OSCARS: ARGO Wins 'Best Picture' by Movies News Desk

ARGO was the recipient of this year's Academy Award for 'Best Picture.' Accepting the award was director Ben Affleck and producer Grant Heslov.

Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, February 24, 2013 - Sunday, February 24, 2013.

VIDEO: Adele Performs SKYFALL at The Oscars by BroadwayWorld

On tonight's 85th Annual Academy Awards, Grammy and now Oscar winner Adele performed her song SKYFALL from the latest James Bond film. Check out the video, via Perez Hilton, below

STAGE TUBE: Barbra Streisand Performs 'The Way We Were' at The Oscars! by Stage Tube

On tonight's 85th Annual Academy Awards, the legendary songstress Barbra Streisand performed 'The Way We Were' in honor of the late Marvin Hamlisch. Check out the tribute below

Film Review: New York Theater Darling Anne Hathaway Takes Home Oscar Gold by Bethany Rickwald

Anne Hathaway can now add Oscar winner to her list of accomplishments. The Shakespeare in the Park veteran and BAFTA award winner, was awarded the honor at Sunday's Academy Awards for her pe…

Hottest Articles on BWW from Sunday, Feb. 24

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Sunday, February 24, 2013.

REVIEW: The Good Person of Szechwan by Garrett Eisler

Brecht's Epic He/She: Taylor Mac as Shin Te and Shui Ta. Taylor Mac is giving the performance of the year down at La MaMa in The Good Person of Szechwan. And unfortunately most of you will…

Too much cushion surrounds promising ‘Pin’ by Frank Scheck

Judging by his first commercially produced play, “On the Head of a Pin,” Frank Winters is a promising playwright — especially for a 24-year-old. All he really needs is a good editor. T…

OSCARS: Anne Hathaway Wins 'Actress in a Supporting Role' for LES MISERABLES by BroadwayWorld

Anne Hathaway is the recipient of this year's Academy Award for 'Actress in a Supporting Roles' for her performance as 'Fantine' in Tom Hooper's adaptation of LES MISERABLES.

Duh! Anne Hathaway Wins the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Les Misérables by Michael Mellini

Surprising absolutely nobody (except perhaps herself), Anne Hathaway is now the owner of a shiny Oscar for her performance as Fantine in the hit Les Misérables movie. The actress took…

STAGE TUBE: LES MIS' All-Star Oscar Performance! by Stage Tube

The performance from the cast of LES MISERABLES began with Hugh Jackman taking the stage to perform the new original song 'Suddenly' from Tom Hooper's adaptation, where he was then joined by…

Chicago Theater Review: SPEAKING IN TONGUES (Interrobang Theatre Project at Theater Wit) by Lawrence Bommer

STORIES IN A SPIN CYCLE If ever the cliché “the plot thickens” justifies itself, it’s in this relentlessly inventive 1996 work by Australian playwright Andrew Bovell; anacondas after …

VIDEO: The Oscars' JAMES BOND 50th Anniversary Tribute, Feat. Shirley Bassey by Movies News Desk

At tonight's 85th Annual Academy Awards, Halle Berry and Shirley Bassey paid tribute to the James Bond movie franchise, which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year. In the video belo…

FRIGID New York Interview - Lucas Brooks of "VGL 5'4" Top" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name: Lucas BrooksShow: VGL 5'4" TopWebsite: www.Lucas-Brooks.com Lucas Brooks (Playwright/Performer) is a writer, performer, and sex educato…

OSCARS: LES MIS Takes Home First Award for 'Makeup & Hairstyling' by BroadwayWorld

Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell were the recipients of this year's Academy Award for 'Makeup and Hairstyling' for their work on Tom Hooper's adaptation of LES MISERABLES. It marked the film…

FRIGID New York Interview - Bricken Sparacino of "Sisters Grimm" Fables of the Stage" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name: Bricken Sparacino Show:  Sisters Grimm: Fables of the Stage Website: www.bricken.org Bricken Sparacino is an award winning/nominated performe…

FRIGID New York Interview - Karim Muasher of "The Vindlevoss Family Circus Spectacular!" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name: Karim Muasher Show: TheVindlevoss Family Circus Spectacular! Website: animalengine.com Karim Muasher is a director, performer, and teacher of original d…

