And here it comes: that annual sporting event that’s unashamedly come to be known as “March Madness.”
Much of the country will be watching to see which college basketball teams will b…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:45PMThe Mnemonist of Dutchess County is but a Memory: The Mnemonist of Dutchess County, the new play by Josh Koenigsberg (the terrific Herman Kline’s Midlife Crisis), is sweet and has nothing …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:41PMPerhaps a trimmed script with more emphasis on pacing could heighten the message as well as the humor. As presented, this production contains some enjoyable elements, but the whole of it win…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 11:37PMSecrets: The Untold Story of Sigmund Freud & Carl Jung Has Spilled the Ink: Secrets: The Untold Story of Sigmund Freud & Carl Jung, the new play by Ken Wydro has you never wanting …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:35PMReviews of Clive and Bunnicula Off Broadway.
SOURCE: Popdose at 11:27PMWhy did Strawdog choose this particular show out of every other available musical? I often ask myself some version of this question at the beginning of every show I review. In the case of Im…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 11:18PMSignature Theatre, Off Broadway
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BOTTOM LINE: A terrific new production of Hwang's second play, performed for the first time in 31 years, explores the exploitation of…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:11PMJames McAvoy's Macbeth is as heedless of thought as any young fighting man.
SOURCE: Variety at 11:04PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Monday, February 25, 2013.
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Crystal methamphetamine is the drug of the moment in fiction. On television, the meth-fueled “Breaking Bad” has won critical accolades for its dizzying calamities propelled by Bryan Cran…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 08:55PMThe 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:53PMAs promised, Denver Center Attractions has announced dates for the return engagement of the record-breaking, wise-cracking musical. Subscribers to the Denver Center Attractions 2013-2014 sea…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:33PMNEW YORK (AP) — A "wild" young woman in 1936 Ireland was one who didn't conform to rigid societal expectations. Just being alone in a room with a young man would subject her to gossipy sus…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:17PMHandel and Haydn artistic director Harry Christophers placed a composer who is familiar, but not always the focus of attention, front and center, and, in the process, reminded us just how go…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:14PMIn a tale told in David Henry Hwang’s graceful and gorgeous early play, a father literally explodes when his son tells him he has become an actor. “Little bits of his skin are found hang…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:10PMDid Laurey and Curly from Oklahoma! grow up to be Ma and Pa Joad from The Grapes of Wrath? The question arises from current productions of the former at Musical Theatre West and the latter a…
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The confluence of art and practicality is on display in the Signature Theatre Company’s revival of The Dance and the Railroad before a single word is spoken.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:32PMDavid Henry Hwang’s 1981 play “The Dance and the Railroad” is an unlikely but fascinating mixture of Chinese opera staging techniques and a naturalistic drama about two Chi…
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:30PM“I have nothing to say, and I am saying it. And that is poetry.” Originally delivered by John Cage at an artists’ club in New York in 1949, the composer’s Lecture On Nothing went on …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:09PMWhile women were featured prominently on the stage at last night's 85th Annual Academy Awards (Adele, grrrl, you killed it), it might be -- as host Seth McFarlane duly noted -- because the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:08PM“I’m done with humble. I was meant to be proud.” So says the titular heroine of Irish playwright Teresa Deevy’s 1936 comedy-drama “Katie Roche,” upon disc…
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00PMIt began with a picture in my mind, as most of my stories do. A moonlit doorway, an apprehensive old couple looking out, and a little boy in a ragged page's costume saying to them "I was a r…
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The Martha Graham Dance Company's current run at the Joyce Theater in New York explores the role of mythology in the choreographer's work.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 06:58PM1. THE (*) INNThe shtetl turns uncanny in Hirschbein’s 1912 classic of Yiddish life, continuing Target Margin Theater's two-year exploration of Yiddish Theater. You might be expecting the …
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 06:42PMGet up close and personal with the Broadway cast of Once, winner of eight 2012 Tony Awards including Best Musical, when they return to 54 Below on March 3 at 930pm. Tickets on the day of per…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:41PMWith Interrobang, you are in the hands of a talented group of people who tell it like it is. The play's complex characters are neither vilified nor put on a pedestal, making this a play wort…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:35PMWhat British playwright Tom Stoppard was for the intellectuals of the baby boomer generation, playwright Itamar Moses might very well turn out to be for the current generation of American ac…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:32PMNew musical and world premiere play on the roster
