful Canadian secretar…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:50AMThe Writers Guild of America, West WGAW and the Writers Guild of America, East WGAE last night announced the winners of the 2013 Writers Guild Awards.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:40AMA new play by Howard Brenton about exiled Chinese artist Ai Weiwei will premiere at Hampstead Theatre in April, followed by the UK premiere of David Mamet's Race.Titled #aiww: The Arrest of …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:36AMIn which the expression “I Do” can be applied everywhere but the most obvious place. Glee generally goes for the obvious with its titles, and “I Do” certainly can be…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:29AMEvery bit as cantankerous as her character on 'Downton Abbey,' Dame Maggie Smith gave a rare and 'spiky' interview to CBS's 60 Minutes. Check out clips from last night's feature below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24AMThere is no annual holiday celebration in Louisiana without Mardi Gras! According to historians, Mardi Gras, a one-day prelude to Lent dates back thousands of years to pagan celebrations of …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AM
Much-loved stage and screen actor Richard Briers has died aged 79, his agent has confirmed.Briers is reported to have died yesterday (17 February) following a long battle with the lung condi…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:59AMTennessee native Ella Harper (circa 1873-1921) was born with an extremely rare condition that essentially consisted of a pair of knees that bend backward. Most articles about her bizarrely r…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:58AMNew faces in leading institutions are a welcome sight – but we might need to redefine what we mean by mainstreamAndrew Dickson's feature today about the new generation of directors leading…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:45AMToday is the birthday of Charlie Ross 1859-1918, whom with his wife Ada Towne (a.k.a Mabel Fenton, 1865-1931) formed the team of Ross and Fenton. Canadian native Ross had started out as a jo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:42AMThe best way to describe Closer is that it’s a slow burner. It requires the audience’s close attention and investment throughout its duration but, oh, is it worth it. The first act de…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:25AMHampstead Theatre will stage a new play about the arrest of Ai Weiwei this spring.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:08AMStill, some hope 'The Book of Mormon' may spark interest in their religion.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 18 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
We knew we'd have to share Anthony Warlow with American audiences eventually. Perhaps we Aussies should even consider ourselves lucky that we got to keep this man of such immense talent and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:53AMI had seen the movie "Annie," so I figured I could manage to sit through the play. I knew it would be expensive--one good reason to avoid Broadway is the mind-boggling expense--but I figured…
SOURCE: www.businessinsider.com at 06:48AMKaren Stephens’ ability to submerge herself in disparate characters was highlighted in her stunning tour de force playing 14 characters in 90 minutes in Sarah Jones’ Bridge & Tunnel…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:43AMRehearsal shots have been released for Peter and Alice, the second production in Michael Grandage's West End season of five plays, starring Judi Dench and Ben Whishaw.
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The show,…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:39AMUnion Theatre, London: The Union Theatre deservedly won this year's Stage 100 fringe theatre of the year award, and Chess offers proof why. It is another of this theatre's revelato…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AMBluetown Heritage Centre, Sheerness: This swashbuckling, farcically entertaining tale of mistaken identity, with its echoes of Shakespeare, WS Gilbert and Mark Twain, is deliciously hammed u…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AM“But it isn’t Christmas,” was the response when I mentioned Birmingham Royal Ballet’s shiny new production of Aladdin.
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:24AMGlasgow’s Citizens theatre has announced the first step in a £10 million redevelopment to its public and backstage areas. Architectural practice Bennetts Associates, which worked on S…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:08AMGrand Opera House, Belfast: Founded as recently as 2010, NI Opera is amply fulfilling its aims of producing high quality opera and developing young Northern Irish talent with this ambitious …
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The Courtyard, Hereford: Vamos is rapidly establishing itself as one of the most innovative, exciting full-mask mime companies currently touring. Finding Joy will only enhance its reputation…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:58AMLONDON (AP) — Director Danny Boyle's Olympics opening ceremony has been named theater event of the year at London's Whatsonstage awards.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:53AM"Hardly a tune to savour all night," said Tim Minchin, quoting back my review of Matilda while greeting me cheerily as he arrived in the stalls bar of the Palace Theatre last night for the p…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:50AMCitizens Theatre, Glasgow: Adapted from the successful television series, Takin' Over the Asylum is an intriguing addition to both the Citizens and Lyceum theatres' seasons. Unasha…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:46AMTheatre Royal, Glasgow: Massenet's romantic tragedy joins Scottish Opera repertoire in a new staging by up-and-coming director Pia Furtado. Designer Helen Goddard's costumes sugges…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:46AMBirmingham Hippodrome: Originally made for the National Ballet of Japan in 2008, David Bintley's exotic ballet (receiving its UK premiere) just about manages its shake off the heavy pan…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:42AMLeo Tolstoy’s War and Peace is being adapted into a six-part series for the BBC. Andrew Davies is writing the BBC1 drama, which is being made through BBC Wales. BBC1 controller Danny Cohen…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:35AMHammersmith Apollo, London: The Hammersmith Apollo tonight is alive with a genteel hubbub generated by a clientele of a certain age. It is a good natured vibe, and it is one that is seemingl…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:22AMBAC, London: The first feature-length work by Paper Cinema, returning to BAC for a second run, blends elements of animation, film, music and puppetry to create a kind of living pop-up comic …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:16AMWell, here's a turn-up. In 1986, Chess was a magnificent but heartless spectacle, with a battery of 128 television screens and a tsunami of lavish, noisy overkill; not half as good as this l…
