Decades ago, Hovey Burgess, 72, ran away with the circus, and in a sense he has never left; he now teaches aspiring performers the skills of a clown at the Tisch School of the Arts.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:50PM"Yes, but it is art?" is entirely the wrong question, if for no other reason than that it doesn't matter. We're talking about an entirely subjective thing here, and while we may get wrapped …
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 11:48PMStephen Barker Turner and Babak Tafti appear in the New York City premiere of Rajiv Joseph's The North Pool — a drama about tension between a high school principal and a Middle-Eas…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25PM Red Carpet Event: The 2012 Oscars in Three-Hour ABC TelecastHost: Seth MacFarlane By: Ellis Nassour
Have you voted? Have you seen them all? If not, you better hurry. The gol…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:23PMFourteen billion years, an entire universe and a history of everything since and including the Big Bang, in reverse: This is a positively enormous accomplishment for a stage production. Pri…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:21PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Friday, February 22, 2013.
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About 17 years ago in the town of Boulder, Colorado, one of America’s most tragic crimes occurred: the murder of six year old JonBenet Ramsey. It was a case that got America in a stir. Who…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 08:44PMEarlier this month Broadway star Stephanie J. Block performed 'What I Did For Love' from A CHORUS LINE at the 19th Annual Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards. The show benefited the Desert Aids …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:32PMOn SMASH's upcoming episode, titled 'The Read-Through,' Julia's Debra Messing fears increase when Tom Christian Borle airs his suspicions of Peter guest star Daniel Sunjata. Jimmy Jeremy Jor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMActor-writer will co-direct satire 'Hit-Lit'
SOURCE: Variety at 08:18PMWe Lost It at the Movies: It’s Oscar season; everyone loves classic films. Eric Michael Gillett launched a new bi-monthly series with a line-up of cabaret artists singing from a movie song…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 08:09PMTony nominee Stephanie D'Abruzzo, rising cabaret star Jennifer Sheehan, and multi-award-winning star of ZOMBIE, Bill Connington, appeared in a sold-out staged reading of The Importance of Be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00PM
When former New York Times (and ex-LA Weekly) movie critic Elvis Mitchell took over LACMA's film curatorship two years ago -- with Film Independent, which runs the L.A. Film Festival and the…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 07:43PM“Shhhh this is a library…. Two weeks, then bring it back…. No eating ….. Push your chair in” And so Josh Earl begins his fifty minute comedy show with a tune that includes all the …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:30PMThe Federalist Society goes to the theater... and free-associates.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 07:10PMThe last time James McAvoy played the Scottish king, it was in a scintillating reworking of the play written in the modern idiom by Peter Moffat, for the BBC's ShakespeaRe-Told season in 200…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:10PMWhere else can a theatergoer choose between singing-and-dancing missionaries, foul-mouthed businessmen and disco-clad dancers shimmying to ABBA music? Credit the vibrant diversity to the int…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 07:00PMA time travelling Iranian opens his own message in a bottle and lets out a can of worms. Twenty-nine year old Nassim Soleimanpour wrote a play and sent it out into a world in which he was fo…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:00PMJames McAvoy's Macbeth skids across the stage on his knees and chucks up violently with his head down the loo before he launches into the “If it were done, when 'tis done, then 'twere well…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMJames McAvoy's Macbeth skids across the stage on his knees and chucks up violently with his head down the loo before he launches into the “If it were done, when 'tis done, then 'twere well…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMThis stylish, witty musical celebrates the 50-year love affair between the first openly gay film star, William Haines, and Jimmy Shields, a set decorator. It embraces the fashion of the Twen…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:00PM
Cirque du Soleil announced yesterday, February 21, that it will debut a new show, 'Michael Jackson ONE' at Mandalay Bay Resort amp Casino this summer. Tickets will go on sale March 7. Previe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:53PMLegwarmers will be worn, water will splash, and dancers will dance like they have never danced before when the national tour of Flashdance The Musical hits the Broward Center for the Perform…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:44PMMelbourne will welcome home local lad in major musical production. Born and bred in Melbourne, actor Cameron Daddo made his mark on Australian musical theatre in Gordon Frost Organisation’…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:35PMTim Federle, a musical-theater veteran, has written two children’s novels about a 13-year-old obsessed with the theater and offering support for young people discovering that they are gay.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:33PMTweetWhen I was in middle school and told my friend I was going to read the King Arthur saga, he told me I should just watch Monty Python’s Quest for the Holy Grail instead because it was …
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 06:31PMThe 'deluxe', 2 CD soundtrack version of Tom Hooper's film adaptation of the stage musical LES MISERABLES will be released on March 18, and the movie's UK Facebook page has just announced th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:30PMJust as the original off-Broadway production introduced the likes of Denzel Washington and Samuel L. Jackson to the theatre-going public, Raven’s production showcases some fine actors we h…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:09PMStephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Passion is reignited off-Broadway! The musical revival began performances on February 8 at Classic Stage Company, where it will play a limited engagem…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:06PMJane Lynch will soon be TV’s hostess with the mostess! Annie's future Miss Hannigan has signed on to host the new NBC game show Hollywood Game Night, according to The Hol…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:02PMAn FBI agent played by Greg0ry Itzin, posing as a teenage girl, lures another middle-aged man played by JD Cullum, into an online sting. So goes Sexsting, at the Skylight. Playwright Doris B…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:01PMThe 27th Melbourne International Comedy Festival was launched this week as VIPs, venue owners and media came together amid the glitter of the Spiegeltent. ‘MC HANNAH’, oops, I mean the w…
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UNIVERSES and Double Edge Theatre co-facilitated a workshop sharing process as part of ArtsEmerson’s The Next Thing (TNT) Festival on Friday, February 22nd, 2013. This workshop wa…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:50PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, February 22, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway THE OTHER PLACE begins final performances. Sho…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:50PMTheater Reconstruction Ensemble’s challenging but ultimately rewarding production of “Set in the Living Room of a Small Town American Play” does more than deconstruct the s…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:46PMGet an exclusive preview of Michael James Scott, Nick Adams, Jessica Rush and Ashley Brown in the exciting, one-night-only benefit concert of Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:46PMMelbourne based actor and producer Josh Blau is gearing up to star in Neil LaBute’s The Shape of Things at No Vacancy Gallery in the CBD from March 7. After living and studying in Los Ange…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:45PMAs the lights come down on another busy week on Broadway, we’ve learned a ton of crazy new lessons from our favorite stars. From Jeremy Jordan’s onscreen love life to Jimmy Fallo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:40PMSeth McFarlane will host the 85th Academy Awards in his first appearance on Oscar's stage. The 85th Academy Awards will be held this Sunday, Feb 24, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood amp Hig…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:35PMI originally wrote this post to celebrate Sondheim’s 80th birthday, but I think it’s worth revisiting. It examines the issue of relationships, marriage, and living alone –…
SOURCE: broadwaybabyto.com at 05:14PMAn Important Subject Passionately Told Amazing Actor, Detailed Scriptby David C. JonesIf only theatre could be seen by those who really need to see it.Zee Zee Theatre is quite a remarka…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:14PMEnter a world of wonder, enchantment, classical artistry, and extraordinary dance as China’s Gansu Dance presents spectacular dance drama, Silk Road, February 27-March 3.