STAGE TUBE: MacFarlane's OSCARS Opening Number, Feat. Radcliffe, Theron, & More! by Stage Tube

Seth MacFarlane got a little help from his fellow thespians with his Oscar's opening monologue. Check out Daniel Radcliffe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlize Theron, and more as the show's host…

FRIGID New York Interview - Seth Lepore of "Losing My Religion" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name: Seth Lepore Show: Losing My Religion:Confessions of a New Age Refugee Website: sethums.com Seth Lepore (Writer/Performer) holds a BA in Interdiscipli…

FRIGID New York Interview - Molly Ballerstein of "The Sandman's Coming" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name:  Molly Ballerstein Show:  TheSandman’s Coming Website: www.brainmeltconsortium.com/ Molly is a proud member of Brain Melt Consortium and very ha…

FRIGID New York Interview - Yanomi of "A Day in the Life of Miss Hiccup" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Photo by Richard Hanna Name: Yanomi Show: A Day in the Life of Miss Hiccup Website: shoshinznet.web.fc2.com Yanomi was a member of the Ryuzanji Company, a …

Old Hats by Wendy Caster

If you like Bill Irwin and David Shiner, you will like Old Hats. It has everything you could ask for: baggy pants, brilliant physical humor, sublime silliness, and the magical ability to wal…

Passion by Wendy Caster

John Doyle is where Sondheim musicals go to die. His Sweeney Todd, with its instrument-playing cast, fractured staging, and missing throat-slittings, wasn't Sweeney Todd, and his Company, wi…

FRIGID New York Interview - D'yan Forest of "My Pussy is Purrin' Again!" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name: D'yan Forest Show: My Pussy is Purrin' Again! Website: www.dyanforest.com D’yan Forest (actor/writer/producer), 78 years young, has been li…

Kristin Chenoweth Cast as 'Godmother' for New Royal Caribbean Ship by BroadwayWorld

Triple-threat, Emmy and Tony award-winning Kristin Chenoweth, is adding yet another accolade to her impressive resume godmother to Royal Caribbean International's much anticipated new cruise…

FRIGID New York Interview - Chris Harcum of "Two Lovely Black Eyes" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name: Chris Harcum Show: Two Lovely Black Eyes Website: www.elephantrundistrict.org Chris Harcum is an actor and playwright. His latest work, Two Lovely…

Cirque Du Soleil Brings ‘Michael Jackson One’ to Vegas’ Mandalay Bay by David Rogers

Cirque du Soleil will launch a new production based on the music of Michael Jackson at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas this summer. “Michael Jackson ONE” will be the seco…

Adelaide Fringe: Places, People! by Stephen House

Bridie Connell’s one hour play is a light-hearted look at the world of the stage, show biz and more so the seeking out of one’s own celebrity. It’s a great idea for a Fringe… and in …

Lauren Elder and Friends: Stellar Evening of Music and Song by Call Me Adam

Review: Lauren Elder and Friends: Stellar evening of music and song!

FRIGID New York Interview - Dr. ML Godin of "The Spectator & the Blind Man" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name: Dr ML Godin Show: The Spectator & the Blind Man: Stories of Seeing & Not-Seeing Website: www.thespectatorandtheblindman.wordpress.com Dr ML Godin …

FRIGID New York Interview - Gillian English of "Love in the Time of Time Machines" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name: Gillian English      Show:  Love in the Time of Time Machines Website: www.thetheatreelusive.com Gillian English is the Artis…

Quvenzhané Wallis to play title role in "Annie" movie

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nine-year-old Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis will play the title role in "Annie," Sony's Columbia Pictures announced on Sunday.