SOURCE: Variety at 06:30PMThe much anticipated return season of Holding the Man, adapted from Tim Conigrave’s memoirs of the same name, opened at LaBoite Theatre over the weekend to a standing ovation. Tommy Murphy…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:13PMHook actor Dante Basco (Rufio) can't seem to escape the shadow of that one defining role. Of course, that could be largely due to Rufio fanboys who won't let him go to a real audition. In t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:01PMAwesome Broadway.com video blogger Kate Rockwell goes backstage at Rock of Ages with Andre Ward, Cody Scott Lancaster, Joey Calveri, Cassie Silva and more to discuss giraffes, double chins, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:00PMMarika Aubrey’s new feature series — How We Do What We Do - continues today on AussieTheatre. Over a pre-show sushi-box, I meet old friend Mitchell Butel (then starring in A Funny Thing…
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Whether you loved or hated Sunday night’s Academy Awards telecast, one thing is certain: you watched it. Ratings for the 85th Oscars ceremony revealed the red-hot event was the most wa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:59PMNorthlight Theatre, the suburban Chicago resident theatre known for contemporary plays, will produce the world premiere of Irish writer Christian O'Reilly's Chapatti, featuring Emmy …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMWhether it’s diving into the madness of MacBeth, paying a visit to Wonderland or helping solve a decades-old murder, at a growing number of immersive theater productions around the c…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:57PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, February 25, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway @peoplemag debuts @MotownMusical exclusive v…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:57PMThe cast of Once is ready for another round. Steve Kazee, Cristin Milioti and co. will perform another performance of their recent 54 Below concert on March 3.
First performed on Fe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PMThe Dubliners of Once are ready for another round. The cast of the Tony-winning musical will perform another performance of their recent 54 Below concert on March 3.
First perf…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PMABC nighttime musical soap NASHVILLE has featured a slew of boot-slappin', high-kickin' country stunners so far this season - most of them original songs, actually - but Hayden Panettiere ha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:48PMIn tomorrow's episode of NBC's 'Go On,' Broadway veteran Laura Benanti channels Marilyn Monroe singing 'I'm Through with Love,' which was sung by the blonde bombshell in Some Like It Hot. Ch…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:47PMMOVEiUS Dance presented Legacy: A Conversation Through Contemporary Ballet, an audience-friendly afternoon of work by multiple choreographers, yesterday as a part of the Atlas INTERSECTIONS…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:46PMWendy Wasserstein's The Heidi Chronicles is the third play in the winter repertory at Asolo Rep during its first of a multi-year examination of The American Experience, and an excellent choi…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:41PMOscar winners Jennifer Lawrence and Anne Hathaway chatted with GOOD MORNING AMERICA immediately following The Oscars last night. Check out their interviews - plus an interruption by Jack Nic…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:33PMVeteran stage actor Robert Hardy has pulled out of Peter Morgan’s The Audience following an accident in which he fell and cracked his ribs. Hardy’s understudy, David Peart, will …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:32PMBROADWAY SESSIONS is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron Bway Wicked, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:25PMTony nominee Michael Cumpsty will once again accompany Tracie Bennett on the piano when the Los Angeles engagement of End of the Rainbow begins performances on March…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:23PMPIPPIN begins preview performances on Broadway on March 23rd at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street). http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/theater/new-faces-in-spring-theater.html?p…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:18PMMasks, comic-book drawings and a rock band are incorporated into a new production of “Iphigenia in Aulis” at La MaMa.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:14PMTHEATER REVIEW: "From Doo Wop to Hip Hop at Black Ensemble Theater" ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "From Doo Wop to Hip Hop at Black Ensemble Theater" ★★★
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:12PMThe Florida State University Student Theatre Association presents Martin McDonagh's dark comedy A Behanding in Spokane directed by FSU sophomore Cory Dunn. This production will run from Febr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMCasting has been announced for the upcoming engagement of 'End of the Rainbow,' which begins previews March 12 at the Center Theatre GroupAhmanson Theatre at the Los Angeles Music Center. O…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03PMNorthlight Theatre announces the first selections of its 2013-14 season: including a World Premiere by Christian O’Reilly, Amy Herzog’s 4000 Miles and Neil Simon’s Pulitzer Prize winn…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:02PMHere’s an unusual choice for Movie Monologue Monday – Douglas Rain as Hal 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s unusual because the character is a computer’s voice R…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PM“It’s so much not enough. It’s so inadequate. But still bless me anyway. I want more life.” ― spoken by Prior Walter in Tony Kushner’s, Angels in America I read Maria Goy…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PMMontclair resident Laurie Carter brings 24 years of arts ed experience to Newark
SOURCE: NJ.com at 05:00PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 22513.