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 05:08PMJaneane Garofalo, Mario Cantone and Judy Gold will join Susan Blackwell for the New Group's upcoming "Dark Nights" event, Stand-Up Center Stage, Feb. 24 at the Acorn Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:03PM[T]he key to his art is knowing not just how to use all those wonderful toys but how and when not to. Here’s an interview with lighting designer Al Gurdon, who designed the lights fo…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Feb. 11-17, 2013, as reported by The Broadway League.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00PM
New Music Theatre community theatre company Smash Theatrical presented their debut production of The Wedding Singer at the Schonell Theatre over the weekend to a delighted audience. Adapted …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:57PMRosie O'Donnell and her partner Michelle became parents to a newborn just over a month ago. In the video below, the comedian and former 'The View' host opens up to Ricki Lake about motherhoo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:55PMLittle One with Joe Cobden and Michelle Monteith (photo: Nir Baraket)MOSCOVTICH SHOWS HER METTLEjoel fishbaneHannah Moscovitch continues to prove why she’s one of Canada’s most produced …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:53PMEver since Barbra Streisand was announced as a performer at this year’s Oscars, the web has been buzzing about her possible song choices. While we personally were rooting for a Fu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:46PMPioneer Theatre Company will present Neil Simon's iconic comedy The Odd Couple beginning March 22 at the Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre in Salt Lake City. Mark La Mura and Jeff Talbott…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PMName: Jennifer HarderHometown: Durand, MIEducation: BFA, NYU TischFavorite Credits: MilkMilkLemonade (Linda (the chicken)); You Blew It! (Dianna Valkman)Why theater?: My colleagues and I do …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:42PMIn Shakespeare for American Actors and Directors Limelight Editions, April 2013, 14.99, Aaron Frankel defines and asserts the acting tools by which American actors may freshly and truly illu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:37PMBroadway regulars Aaron Tveit and Daniel Sunjata are lending their leading man looks and compelling charisma to the small screen in a new TV project on USA from the creator of WHITE COLLAR t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:36PMIn the slow third movement, Mr. Zander, the BPO, and the Symphony seemed to really be in sync: the music breathed, sighed, sang, and unfolded at a natural pace that brought out the best in e…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:35PMShawn Macdonald, Diana Coatsworth, David Marr (photo by David Cooper)Without a Hitchby Jay CattersonThe hugely successful "Hitchcock meets Hilarious" stage romp The 39 Steps gets the Arts Cl…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:35PMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson fans will get more acrobatic dance moves, moon walks and pyrotechnics when Cirque du Soleil launches a new Las Vegas stage show based on the late King…
SOURCE: Reuters at 04:23PMCollaboraction has two blackbox theaters in the Flat Iron Arts Building in Wicker Park available for rent! Spacious, raw, and extremely flexible, our spaces are perfect for intimate plays, r…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 04:23PMFor those craving a show after the show, 54 BELOW, the new performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, offers its Tuesday night cocktail partysongfe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:17PMThree-time Tony nominee Judy Kuhn stopped by Show People to talk to host Paul Wontorek about Passion's tale of sex, love and obsession. The stage fave also chatted about being bitte…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:15PMThis coming Sunday, The Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, Connecticut celebrates the 150th anniversary of “The Fairy Wedding,” an event that captured the nation’s heart when cel…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:15PMAndrew Kuchlewska's Complete examines the use of language in the self-help community via two linguists who participate in a seminar. Jennifer Chambers, who directs the production at the Matr…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:00PM
All of the major players from the feature film adaptation of Claude-Michel SchonbergAlain BoublilHerbert Kretzmer's LES MISERABLES will be giving voice to not one, but two iconic anthems on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:53PMThe film adaptation of Neil LaBute’s slick play Some Girls is poised to make its big debut at this year’s SXSW festival in March. Adam Brody stars in the film about a writer who …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:40PMYes, Charlie Sheen got more followers in a day than I got in three years. Ok, I had to write almost three Tweets for each Twitter follower I got – more words than are in the Bible, twice a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:37PMThe Oscars 'In Memoriam' segment will feature a performance from singer and actress Barbra Streisand, it was revealed today.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:34PMJohn Bonanni is exiting her role as executive director of Torrington's Warner Theatre after one and a half years.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:33PMThe NBC musical series "Smash" has partnered with home improvement center Lowe's in a new "Make a Musical" campaign that will bring much-needed renovations to high sc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMTim Federle, author of the new Broadway novel BETTER NATE THAN EVER, is soon coming out with a cocktail recipe book, Tequila Mockingbird Cocktails with a Literary Twist. For anyone who has y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:25PMManhattan Theatre Club’s acclaimed production of THE OTHER PLACE, the new play by Sharr White, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello begins the final performances of its ex…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:23PMComposer Terence Blanchard says he feels blessed by Opera Theatre.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:21PMBroadway veteran Michael Ball will release a new studio album, also titled 'Both Sides Now' in addition to launching a UK tour in spring 2013. Both the tour and the album will comprise of 2 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMIndiana University Bloomington's Department of Theatre presents 'The School for Scandal' by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, directed by Dale McFadden. The play opens tonight, Feb. 22, and runs th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMFROM BROADWAY WITH LOVE OFFERS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK LIVE ONLINE AUCTION FEATURES VIP TRIP, 1-OF-A-KIND SIGNED THEATRE & SPORTS ITEMS AND MORE FROM BROADWAY WITH LOVE is …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:10PMAre you ready to Learn Do Teach in Dallas? Join TCG’s annual gathering of 1,000+ theatre people from June 6-8 in Dallas for the 2013 National Conference: Learn Do Teach. Inspired by th…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 03:09PMCOLLEEN WERTHMANN: Eliza Clark's RECALL (Colt Coeur), Matthew Maguire's WAX WINGS, The Civilians' IN THE FOOTPRINT, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON (Public). Other NY theater: MISS …