FRIGID New York Interview - Alexa Fitzpatrick of "Serving Bait to Rich People" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Photo by Robin Proctor Photography Name:  Alexa Fitzpatrick        Show:  Serving Bait to Rich People Website:  www.…

“Company” – theater review for LA Weekly by Pauline Adamek

Hello readers! This week my theater review for the LA Weekly is of Company, now playing at Crown City Theatre in North Hollywood. Click here to go to the LA Weekly’s theater page and scrol…

FRIGID New York Interview - Stav Meishar of "The Dreamer and The Acrobat" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Photo by Michael Blase Name:  Stav Meishar Show: The Dreamer and The Acrobat Website: http://www.petitemortproductions.org Stav Meishar had her stage debut at …

Wicked Touring Cast Adds Jenn Gambatese, Curt Hansen by David Rogers

Jenn Gambatese and Curt Hansen will join the North American tour of “Wicked” during the next month. Gambatese will take over the role of Glinda tomorrow, February 26, when the production…

Pointless Theatre’s ‘Canterbury’ has the right spirit but lacks cohesion by Peter Marks

“Canterbury” is what might happen to Chaucer’s raucous 14th-century pilgrims if they stopped for a brewski or three at an English major’s dorm party. Draped in Natalie Drutz’s witt…

85th Annual Academy Award Winners - Updating Live! by BroadwayWorld

The Academy Awards for the outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented tonight, notoriously dubbed as 'Oscar Sunday,' at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood amp Highland Center, and t…

FRIGID New York Interview - Kerry Fitzgibbons of "36 Hours" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name: Kerry Fitzgibbons Show: 36 Hours Website: www.awecreativegroup.com Kerry Fitzgibbons is thrilled to be onstage with Michael Birch again in 36 Hours. Both a…

It's Official! Oscar Nominee Quvenzhane Wallis to Star in Annie Remake by Michael Mellini

Even if Quvenzhane Wallis doesn’t take home the Best Actress Oscar, the adorable youngster will still have had one stellar weekend for a nine-year old. As previously speculated the Bea…

FRIGID New York Interview - Talie Melnyk of "Maison des Reves" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Photo by Greensmith Photography Name:  Talie Melnyk Show:  Maison des Reves Website:  www.taliemelnyk.com Talie Melnyk discovered her passion fo…

Top 10 NY stage picks for week of Feb. 24, 2013 by Joe Dziemianowicz

1. “Caesar and Cleopatra” (Players Club) Daniel Davis and Tony winner Nikki M. James lead Project Shaw’s Feb. 25 reading.

FRIGID New York Interview - Ed Malin of "Generic Magic Realism" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name: Ed Malin Show: Generic Magic Realism Website: www.temeritytheatre.org Ed Malin’s plays include The Inconstant Infection, Film Noix, Dog Spelled Bac…

VIDEO: Trailer - SING ALONG Short Film Musical Starring Myles Erlick, Heidi Blickenstaff and More by BroadwayWorld

Sing Along, the short film musical with an all-star cast, has just released its official trailer online. The movie centers on an introverted young man who escapes trepidation by envisioning…

FRIGID New York Interview - Riley Thomas of "Wearing Black" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Name: Riley Thomas (Playwright/Composer) Show: Wearing Black Website: RileyThomasOnline.com Though a Chicago native with a degree in astro/quantum physics from J…

STAGE TUBE: Jared Zirilli Chats with Richard Blake on 'Broadway Boo's!' by Stage Tube

Jared Zirilli of the upcoming A FEW GOOD MEN Alley Theatre, Houston and industry reading of 'Bullets Over Broadway' directed by Susan Stroman also FAT CAMP, original Broadway cast of LYSISTR…

Monkey Magic: King Kong poses for his first photo by Erin James

Rehearsals are well and truly underway in Melbourne for the epic new musical King Kong ahead of an opening night set for June 15 this year at the Regent Theatre on Collins Street. Due to th…

Walnut Street’s ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ at George Mason U’s Center for the Arts by Francine Schwartz by Francine Schwartz

Walnut Street Theatre’s Independence Studio brought audiences at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts a fast-paced adaptation of Jules Verne’s masterpiece Around the World…

Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, Feb 23, Part 2 - LES MIS Tour Preps for the Oscars, HANDS ON A HARDBODY and More! by BroadwayWorld

BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our February 23rd SIP round-up. Yesterday evening's photos featured a fir…

Arts, Briefly: The Next Cinematic ‘Annie’ Is Not an Unknown by Compiled By Adam W. Kepler

Quvenzhané Wallis, the 9-year-old Oscar-nominated actress, has been cast in the title role of a new film adaptation of the musical “Annie,” Sony Pictures Entertainment announced on Sund…

The Five: Theater by Scott Brown and Rebecca Milzoff and Jennifer Vineyard

A particularly starry spring descends on Broadway.