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In the Irish hamlet of Innisfree, native son Sean Enright, the hero of the musical “Donnybrook!,” has the distinct feeling that he sticks out. And it’s not because he spent most of his…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:39AMLike the hero of “Parsifal,” who finds the Holy Grail after a lifetime of frustrated wandering, the Met’s audience was finally rewarded for its patience: On Friday, after seasons of me…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:35AMWatch out: There’s a hot new couple in town! Maggie Siff and Jonathan Cake are so irresistible in “Much Ado About Nothing” that they would make the most embittered divorced believe in …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:35AMThe flood of spring shows on Broadway is about to begin! And I've got contest for tickets to what will surely be a "HOT TICKET"! Check out all the details below, then enter to wi…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:30AMManhattan Concert Productions will present a special concert performance of Ragtime at Avery Fisher Hall tonight, Monday, February 18, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMJoe's Pub will welcome Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins in her return to their stage for an ongoing series BRING ON MEN. BRING ON THE MEN will kick off with Brad Simmons tonight, February 18,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe Actors Fund presents a very special MUSICAL MONDAY- FRANK WILDHORN amp FRIENDS with the Multi-GRAMMY and Tony Nominated Composer of Jekyll and Hyde and special guest performers - Deborah…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThis week in theatreby Chris Lane@chrislanetweets[PUB: We are very pleased to be introducing another weekly column today. Chris Lane, our Editor-in-Chief for our Vancouver division, will be …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:05AMPlaywright/Actor New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? I am inspired by all around me, what I see, hear, touch, read, while walking along the water’s edge under a hot s…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:02AMMore than “translationese”by Estelle RosenElizabeth Ten-Hove, a Classics student in her final year at McGill, is currently directing the McGill Classics Play’s 2013 production,&nb…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMMy Funny ValentineA celebrated production, And Slowly Beauty..., is coming to the big city this week. What can we say about it? How about we let our Ottawa Editor-in-Chief Jim Murchison talk…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMBroadway World Los Angeles Correspondents Michael Sterling and Jerry Evans of the JLE Media Group were once again on the red carpet Tuesday, February 12, 2013 for the much anticipated Los An…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01AMThis is how I like to remember them, young and in love, the way they still looked when I was...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMAn extremely rare kinescope of George Sanders singing and playing Cole Porter's "Thank You So Much, Mrs. Lowsborough-Goodby" and "C'est...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"You always have a tendency to add. But one must be able to subtract too. It's not enough to integrate,...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"Here she is, boys! Here she is, world! Here's Rose!" — a dozen of them. With talk of a possible London revival of Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents and Jule Styne's …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMActor Ryan Silverman has escaped the Phantom's lair and Rebecca's Manderley, ending up in the clutches of love-hungry Fosca in the new Off-Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and Ja…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway actor Edward Hibbert, also known for his role as Gil Chesterton on TV's "Frasier," plays 54 Below Feb. 18 at 7 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAnn, actress-writer Holland Taylor's biographical play about late Texas Governor Ann Richards, begins Broadway previews Feb. 18 prior to opening March 7 at Lincoln Center Theater's V…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Jerome Robbins Foundation will fete dancer-actress Chita Rivera, composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim and director-producer Harold Prince — who worked with Robbins on West Side Story…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMVeteran dancer-choreographer Maurice Hines brings back the heyday of Harlem nightlife at the Apollo Theater, which is transformed into a nightclub venue as part of Apollo Club Harlem, a new …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA host of stage and screen stars are part of Frank Wildhorn & Friends, which is presented Feb. 18 in the lobby of The Pantages Theater in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winner Tonya Pinkins is joined by music director Brad Simmons (Lysistrata Jones) for Bring On the Men Feb. 18 at 9:30 PM at Joe's Pub.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA starry concert presentation of the Tony-winning Lynn Ahrens-Stephen Flaherty-Terrence McNally musical Ragtime, starring Tony and Olivier Award nominee Patina Miller, Tony nominee Norm Lewi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1859 Sholem Yakov Rabinowitz is born in Ukraine. Under the pen name Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916) he will write many stories in Yiddish, several of which will be adapted as plays, most notably…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA Forty-second Street rehearsal studio. Card tables line one wall; the playwright and the director are seated at one of them, talking quietly. An actor enters.
THE ACTOR: I saw “Who&#…
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Holland Taylor wrote and stars in this one-woman play…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMI’m not particularly comfortable around theatre people. The big gestures around little intimacies—“I saw you on the aisle at ‘Glengarry’; could you believe Al?!…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMThe Lady in Orange said it first: “ever since i realized there was someone callt / a colored girl an evil woman a bitch or a nag / i been tryin not to be that & leave bitterness / …
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMPlaywright David Ives and actor Carson Elrod talk about “All in the Timing.” Currently playing at Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters through March 17.
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