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 03:09PMAs Tim Minchin prepares for the upcoming Broadway launch of his musical Matilda, the composer and lyricist will make his U.S. cabaret debut at 54 Below for a one-night-only concert on March …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:07PMAcademy and multiple Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actress HELEN MIRREN in the world premiere of THE AUDIENCE a new play by Peter Morgan directed by Stephen Daldry to be broadcast live…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:03PMOn the heels of yesterday's Last Five Years movie casting announcement, we went digging through the Interwebs to find some clips of these Tony nominees before they were superstars. In 1998,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:03PMAdaptation of Rudolfo Anaya’s Classic Novel Looks Pretty, Lacks Depth Review by Deborah Klugman Rudolfo Anaya’s coming of age novel Bless Me, Ultima, was published in 1972 at a time when…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:00PMHIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK RAGTIME is performed by a dream cast, PASSION returns to the New York stage, CAROUSEL preps for the New York Philharmonic, and so much more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00PMLou Myers, an actor who worked in film and theatre, but is best known for his regular role on the sitcom "A Different World," died Feb. 19 in West Virginia at Charleston Medical Ce…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM
The dysfunctional sex lives of six urban dwellers living in Mexico City in the 90’s makes great fodder for comedy in Sexo, Pudor y Làgrimas, the newest production from Teatro de la Luna. …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:57PMMilwaukee Repertory Theater will present the premiere of a newly reconceived version of Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash beginning March 1, prior to an official opening March 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:45PMColumbia University and former ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith announced today the inaugural winners of the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History, otherwise…
SOURCE: Backstage at 02:40PMThe WiredArts Fest, running February 19 to March 2, was created to engage audiences who either can't make it to the physical theater space or who haven't yet developed a relationship with th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:37PMA new popular pair is coming to Oz. Broadway veterans Jenn Gambatese and Curt Hansen will star as Glinda and Fiyero, respectively, in the first North American tour of Wicked. Gamba…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:34PMA new popular pair is coming to Oz. Broadway veterans Jenn Gambatese and Curt Hansen will star as Glinda and Fiyero, respectively, in the first North American tour of Wicked. Gamba…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:34PMManhattan Theatre Club's acclaimed production of THE OTHER PLACE, the new play by Sharr White, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello begins the final performances of its extend…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:33PMThe drama of Broadway is not always only found on the stage. Behind the scenes drama is not uncommon for Broadway usually occurring in a business were many people with many strong personalit…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 02:31PMAcclaimed DirectorChoreographer Jerry Mitchell will be honored with the 2013 Mr. Abbott Award for his outstanding artistry and creativity and breadth of his thirty-year career. The award wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:29PMNew BroadwayWorld.com Poll - Which 2013 Oscar Nominee Should Come to Broadway
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:23PMThe production is ‘without decor’, serving the theme of austerity well: no offstage, no frills, writes Griselda Murray Brown
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:23PMNot since Jeremy Piven bolted the 2008 revival of Speed-the-Plow, citing mercury poisoning from excessive sushi binging, have we had a Broadway star exit as odd and awkward as what went down…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:20PMNot since Jeremy Piven bolted the 2008 revival of Speed-the-Plow, citing mercury poisoning from excessive sushi binging, have we had a Broadway star exit as odd and awkward as what went down…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:20PM[title of show] and Now. Here. This. star Susan Blackwell joins Seth at the piano to talk about her injury-ridden past. The hilarious raconteuse recounts how she ended up with casts on both …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:19PMThe Drama Book Shop will present A Conversation with Nicky Silver, who will discuss and read from his work, including his newest black comedy, The Lyons, which premiered Off-Broadway at the …
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 02:19PMArena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents Good People, the humor-filled Broadway hit about class, fate and economic hardship from Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abair…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:17PMAttention Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway and the cast of the Les Miz movie: We’ve had enough of your bragging. Sure, you sang live, cut your hair, doggy paddled around in freezing water a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:14PMCirque du Soleil announced today that its latest homage to pop music stars will be the long-awaited “Michael Jackson ONE.” The show, produced with the cooperation of the Jackson estate, …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:13PMThe Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) announced the nominees for their 27th Annual Awards. The ceremony will take place on March 21 at B.B. Kings' Blues Club and Grill. This …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:11PMArena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents Good People, the humor-filled Broadway hit about class, fate and economic hardship from Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abair…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:09PMIt got a rave from Ben Brantley and the cast is mouth-watering. But could American Repertory Theater's production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie – directed by Tony Award winner…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:07PMKatherine Borowitz and Ken Cheeseman will join Emmy Award winner John Turturro in a new production of Henrik Ibsen's The Master Builder, which will begin performances May 12 at the Brook…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:04PMAs 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 02:00PMStephen Unwin delivers an incisive and acidly entertaining revival of the play that catapulted Noel Coward to notoriety in 1924.