Don't Miss Alison Fraser in "A Tennessee Williams Songbook" by Byrne Harrison

By Byrne Harrison Photo by Josh Andrus One of the highlights of the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival (and there were many) was getting to hear the exceptionally talented Alison Fras…

Watch Barbra Streisand's Oscar Night Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch as She Gracefully Tackles 'The Way We Were' by Michael Mellini

It's been 36 years since Barbra Streisand last performed at the Academy Awards, and Babs made a triumphant and classy return to Hollywood's biggest night on February 24. Streisand to…

Another Life and the Truth about Torture by HowlRound

“After Nora, Mrs. Alving had to come,” Ibsen says about his own progression from A Doll’s House to Ghosts. Though he anticipated the storm of criticism Ghosts would illicit from all bu…

Los Angeles Theater Review: PARADISE – A DIVINE BLUEGRASS MUSICAL COMEDY (Ruskin) by Tony Frankel

ON THE WAY TO PARADISE There is a telling item buried among the bric-a-brac of Stephanie Kerley Schwartz’ detailed country set of an economically depressed, coal-mining, hillbilly burg nam…

Review: Speaking in Tongues/Interrobang Theatre Project by Lisa Buscani

Andrew Bovell revamped “Speaking in Tongues”(1996) and brought it to the screen as the critically praised and popularly well-received “Lantana” (2001). The film corrected much of wha…

Film News: UPDATED: Academy Award Nominee Quvenzhané Wallis to Star in the Will Smith and Jay-Z-Produced Remake of Annie by Hayley Levitt

UPDATE: As reported by Deadline (and confirmed by Sony), Oscar nominee and star of Beasts of the Southern Wild, Quvenzhané Wallis, has officially been selected to play the title role in the…

News: Eileen Atkins named best actress at 2013 Offies by Nicola Merrifield

This year’s Off West End Theatre Awards saw Eileen Atkins take home the prize for best female performance for her role in Samuel Beckett’s All That Fall at Jermyn Street Theatre. . At a …

Engaging 'On the Head of a Pin' Needs a Blue Pencil

Frank Winters, a new and zealous playwright, is possibly too talented for his own good. For the world premiere of “On the Head of a Pin,” he is both author and director; what he …

‘Dante’s Inferno’ at Washington Stage Guild by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Abandon all hope ye who enter here. Sit back and prepare yourself for the perilous journey into the bowels of hell as Dante the nine circles of the ultimate punishment. The Washington Stage …

Tom Hanks Arrives on Broadway, Smash Adds Another Dreamgirl & Four Big Shows Say Goodbye in This Week's Datebook by Josh Ferri

It's transition week on the Great White Way as Barry Manilow, The Other Place, Virginia Woolf and Mary Poppins end their Broadway runs. Meanwhile, Tom Hanks steps onto a Broadw…

Kingsbury Ensemble performs Schubert and Vorisek

An early music ensemble moves to the early Romantics.

Review: (Toronto) The Dumb Waiter by The Charlebois Post

Dis-PinterestServing up a classic with a side of confusion by Gregory BunkerIn The Dumb Waiter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter creates a suspenseful, one-act play centred on tw…

50 seasons after debut, Maazel returns to Met

NEW YORK (AP) — While Lorin Maazel isn't slowing down, his tempi are based on the performance of Verdi's "Don Carlo" he led to mark the 50th anniversary season of his Metropolitan Opera de…

So, Steven Soderbergh Is Quitting Cinema Because People Are Stupid (And the Oscars Prove It) by Aaron Riccio

Mary Kaye Schilling catches the always candid and often eloquent Steven Soderbergh on the eve of his retirement in an article for New York's February 4, 2013 issue, and for me, the most…

'Beasts' star Quvenzhane Wallis cast as 'Annie'

NEW YORK (AP) -- The young Oscar-nominated star of "Beasts of the Southern Wild" has been cast in the lead role of a new version of "Annie."...