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:00PM"I wasn't being offered any roles," says the north Londoner, "so I wrote Bitch Boxer."
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:00PMRemember a couple weeks ago, when Bilal let you in on our plans to launch a brand-spanking-new website? Well, the site has launched, the rocket is in orbit, the stars have aligned, this meta…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 02:00PM
The company of the first North American tour of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman's Wicked will welcome Jenn Gambatese as Glinda beginning Feb. 26 in Costa Mesa, CA, and Curt Hans…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:49PMBroadway's (Dead Accounts) and Elizabeth Marvel (Picnic) will join David Strathairn (The Heiress) and Ellen Burstyn (Picnic) for the Drama Desk annual spring panel discussion and luncheon o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:45PMEiko Ishioka, costume designer for SPIDER-MAN, is nominated for a 2013 Academy Award for her costume designs for Mirror, Mirror. Ishioka passed away last year after losing a battle with panc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:43PMThe company of the first North American tour of Wicked has just announced that joining the show will be Jenn Gambatese as Glinda on Tuesday, February 26 in Costa Mesa, CA and Curt Hansen as …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:35PMAnd it makes me wish I was in Topeka. That’s the first time I’ve said that all year! I fully intend to be there next year though come hail or high water. For a full schedule go…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:34PMWAY TOO EARLY PLAYS Imagine you’d never heard of the Wooster Group, and that you knew nothing of the avant-garde theater’s storied history, or its origins in the downtown scene o…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:33PMWhat good is sitting alone in your room, come to the Smithsonian display! Joel Grey visited Washington D.C. on February 22 to donate items from the Cabaret film to the National Mus…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:33PMHow “Bunnicula” became family-friendly fabulousness Are you surprised that Charles Busch has adapted the beloved children’s book Bunnicula into a family-friendly musical? T…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:32PMPeter Gil-Sheridan's What May Fall at Theatre of NOTE follows the aftermath of a terrible accident on its witnesses. For Mary Jo DuPrey, who's directing it, it evokes the importance of conte…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:23PMTony Award winner Lea Salonga, most recently seen in the star-studded New York concert of Ragtime, celebrates her birthday Feb. 22. In celebration of the award-winning performer, Playbill.co…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:23PMRoundabout Theatre Company's new production of Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize winning play Talley's Folly, directed by Michael Wilson, features Danny Burstein as 'Matt Friedman' and Sarah P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMThe very film I was ranting about in my blogpost here just a few weeks ago. John Ford’s Young Mr. Lincoln is a perfect film to inspire young people (and old people), and to remind th…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:19PM54 Below will celebrate the Academy Awards with two special events on Feb. 24, including musical performances by Nellie McKay, Marilyn Maye and Christine Pedi, as well as a free Oscar viewin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:18PMThe Royal Shakespeare Company has appointed Stephen Eames as its new finance director. Eames, who is currently deputy finance director at Southbank Centre, will take up his role on April 15.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:16PMAmerican Idol star, Clay Aiken, will be returning to the stage as 'Man in Chair' in North Carolina Theatre's production of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE along with Tony-Award winner, Beth Leavel, who…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMHelen Mirren's big return to the role of Queen Elizabeth II in the new play "The Audience," by Peter Morgan, now will be a global event. Fans around the world will be able to experience the …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:15PMGirls' creator, writer, director, star and “voice of a generation” Lena Dunham has some stiff competition. Playwright Paul Downs Colaizzo’s powerful drama Really Really…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:13PM"Saturday Night Live"'s Julia Sweeney and singer-songwriter Jill Sobule will team up for "Jill and Julia," a show set for the Mark Twain House & Museum on Saturday, March 16 at 7:30 p…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:01PMWinner is a former Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre.
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Sex, geriatric catfights and penis puns were aplenty at The Ohio University School of Theater and School of Dance's production of 'Lysistrata'.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:59PMOur weekly roundup of the performances you've seen and what you thought of them• Send us your reviews using #gdnreviewMicheal Billington gave The Chorus Line four out of five stars, but Ka…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:57PMBrace yourselves, Claymates: Clay Aiken is returning to the stage! The former American Idol favorite will join Tony winner Beth Leavel (reprising her award-winning role) in The Drowsy Chaper…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:55PMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:55PMThe folks at New Haven's Long Wharf Theater just released a video clip of its production of Sam Shepard's "Curse of the Starving Class" featuring Judith Ivey.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:53PMHLN's Nischelle Turner sat down with LES MISERABLES star Hugh Jackman last night to talk about his Oscar nomination. The 'kid from Sydney' shared that the Oscar nod has been a surreal experi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMJeremy Jordan and Anna Kendrick Tapped to Star in "The Last Five Years" Film Adaptation
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:48PMAs if Laura Osnes weren’t busy enough with balls and feasts in Cinderella, the actress is heading to the studio to record a tribute album to famed composer Maury Yeston.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:47PMThis is one in a series of posts we are producing in connection with our new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, available from Bear Manor Me…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:45PMOn last night's episode of NBC's 1600 PENN titled 'Skip the Tour', series star Josh Gad bumps into his Book of Mormon co-star, Rory O'Malley who appears on the episode as a rule-abiding Whit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38PMArts theatre, LondonBoy-meets-boy is now a familiar musical theme. What gives this show a certain piquancy is that it deals with a star of the Hollywood silents, William Haine…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:37PMTim Minchin, the Australian comedian and songwriter who will make his Broadway debut this season as the composer of Matilda The Musical, will play a special March 2 late-night concert at 54 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PMStephen Barker Turner and Babak Tafti appear in the New York City premiere of Rajiv Joseph's The North Pool — a drama about tension between a high school principal and a Middle-Eas…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PMThey say parenting is the toughest job in the world, and Tony and Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth is learning that the hard way in her new film Family Weekend. The film, which also stars Matth…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:30PMKander and Ebb musical The Scottsboro Boys will receive its UK premiere at the Young Vic in October, directed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman (The Producers).
The show, which …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:28PMDue to popular demand, the one night only performance of Jason Robert Brown's SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD will add a second performance at 930PM on Monday, March 11 at XL Cabaret 512 West 42nd St.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMWhen Dana Reitz and Sara Rudner, two matriarchs of postmodern dance, brought their much-anticipated collaboration “Necessary Weather” to the Washington area last spring, they didn’t ap…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:17PMIt was one of those calls that can set aflutter the heart of the toughest showbiz veteran, even one accustomed to the wearying whims of the most demanding of Broadway directors and producers…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:17PMDrama Desk will present its annual Spring Panel DiscussionLuncheon Friday, March 22, 2013 at Sardi's, 234 West 44th Street, NYC. Entitled The Art of Storytelling, the panel will explore chal…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:09PMTony Award winning actress Andrea Martin will star in Hallmark Movie Channel's original movie AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:08PMName: Amy E. Witting and Bricken Sparacino. Hometown: Amy: Maplewood, New Jersey. Bricken: Santa Clara, California.Education:Amy: Currently enrolled in Hunter College's MFA program. Bricken:…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:08PMEpisode three of our new podcast series Don't Bump into the Furniture, hosted by actors Oliver Jackson and Sarah Moyle, was recorded in the press room of last Sunday's 2013 Whatsonstage.com …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:05PM25 SAINTS A 75-minute exercise in dead-end disaster tautly directed by Susan E. Bowen, this new work by Pine Box Theater ensemble member Joshua Rollins tightly fits the theater company’s a…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:03PMIt was announced earlier this week that, Davis is eying LES MISERABLES star Anne Hathaway and Colin Firth to play Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins respectively. Now according to the Daily M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMRep Stage celebrates Black History Month and their 20th season with the 1980 Tony Award-nominated production of Home, written by Samm-Art Williams, in a limited run from February 27- March 1…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:00PMAs Bessie Smith, Miche Braden is as fun as sin. Backed by a tight, three-man band, the jazz and blues veteran who cut her teeth playing clubs in her hometown of Detroit delivers an unforgett…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:00PM
The Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs announced the nominees for the 2012 MAC Awards Feb. 22. The 27th Annual MAC Awards will be presented March 21 at B.B. King Blues Club & …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:58AMMy Dance Card Is FullMy metaphorical theatre dance card that is. FridayTonight I'm seeing Word for Word's You Know When the Men Are Gone. My friends Marilet and Chad are both in the sho…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 11:57AMFiled under: Contemporary Variety, PLUGS Tagged: Kyle Peterson, Loose Caboose
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:53AMThe one-night-only Songs for a New World concert has added an additional performance! The March 11 benefit concert, starring Nick Adams (Priscilla Queen of the Desert), Ashley Brown (Mary Po…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:47AMEach Friday David Singletary takes Broadway fans through the most fun and important events of the previous week! Have something you think belongs in our next weekly round up? Email us! Spott…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 11:43AMTune in to see CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF star Scarlett Johansson on NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” tonight, Friday, February 22. The show airs at 12:35pm in NYC on WNBC Channel 4. …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:43AM"American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken, who was seen on Broadway in Monty Python's Spamalot, will play Man in Chair in North Carolina Theatre's upcoming production of the awa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:43AMThis week on American Idol, semi-finalist Devin Velez belted out “Listen,” the show-stopping number made famous by Beyoncé in the 2006 movie version of Dreamgirls. Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMA second performance has been added to the March 11 concert presentation of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown's Songs for a New World, featuring Nick Adams, Ashley Brown, Jessica Rush…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AMSix years after scoring an Oscar for portraying Queen Elizabeth II, audiences can once again catch Helen Mirren channeling the British monarch on the big screen. Peter Morgan’s West En…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33AM“We love you Miss Hannigan” just took on a whole new meaning! The 35th anniversary Broadway revival of Annie made it’s return in the Fall and has proved to be one of the fe…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 11:32AMIn its Spring Theater section, the Times features five “new faces” with forthcoming “high-profile stage roles”: Jonny Orsini who will play a naif taken in by Nathan Lane in �…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:32AMThe world premiere of Peter Morgan's (Frost/Nixon) The Audience, starring so-many-awards winner Helen Mirren (Dance of Death), will be broadcast from London's Gielgud Theatre to movie theate…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:32AMCasting has been announced for the world premiere of the new musical Single Girls Guide, which will begin previews at Albany's Capital Rep March 1 prior to an official opening March 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:29AMThe company announced that three dancers – Adrian Danchig-Waring, Chase Finlay and Ask la Cour – become principal dancers, and eight members of the corps de ballet are now soloists.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:28AMHollywood's biggest night is almost here! With a lineup that includes performances from Kristin Chenoweth, the Les Misérables and Chicago movie casts, Jennifer Hudson, Barbra Stre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:26AMTV audiences will "hear the people sing" live at the Oscars when the cast of the hit Les Miz movie assembles for a starry tribute to movie musicals...but which songs will Hugh, Ann…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:24AMTony-nominated Book of Mormon duo (and former college roommates) Josh Gad and Rory O’Malley reunited on the February 21 episode of 1600 Penn, which stars co-creator Gad as dysfunc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:24AMAtlas Performing Arts Center opens their Fourth Annual INTERSECTIONS Festival tonight with over 800 DC area artists performing theatre (14 plays are on the schedule), spoken word, dance, an…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:22AMA guest post by UnsungMusicalsCo director, Ben West
Currently in its fifth year, UnsungMusicalsCo. (UMC) is a not-for-profit production company that I founded with the aim of researching, r…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 11:20AM“Every moment in life is an audition,” writes Tim Federle in Better Nate Than Ever. If that’s true, Federle’s audition as a writer gets him the part as The Country’s Most P…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:18AMThe cheeky London cult musical Moby Dick - A Whale of a Tale, which retells Herman Mellville's epic tale as an all-girls school musical production, receives a developmental staged readin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMIf people do not feel safe, the cultural jewels of the city are in jeopardy