BWW Blog: Tory Ross of KINKY BOOTS - The Making of a Price and Son Shoe: Part One by Guest Blogger: Tory Ross

Well friends, the day finally arrived We moved into the Hirschfeld on Thursday and were reunited with all the fabulous things that make up our little Price and Son factory. The whole reunion…

Breaking News: Oscar-Nominated Quvenzhane Wallis to Star in ANNIE Film Remake for 2014 by BroadwayWorld

Overbrook Entertainment, Marcy Media, director Will Gluck and Sony Pictures Entertainment have cast Academy Award nominee Quvenzhane Wallis, the star of Beasts of the Southern Wild, in the t…

Iconic Movies Filmed at Lincoln Center by James Sims

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City is quite the visual landmark—Revson Fountain, the Metropolitan Opera House, Avery Fisher Hall. So many iconic visuals collected in o…

Review: Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare Theater) by Scotty Zacher

This truncated version of Romeo and Juliet is not just for kids. For those wishing to try Shakespeare but who are intimidated by a commitment to a full-length production, this show is an exc…

Spotlight On...Lucas Brooks by Michael Block

Name: Lucas BrooksHometown: Brooklyn, NYEducation: Bachelor of Arts in The Arts with an Emphasis in Theatre from Eugene Lang College: The New School for Liberal Arts. Mhmm.Favorite Credits: …

Sony taps Quvenzhane Wallis as next 'Annie'

'Southern Wild' star to headline in new adaptation helmed by Will Gluck

Hollywood Broadway Debuts: Shia LaBeouf Shooed From, Tom Hanks Lured To, Robert DeNiro Promised For, The Great White Way. by Jonathan Mandell

Is Shia LaBeouf’s sudden departure from what would have been his Broadway debut a boost for Broadway in what would normally be a fallow February?  But this week actually has been fertile …

BWW Exclusive: MARY POPPINS Cast Memories- Rebecca Luker by BroadwayWorld

As 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, …

My Oscar Picks by Trav S.D.

It’s a sweep! BEST PICTURE: The Oscar BEST ACTOR: Stephen Boyd, The Oscar BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Tony Bennett, The Oscar BEST ACTRESS: Elke Sommer, The Oscar BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: E…

Picnic by Broadway's Best Shows

And ... emote! How to succeed at auditions by Lyn Gardner

Every performer has a horror story about auditions – a bullying director, falling over, not having done their homework. But what's the secret of nailing that part?Last September, Alic…

Playing with knives, under adults' eye by Maddie Hanna

As students ran across the stage at Cherry Hill High School East, placing buckets on one another's heads and jumping rope in a choreographed frenzy, Erin Weaver silently stood by, watching f…

‘The Real Thing’ at Silver Spring Stage by Jessica Vaughan by Jessica Vaughan

The Real Thing in Silver Spring Stage’s production of the Tom Stoppard’s play of that name refers to love. It is the love of two long-married couples when one partner of each is stra…

Obituary: IAN STUART

Born in London, he appeared on stages across the United States and England in a wide range of plays, from Noel Coward to Shakespeare to "The Foreigner," and in musicals such as "Camelot," "T…

'White Christmas' Dancer John Brascia Dies at 80 by Mike Barnes

He teamed with Vera-Ellen in the Bing Crosby classic, with Cyd Charisse in "Meet Me in Las Vegas" and with Tybee Arfa in nightclubs and on television.

Los Angeles Theater: THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF STEVE JOBS (Theatre Asylum) by Mia Bonadonna

THE THEATER TAKES ON CORPORATE AMERICA’S EVILS After a flurry of controversy in 2012, Mike Daisey’s provocative activism-cum-monologue work, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs…

Oscars answers: What time are the Oscars, who will win and who will be there? by Jessica Goldstein

It's Oscar night! The night you've all been waiting for! Wait, what's that you say? You've been busy thinking about other things and only just remembered to set your TiVo this morning? Fret …

Weddings: Mark Dold, Edgar McIntosh by The New York Times

Mr. Dold, 48, is an actor. From 2010 until last year, he played C. S. Lewis in “Freud’s Last Session” at New World Stages in New York.

Theatre review: Hannah Moscovitch is our most competent playwright, and that’s not faint praise by Robert Cushman

The Tarragon Theatre continues its Hannah Moscovitch festival with a double bill of plays concerned in some way with children

JKTS CONTEST: WIN Tickets to HANDS ON A HARDBODY! by JK

After an acclaimed run at LaJolla Playhouse, Hands on a Hardbody has arrived on Broadway!   And now here’s your chance to get your hands on a pair of tickets!  But you have …

Journey to the Oscars Portrait Gallery: The Gentlemen by Walter McBride

In anticipation of the 85th Annual Academy Awards, airing tonight on ABC from the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center, BroadwayWorld's Walter McBride brings you a look back at thi…

Journey to the Oscars Portrait Gallery: The Ladies by Walter McBride

In anticipation of the 85th Annual Academy Awards, airing tonight on ABC from the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center, BroadwayWorld's Walter McBride brings you a look back at thi…

Cheyenne Jackson - Songwriting Series - Ep. 4 - KILLING ME SOFTLY Cover by Cheyenne Jackson

Discombobulated Dostoevsky at Trinity by Thomas Garvey

This is just a quick post mortem on Trinity Rep's production of Crime and Punishment, which closed this weekend, and which must go down as one of the oddest misfires in that illustrious comp…

Eddie Murphy, Thespian by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of Eddie Murphy (b. 1961). I have foillowed his career almost from the very first — ever since he was an adunct member of the SNL cast during the notorious Jean D…

'Jackie' by Elfriede Jelinek at the Women's Project explores life as an icon by Ronni Reich

Tina Benko plays Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Tea Alagic directs

‘Picnic’ Concludes Broadway Engagement February 24 by Broadway's Best Shows

Roundabout Theatre Company‘s limited-engagement production of Picnic, William Inge‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of small-town women yearning for what’s beyond, cmopletes …

Paragon Ragtime On the Air by Trav S.D.

Paragon Worldwide Radio Show Sunday, February 24 6:05 – 8:00 pm EST On WWFM – The Classical Network Tune in today on your radio or computer to hear Rick Benjamin and his Parago…

The Theatre Is Dying In The UK (Who Will Star In Hollywood Movies Now?)

The Guardian 02/22/13

Go Ahead, Feel Those Feelings (And Watch Some Tennessee Williams)

The Telegraph (UK) 02/23/13

Out of Town with Josh Lamon: Rehearsal Week by BroadwaySpotted

  Now that I am good and settled I think it is time to expose the hardest part about being a blue-collar actor, such as myself.  When I told my parents that I wanted to be an actor the…

Live on #NEWPLAY TV: NoPassport Conference: “Dreaming the Americas, Staging New Theaters/Challenging Hierarchies”—New York—Fri., March 1 by HowlRound

NoPassport and NYU Gallatin present the seventh annual NoPassport theater conference: Dreaming the Americas Staging New Theaters/Challenging Hierarchies A one-day conference exploring the in…

The First Winner Of The Ted Kennedy Drama Award Is ...

BackStage 02/22/13

I Interview Playwrights Part 553: Jenelle Riley by Adam Szymkowicz

Jenelle Riley Hometown:  Salem, OR Current Town:   After 16 years, the post office tells me I'm no longer in Culver City, I'm in Los Angeles proper. Q:  Congrats on the…

Not Everyone Is An Artist by Andy Horwitz

So when I edited the third part of my essay on the Politics of Cultural Production in Theater, a bunch of stuff ended up on the cutting room floor for future consideration.  This didn̵…

Busking Bulletin: Mariachi on the Downtown F by Trav S.D.

A new feature wherein we record and chronicle contemporary busking performers for fun and very little profit. I’ve always wanted to present mariachi in my live show; here’s the n…

Opera composer meets St. Louisans, teaches — and learns

Composer Terence Blanchard thinks Opera Theatre St. Louis is doing things right.

‘Stars and Stripes: Tour-de-Force’ at The Washington Ballet at Sydney Harman Hall by Carolyn Kelemen by Carolyn Kelemen

The Saturday matinee performance of Stars and Stripes: Tour-de-Force was, indeed, a tour de force for The Washington Ballet, the dancers, choreographers, and anyone else who had a part in t…

Michelle Obama's 'Mom Dancing' genius by Sarah Kaufman

Forget the new hairdo. Michelle Obama's most powerful bangs come from her hips. In Friday's "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" on NBC, the first lady and the comedian teamed up in a tour-de-far…

PICNIC Concludes Limited Broadway Run Today by BroadwayWorld

Roundabout Theatre Company's new Broadway production of Picnic, in association with Darren Bagert and Martin Massman, closes today, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at the American Airlines Theatre on…