A decade or so ago, executive and philanthropist John H. Bryan Jr., the former CEO of Sara Lee Corp., raised a br…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:13AMTim Minchin, the acclaimed Australian comedian, musician and composer/lyricist of the Olivier Award winning MATILDA THE MUSICAL will make his US cabaret debut on Saturday evening March …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:12AMFiled under: BOOKS, EXHIBITIONS & LECTURES, PLUGS, SOCIAL EVENTS Tagged: Cooper Union, New York Nineteenth Century Society
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:12AMWant to see Anne Hathaway play Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady? Well, so does she. The Daily Mail reports that Hathaway has expressed interest in tackling the title role in a reboot of My Fa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:09AMColm Wilkinson, who created the role of Jean Valjean in the original 1985 London production of Les Miserables and subsequently reprised it on Broadway in 1987 (where he was Tony-nominated), …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMDue to popular demand, the one night only performance of Jason Robert Brown's SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD will add a second performance at 930PM on Monday, March 11 at XL Cabaret 512 West 42nd St.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMHappy Birthday, Lea Salonga Salonga in best known for originating the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon, for which she won the Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Theatre …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMMarried couple Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz are in talks to star together in an upcoming Broadway revival of Harold Pinter’s “Betrayal.” The new production will reportedly be directed…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 11:00AMThe gold statue will reign supreme Sunday at 8:30. New host, Seth MacFarlane; new producers; more hype than ever before so it better be a night to remember; The 85th Academy Awards, that is.…
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 11:00AMSpoiler alert: If you work at or run a non-profit, I’ll bet you your endowment, you’re not going to like this post. Yesterday I put in a call to a vendor I have not worked with…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMSee also:
*New theater reviews, including our take on Jekyll & Hyde
*Photos of last year's Edwardian Ball
Jekyll & Hyde opened at Hollywood's Pantages Theater last week as part of a nationa…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 11:00AMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 2222013.
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DH Lawrence's The Daughter-in-Law sashays into Sheffield, The Book of Mormon previews in the West End and Bristol Old Vic stages a filthy puppet version of the DreamScotland and Northern Ire…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:58AMThe Scottsboro Boys are crossing the pond! After the musical's acclaimed Broadway run in 2010, five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman will helm the London premiere of John Kander, Fred Ebb …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:55AMA free public reading of the new musical Volleygirls will be presented Feb. 25 at 7 PM at the SoHo Playhouse.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMNEW YORK, February 22, 2013 — Columbia University and Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith are pleased to announce that Dan O’Brien’s The Body of an American and Robert Schenkkan’s All the …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:51AMThe Pantages Theatre today reveals its lineup for the 2013-2014 SEASON, a seven-show package. Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON which played a record-breaking 12-week run in the fal…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMVerdi's Shakespearean tragedy starring Johan Botha and the incomparable Renée Fleming will be presented by PBS Great Performances at the Met on Sunday
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:33AMThe box office for Kinky Boots has announced official information regarding their rush ticket policy. Rush tickets will be available at 10AM (or Sunday at noon) on the day of performance (wh…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:31AMSo there was no one to guest blog this week, but the message below comes to my inbox periodically and I found it incredibly helpful. If you enjoy it as much as I did, I encourage you to subs…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMHippodrome, London: Relatively unknown in the UK, Sherie Rene Scott is a big name on and off stage on Broadway. A double Tony Award nominee for The Little Mermaid and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:22AMThe world doesn’t need this musical. Set in a fictional Irish village, Innisfree, in the 1920’s, it’s about the “cute Irish,” and their quaint ways including the great fun of settl…
SOURCE: Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 10:13AMThis week's topics 2014 Revival of Les Miz, Tony for their theatre debut, The People Called It RAGTIME, Jane Lynch to Replace Katie Finneran, Cheno to close Oscars telecast, PASSION Off-Broa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:08AMThe fall 2012 Hartford Stage company of the new musical comedy A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder have reunited at The Old Globe in San Diego. Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays return…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AMMany have spoken of the magic of theater, but Franco Moschetti sees a more specific kind of magic – a maternal magic. Moschetti, who has written both plays and screenplays, is the Art …
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:04AMThe current American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) production of Tennessee Williams’ classic “The Glass Menagerie” in Cambridge, Mass. may be coming to Broadway soon. The New York Times r…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AM'The Book of Mormon' will return to Hollywood Jan. 21-Feb. 9, 2014.The 2013-14 season at the Pantages Theatre will feature last year’s most decorated Broadway musical, “Once,&rdq…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AM
New Yorkers, the Film Forum is in the midst of its 1933 series. Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be pointing out certain noteworthy bills that tickle my fancy. Today they’re…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:59AMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDF3mfeb06g by Michael Wheeler Ok, let us be the first one to get all the bad jokes out there: Theatre has gone to the Dogs, Theatre gets put in the Doghouse, …
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:57AMIn this week's School in the Spolight, BroadwayWorld looks at the Theatre program offered by the Sarofin School of Fine Arts at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:56AMYou could tell that an old tale was getting fresh new treatment from the first hip-hopping beat to when a cool dude wolf bops along dropping the scoop from His perspective for a change. An…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:55AMAmbassador Jean Kennedy Smith and Columbia University announced Feb. 22 that Dan O'Brien's The Body of an American and Robert Schenkkan's All the Way are the inaugural winners of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:55AMThe first season of all-new dark comedy series 'it could be worse,' just debuted on Friday, February 1. It is co-created and written by longtime collaborators Mitchell Jarvis and Wesley Tayl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMHere is a new article from Peter Filichia’s column on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday.‘ It’s an honor being allowed to bring Peter’s column every week t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:45AMTony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth, Academy Award winner Shirley Jones and Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Matthew Modine star in the upcoming film comedy FAMILY WEEKEND from Footpri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:45AM“I had the best time in Bethesda!” said Ashley Brown of her concert tonight—a sentiment that sums up the audience’s enthusiastic reaction as well. Brown began the evening earlier wit…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:45AMAudiences have more time to catch performances of two hit shows which clicked with critics and audiences alike. The MetroStage world premiere musical Ladies Swing the Blues covers the jazz w…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:44AMColumbia University and Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith have just announced that Dan O'Brien's The Body of an American and Robert Schenkkan's All the Way are the inaugural winners of the Edwar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:44AMWest End production starring Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II will be streamed to cinemas around the world on 13 JuneHelen Mirren's return to the role of Queen Elizabeth II has already mad…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:41AMHow do we get people to come out and how to we keep them coming back? Has anyone ever attended a well-funded show that didn’t have much of an audience? Sure, it happens. We’ve watche…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 09:40AMGet all your theater news at a glance each Friday with 'Around BWW Regional Highlights of the Week' Click below for the most-read stories for the week of February 18
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:34AMOn Monday night's Season Finale of BUNHEADS, Michelle Sutton Foster tries out for a Broadway musical against people half her age. The episode also finds the return of guest star Hunter Foster
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:27AMOn April 22nd, Our Time - a non-profit organization that has been helping children who stutter for over a decade - will hold its 11th Annual Benefit Gala, Worth the Wait, celebrating the bra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:26AM Direct from China: Gansu Dance Theatre Spectacular Silk Road By Ellis NassourEnter a world of wonder, enchantment, classical artistry, and extraordinar…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:19AMMultiple Academy Award winners Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman will present on this year's Oscar telecast, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMNEW YORK (AP) — The folks behind Hollywood's glitziest night have imported some help this year — from Broadway.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:16AMLove was in the air last week at New World Stages as a packed house celebrated Valentine’s Day with “Forever Dusty“‘s 100th performance sing-along show. While some in…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:15AMTHE TOWN HALL presents BROADWAY BY THE YEAR Broadway Musicals of 1961 created, written amp hosted by Scott Siegel. featuring songs from Carnival, How to Suceed in Business Without Really Try…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:15AMNEW YORK (AP) -- The folks behind Hollywood's glitziest night have imported some help this year - from Broadway....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:12AMBen Foster will join the cast of Orphans immediately in the role of “Treat,” formerly assumed by Shia LaBeouf. Producers Frederick Zollo and Robert Cole said, “We are delighted that B…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:10AMToday is the birthday of Lew Cody (1884-1934). Of French stock, the New England native acted in melodramas for the stage before the silver screen made use of his suave good looks starting in…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:08AMNew Musical The Tailor-Made Man opened at the Arts Theatre last night (21 February 2013).
The Tailor-Made Man was originally written as a play by Claudio Macor, who directs. The musical ada…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:06AMJohn Kander and Fred Ebb's 2010 Broadway musical The Scottsboro Boys is to receive its U.K. premiere at London's Young Vic, beginning performances Oct. 18 prior to an official openin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:06AM“The Beginning-End of Yiddish,” is poet/essayist Richard Fein’s core subject: his love for a language largely eviscerated in his lifetime.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:02AMThe ninth season of the Brits Off Broadway Festival will feature seven British plays presented by 59E59 Theaters. The festival is exactly what it says on the tin, and this year’s schedule …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 09:00AMAll eyes were on Devin Velez last night when he performed a stunning version of Beyonce's 'Listen' from the soundtrack album of 2006's musical film DREAMGIRLS. As an added surprise, the tale…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMI have been a teaching artist with Creative Cauldron in Falls Church for eleven years now. Peter Pan and Wendy is a part of the Learning Theatre Workshop, a process where young aspiring a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
Today is the birthday of Mildred Davis (1901-1969). She is best known for having been Harold Lloyd’s leading lady from 1919 to 1923, at which point she is best known for being Harold L…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:53AM'The subsidised sector is facing difficult times, but it would be wrong not to be grateful for what we've already got'Job: Theatre producer.Age: 33Best known for: Producing a wide range of s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:46AMMartin McDonagh's play opens at Centenary Stage Company
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:39AMPhilosopher Simon Critchley and actress Fiona Shaw wag their jaws for a few minutes at a Rubin Museum of Art event, “Talk About Nothing.” For theatre critics and practitioners, s…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:26AMLiverpool PlayhouseIn its simplest form, Sink or Swim presents three men in a boat with one oar between them and nowhere to go but insane. Spike theatre's director Mark Smith took inspiratio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:21AMProduction to run Oct. 18-Nov. 23
SOURCE: Variety at 08:17AMPeter Morgan's play stars Helen Mirren
SOURCE: Variety at 08:16AMMore than 60 % of UK theatres and producing companies have said they have cancelled or postponed at least one production since April 2012, according to a survey looking at the impact of …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:13AMThis post is one of a series honoring Black History Month. Today is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #300: James Reese Europe. For more on this groundbreaking African American bandleader g…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:02AMMATILDA THE MUSICAL is the story of an extraordinary little girl who decides that despite a bad beginning filled with rotten parents, a terrifying school and a vicious head mistress, her sto…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Today is the birthday of Robert Wadlow (1918-1940), the tallest man ever recorded (at least the tallest since Goliath). At the time of his death, he was 8′ 11.1″ tall, but I̵…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:45AMToday is the birthday of David Devant (David Wighton, 1868-1941). Devant was a top of the bill English music hall magician, revered to this day for his humor and presentationalism. He is cre…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:38AMA new report shows that funding cuts are paralysing theatre programming and scuppering tours, which in turn could have a devastating effect on TV, film and radioJack Bradley has seen the fut…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:35AMA movie becomes a Broadway musical? While we think of this as a recent phenomenon, Donnybrook! proves it isn't. Its source, The Quiet Man, hit film screens on Sept. 14, 1952. Fewer than nine…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 07:34AMEnglish theatre study claims Arts Council cuts mean cancelled shows, fewer new plays, fewer commissions and smaller castsThe English theatre scene is "shrivelling", according to new research…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:21AMDIRECTOR’S TALK: ROXANA SILBERT The director of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s A Life of Galileo in conversation with journalist Paul Allen. They talk about what Galileo means to Roxana…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 07:08AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 22 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AMRascals join Valli and Manilow on Rialto slate