Adelaide Fringe Review: Insomnia Cat Came To Stay by Jake Orr

It’s not often you leave a theatre show feeling that what you’ve seen has actually had an impact on you. Too often theatre seems to rebound off the armour that I’ve built f…

‘Voice(s)’ by DancEthos at INTERSECTIONS at Atlas Performing Arts Center by Colleen Sproull by Colleen Sproull

The Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival continued its mission of “creating connection through innovative art” today with Voice(s) by DancEthos. For a refreshing twist in the contemporar…

Musician Blanchard goes to Lee Hamilton school

Composer Terence Blanchard was impressed by a session at Lee Hamilton Elementary School in Ferguson. It’s one that seems likely to make a difference in the lives of some students there.

Review: Wild Thing I Love You by Hannah Tookey

It is a rare thing when performers casually greet you and ask you to hang on a couple more minutes before they open house. It is even rarer when it is them, rather than the stewards, who sho…

Review: Radha is Looking Good/The Clock by Alice Longhurst

The first half of this double bill by the Hide and Seek Theatre company attempts to take us into the world of 24-year-old Radha, a girl with severe autism. The piece is performed by Chandni …

Little Theatre of Alexandria Holds Auditons for ’33 Variations’ on March 2 @ 2 & March 3rd @7 by Guest Author

The Little Theatre of Alexandria announces auditions for Moisés Kaufman’s 33 Variations, an elegant dance between past and present, art and life, fact and speculation, mother and daughte…

BWW's On This Day - February 24, 2013

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 24 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Jolly Irene by Trav S.D.

Some prodigies are born, some prodigies are made. And still others are deferred. Amand Siebert (1880- 1940) was a perfectly average 120 lb pound woman until she gave birth to her first child…

Cecil Lyle, the Magic Milliner by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of Cecil Lyle (1892-1955). Billed as “The Great Lyle”, he was a star of Maskelyne and Devant’s presentations at St. George’s Hall. He began appe…

Ethan Paulini, Wendy Watson, and Christopher Sidoli: Mama and Her Boys Interview by Call Me Adam

"Call Me Adam" chats with Ethan Paulini, Wendy Watson, and Christopher Sidoli, the creators and cast of the new musical revue "Mama and Her Boys" currently playing an open run at The Undergr…

Reality is fodder for drama in "Laramie Project' by Joe Dziemianowicz

The Best Picture Oscar nominees — including “Argo,” “Lincoln” and “Zero Dark Thirty” — have all taken hits for fudging facts in varying degrees in the interest of pumping up …

Nikki M. James takes on Cleopatra at Project Shaw by Joe Dziemianowicz

Not all twos are terrible. Ask Nikki M. James, who marks a second anniversary today that is worth celebrating. “It’s been exactly two years since I gave my first perfor…

Tull, Octagon Theatre, Bolton by Philip Radcliffe

Let’s Kick Racism Out of Football. Show Racism the Red Card. Say No to Racism. Such are today’s campaign messages.  And then there’s the headline: “Colour Prejudice Problem” i…

Why write about Ruth Ellis? by Amanda Whittington

"Why write about Ruth Ellis?"  It’s a question I’ve been asked many times in the run-up to The Thrill of Love and it’s a good one.  I’d like to know the answer, too. r…

'Vicious Minute' is writer's tale of coping by Marcus Crowder

Ben Moroski still can't say why he used to cut himself. Even though the Davis native has written and performed a one-person play based on his self-mutilation, he can't reduce his reasons to …

PHOTO CALL: Tina Benko Inhabits Iconic First Lady in Jackie by Joseph Marzullo

Tina Benko stars in the North American premiere of Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek's solo play Jackie, about the iconic American First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, which begins perf…

5 fringe festivals

The List: Five festivals where out-of-the-mainstream art is in.

Steve Ross: Out Went the Song, On Went the Show Part 1 by Sandi Durell

Steve Ross: Out Went the Song, On Went the Show Part 1: On February 11 Steve Ross presented a program entitled Out Went the Song, On Went the Show at the Bruno Walter Auditorium.