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00AMSandwich shops are a dime a dozen. Really good sandwich shops, though, are another story.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:00AMOur staff picks the best things to do for the week ahead.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:00AM
A British theatre producer who was arrested after staging a play with gay themes in Uganda and then deported back to the UK last week has said he is not deterred from creating future work...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMToday is the birthday of Fannie Ward (Fannnie Buchanan, 1872-1952). She began acting in local companies in her native St. Louis as a teenager. moving to New York for her career in 1889. She …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:54AMPeter Morgan's new play The Audience, starring Helen Mirren as the Queen, will be live streamed to cinemas on 13 June 2013 via the NT Live initiative.This will be NT Live's third partnership…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:49AMFin Kennedy looks at the forthcoming Offies awards which give the theatre industry a chance to celebrate both funded and unfunded theatres, and explain to policymakers how interconnected - a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AMAbout a week and a half is left to apply for the Knight Arts Challenge, which awards major grants for “cultural projects that engage and enrich Greater Miami,” meaning Miami-Dade, Browar…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:12AMThe psychological thriller I Know What I Am and I Am Not What You Call Me will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Adrienne Arsht Peacock Education Center, 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, i…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:11AMThe West End production of The Audience starring Helen Mirren will be broadcast live to cinemas through National Theatre Live. National Theatre Live is the NT’s programme to live-strea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AMCross “A Chorus Line” (and its “God, I hope I get it”) with “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” (minus the fatal bullet to the head) and you’ve got a bead on the new musical
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SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Arts Theatre, London: "I would not advise any actor necessarily, if he was really thinking of his career, to come out," Rupert Everett famously said in a Guardian interview just th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:53AMLive Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne: Shaun Prendergast arrives on stage looking game, if suitably nervous. He is one of 17 actors, including Sarah Millican, Stephen Tompkinson and Kevin Whatel…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:45AMRoyal Albert Hall, London: Raymond Gubbay gives Bizet's ever-popular operatic tale of fiery but doomed passion the stadium treatment in this Royal Albert Hall venture, first produced in…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:27AMColm Wilkinson, the original Jean Valjean, will return to the West End in June for a one-off concert performance at the Lyceum Theatre.
The show - titled Bring Him Home - is on 24 June 2013…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:26AMWhich dance forms are prioritized, most visible and access more of the pool—or rather puddle—of arts funding is bound up in our national narrative of race and culture. What are the color…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMAs fans of Musical Theater sometimes we get bogged down in the way a performance is "supposed" to be, based on the way we've seen it before. This past week I saw something that turned everyt…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:00AM
NEW YORK (AP) — Dan O'Brien's "The Body of an American" and Robert Schenkkan's "All the Way" have been named the inaugural winners of a theater award honoring the late U.S. Sen. Edward Ken…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:37AMThe title of Lloyd Suh’s feeble new comedy accurately sums up its starting point. The 18-year-old Jesus (Justin Blanchard) runs away from home after a blowup with his dad — Joseph, not G…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:19AM(photo credit: Lisa Cuscuna)A Delightful Detourby Shannon ChristyPatricia Racette: Diva on Detour is a fun album of the standards done by one of the best American opera stars. Set in a cabar…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMTheater Director New York, New York USA I am inspired by you, women of the theater. By how we find our path and realize our vision. By how we grow and support growth in others. My goal as an…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:02AMWhether you're A) currently obsessed with it B) sheepishly late to it, or C) already sick of it, the meme has set a new benchmark in participatory web culture.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 12:02AMThe Chat Barby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonThis week has been quite a week for The Charlebois Post. The type of lively discussion that I relish, provoked by Gaëtan Charlebois's op-ed co…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMDan O’Brien’s “Body of an American” and Robert Schenkkan’s “All the Way” are the first winners of the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:01AM Have you voted? Have you seen them all? If not, you better hurry. The gold statue will reign supreme this Sunday night at 8:30 as ABC telecasts the 85th Academy Awards live from H…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:01AMNext Sunday, another anticipated Broadway musical, Kinky Boots, begins previews at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. This splashy musical with a book by Harvey Fierstein and a score by C…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01AMIn today's Wall Street Journal drama column I have good things to say about an off-Broadway show, the Irish Rep...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"All the plays that have ever been written, from ancient Greece to the present day, have never really been anything...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPS Classics will record and release "Laura Osnes Sings Maury Yeston," drawing from the Tony Award-nominated actress' November 2012 turn at the cabaret 54 Below. This is the sec…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA free reading of Drew Gasparini's musical Crazy, Just Like Me, which took home the 2011 Best of Fest Award at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, is offered Feb. 22 at the York Theat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThirty years ago today, the legendary flop Moose Murders opened—and closed—on Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1930 Birthday of Marni Nixon, singer whose voice will be dubbed into the mouths of better-known performers, including Natalie Wood in the film of West Side Story. She will make her Broadway …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winner Lea Salonga, who recently appeared in the Avery Fisher Hall concert production of Ragtime, offers solo concerts Feb. 22-23 and Feb. 26 in Hawaii.
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