Adam Guettel Shows Why He is Theatre Royalty by Sandi Durell

Adam Guettel Shows Why He is Theatre Royalty: 54 Below February 19–23, 2013 with Steven Pasquale and Whitney Bashor

Interviews: A winning formula by Lisa Martland

Tracy Beaker spin-off, The Dumping Ground, is proving to be as popular with the audience as its predecessor, Lisa Martland finds

Green Day's 'American Idiot' Comes To The Bushnell by Frank Rizzo

"Next To Normal"'s Tom Kitt Supervises The Stage AdaptationTom Kitt remembers seeing punk-pop group Green Day for the first time. He was a student at New York's Columbia University in the '9…

Connecticut's Oscar Favorites From Those In The Know by Susan Dunne and Frank Rizzo

Who Will Win? Who Should Win? And Why? The Academy Awards bring out the critic in everyone. It starts when the nominations are announced — "Whaddya mean, Ben Affleck wasn't nominated?…

West End's SHREK THE MUSICAL Closes by BroadwayWorld

SHREK THE MUSICAL will end its run at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane today, Sunday 24 February 2013.

Kristin Chenoweth to Co-Host Oscars Pre-Show Today by BroadwayWorld

Emmy and Tony award-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth, Entertainment Weekly Managing Editor Jess Cagle and 'Good Morning America' anchor Lara Spencer will be hosting today's official Oscar p…

Sunday Feature: Inside Kafka/Janáček/Kurtág by The Charlebois Post

The Against the Grain team: L-R Joel Ivany, Nancy Hitzig, Cecily Carver, Christopher Mokrzewski and Caitlin CoullVoices from Kafka and The Disappeared[PUBLISHER: We gave Against th…

Sunday Feature: Cassie Muise Inside Avenue Q by The Charlebois Post

Sucks to be us, but not when we’re together…Behind the scenes with a monster and a slutby Cassie Muise (photos via Facebook)When CharPo offered me the opportunity to write about lif…

85th Annual Academy Awards are Tonight! BWW to Bring Live Coverage of All the Winners and More... by BroadwayWorld

The Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented tonight, notoriously dubbed as 'Oscar Sunday,' at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood amp Highland Center, and telev…

THE SCREENING ROOM: Happy Birthday, Rupert Holmes (Video) by Playbill Staff

Rupert Holmes may be best known to Broadway fans for The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Curtains, but the prolific writer is also an accomplished pop songwriter, with hits including "Escape…

PLAYBILL PICKS REVISITED: A Dozen Actresses We'd Like to See Play Miss Hannigan in the Broadway Revival of Annie by Playbill Staff

With the recent announcement that Emmy Award-winning actress Jane Lynch, known for playing a bullying cheer coach on TV's "Glee," will take over the role of orphanage matron Mi…

85th Academy Awards Held Feb. 24; "Les Misérables," "Lincoln," Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway Among Nominees by Michael Gioia and Andrew Gans

The 85th Academy Awards, hosted by Seth MacFarlane, are presented Feb. 24 at 8:30 PM ET at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center and broadcast live on ABC. The star-studded fi…

Tina Benko Inhabits Iconic First Lady in Jackie, Beginning Feb. 24 Off-Broadway by Adam Hetrick

Tina Benko stars in the North American premiere of Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek's solo play Jackie, about the iconic American First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, which begins perf…

In The Revisionist, Jesse Eisenberg Takes a Page From His Family History by Stuart Miller

Actor-playwright Jesse Eisenberg, actor-writer of Off-Broadway's The Revisionist, continues exploring his own life through the true "social network" — theatre.

Picnic Rolls Up Its Broadway Blanket Feb. 24 by Kenneth Jones

Roundabout Theatre Company's limited-engagement production of Picnic, William Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of small-town women yearning for what's beyond, ends on schedule…

THE BOOK SHELF: A Les Miz Coffee Table Book and Benedict Nightingale's "Great Moments in Theatre" by Steven Suskin

This month's column looks at the deluxe, over-stuffed new coffee table book about Les Misérables, plus a survey of world drama entitled "Great Moments in the Theatre," b…

PLAYBILL VAULT'S Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 24 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Ernio Hernandez and Anne Bradley

1876 Birthday of Broadway comedian Victor Moore (1876-1962), who starred or co-starred in the original casts of many musical comedies, notably Of Thee I Sing, Anything Goes, Louisiana Purcha…