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Michael Cumpsty, who earned a 2012 Tony Award nomination for playing sympathetic pianist Manny in the Broadway production of End of the Rainbow, will repeat his work opposite Tony nominee Tr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:57PMThe Lion King claimed the top spot for the week ending February 24, 2013. Unfortunately, overall Broadway grosses dropped and there are only 6 productions in the millionaire club this week, …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 04:54PMIf you’re looking to get a drama school taster, then LAMDA’s new One Day Workshops look like they could be just the thing for you! Have a read of this… New for Easter 2013,…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:52PMNorthlight Theatre is announcing part of its 2013-14 season, including a new production of Neil Simon's "Lost in Yonkers," the Chicago-area premiere of "4000 Miles" by Amy Herzog and a new …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:51PMThe Department of Theatre at Collin College will present CABARET starting Thursday, February 28, at the John Anthony Theatre. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a sneak peek at a promo shot
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:49PMBill Irwin and David Shiner’s new comedy Old Hats is currently delighting audiences at the Pershing Square Signature Center, and we’ve got a look at their silly antics in a trail…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PMBoston Children's Theatre will present the return of Reflections of a Rock Lobster, the true story of a gay teenager and his fight to preserve his rights in the wake of bullying, prejudi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:47PMComing up this week, 54 BELOW, the performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:42PMIn a stage design preview video posted just before last night's Oscars ceremony, Derek McLane shared a little bit about his process in designing the set. He talks about his desire to use Swa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:37PMCarolyn Mignini will take on the role of Maria Callas in the Gallery Players presentation of Terrence McNally's Tony Award-winning play Master Class, which will begin performances March …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:35PMThe 28th Annual Bistro Awards gala, set to take place on Monday, March 4, has announced some of its main presenters. Unlike most other awards show, the Bistro Awards is an evening filled wit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PMA milestone previously unthinkable in American theatre became a reality on Jan. 26, 2013, when a Broadway show, The Phantom of the Opera, celebrated its 25th anniversary. In honor of the occ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:23PMIt might just come from abroad. Our roundup of the most promising candidates from across the pond.
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:22PMWe all know Laura Benanti can sing her brains out, but on her NBC sitcom, Go On, she plays a character whose talent is not immediately apparent. To prove that her group therapy leader L…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:20PMBroadway is getting shaken up this week with four outgoing shows MANILOW ON BROADWAY, MARY POPPINS, THE OTHER PLACE, and WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF and two incoming LUCKY GUY and KINKY B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:13PMNEW YORK (AP) — The producers behind one of the largest comedy festivals in the world are launching a new theatrical subsidiary that hopes to become a major player on Broadway and in Londo…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:12PMTony Award winner Robert Sean Leonard (Born Yesterday) as Henry Higgins in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, Tony Award nominee Kate Burton (The Constant Wife) in Tom Stoppard's Hapgood, and …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:12PMNEW YORK (AP) -- The producers behind one of the largest comedy festivals in the world are launching a new theatrical subsidiary that hopes to become a major player on Broadway and in Lo…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:09PMThe second season of the NBC musical drama "Smash" continues with new episodes Feb. 26 and March 5. Here is first look at those installments, titled "The Song" and "The Read-Throug…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:05PMWriter-director Mark Oxman has released the trailer for his new short musical film "Sing Along," featuring Alice Ripley, Heidi Blickenstaff and young actor Myles Erlick, which will…
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Outspoken original Eponine in the West End and Broadway mountings of international musical institution LES MISERABLES, Frances Ruffelle, has offered her thoughts on a host of topics in a new…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:59PMThe Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay.* Join us Thursday, February…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:54PMBeth Glover (Goodspeed’s “High Button Shoes” and “Red, Hot & Blue”) and Mark Zimmerman (Broadway’s “West Side Story” “A Catered Affai…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:54PMEvery show ends sometime (unless you're Phantom), so before the cast takes their final bow, there are a few things we want to know. How many actors get to make their Broadway debut alongsid…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:45PMThe first film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's classic rock opera JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR finds its way to Blu-ray for the very first time on May 7, 2013 - admittedly a littl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:42PMThe Lion King roared its way back to the top of the box office this week. The cast of Picnic packed up their checkered blankets (and Sebastian Stan's impeccible abs) as the Roundabout re…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:39PMThe Maltz Jupiter Theatre plans a massive $2.5 million renovation that will include adding VIP seating, building a more elaborate lobby with 12-foot ceilings, expanding the building itself t…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:37PMShow host Seth MacFarlane may have devoted the opening of the 85th Annual Academy Awards to beating his critics to the punch, Eminem-in-8 Mile-style (all that was missing was a "I'm outtie/h…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:35PMName: YanomiHometown: Oita, JapanEducation: Hiroshima University, English and American Literature Why theater?: Because performer and audience can share the real time and space filled with o…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:35PMMUSIC’S MANY BRIDGES It’s a proven power at the Black Ensemble Theater: No disease is so deadly, no crisis so catastrophic that a song can’t cure it within twenty bars. Add 20 more son…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:32PMSince its Toronto premiere in 1999, Michael Healey’s The Drawer Boy has been one of the most produced plays in the United States. After seeing Port City Playhouse’s production, I…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:31PMAcademy Award winning actress Jennifer Hudson finishes up her arc on Season Two of NBC's musical drama series SMASH this week with a music-filled episode showcasing the many marvelous sides …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:26PMIn addition to promoting TLC reality shows or Donald Trump, the world of beauty pageants can actually do some good. Case in point, the seventh annual Broadway Beauty Pageant, which benefits …
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:20PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:17PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 2242013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:17PMChicago's American Theater Company has announced a significant extension its hit production of "Columbinus," the work about the Columbine High School shootings, and will postpone its planned…
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Nashville Ballet dazzled crowd with vignettes set to composer Carl Orff’s "Carmina Burana."
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Aretha Aoki’s Las Gravitas, a solo about making a solo, ran last weekend at Danspace Project, in a shared evening with Benjamin Kimitch who presented a duet between Julie McMillan and Cl…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 02:58PMMOTOWN: THE MUSICAL star Valisia LeKae is featured as one of The New York Times select faces to watch in this week’s Arts & Leisure spring preview feature. The New York Times – Sunda…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:54PMThe Public Theater will showcase the work of playwrights participating in the 2012-13 Emerging Writers Group with a series of free performances beginning March 27 at the company's downto…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:53PMIt’s not unusual to see shows from the West End being sent across the pond to Broadway for a premiere after a safe try out in England’s West End theatre district. It is far too o…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 02:46PMRed Sox Musical, 'Johnny Baseball' Also On Roster
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:43PMDiana LaMar is giving a strong, at times touching central performance as Marie Curie in Shirley Lauro’s “The Radiant,” about seven years in the Nobel laureate’s life,…
SOURCE: Backstage at 02:40PM'Johnny Baseball' joins 'Madison County' musical
SOURCE: Variety at 02:37PMIt's time for the newest episode of BWW's exclusive TV series - CHEWING THE SCENERY WITH Randy Rainbow In this week's episode, Randy auditions with Bernie Telsey, and chats with Liza Minelli…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:34PMAs 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 02:00PMLet me start by saying that I think the longer I do this, the less I know and the more questions I have. But the one thing I ask myself often and always is “what does success look like…
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Former EastEnders actor Arinze Kene is fast becoming one of Britain's most exciting young playwrights. He tells Maddy Costa why he has turned his gaze on the riots that rocked the 1980s Cont…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:59PMThe 85th Academy Awards, hosted by Seth MacFarlane — and dedicated to music in film — were presented Feb. 24 at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. The evening …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:56PMLiza Minnelli and Alan Cumming will perform in Concert at The Town Hall with Lance Horne and Billy Stritch on Wednesday March 13th and Thursday March 14th. Alan Cumming, Liza MinnelliThe sho…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:50PMVeteran actor Robert Hardy has withdrawn from the London production of Peter Morgan's The Audience, which stars Oscar winner Helen Mirren, at the Gielgud Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:49PMRobert Hardy has pulled out of Peter Morgan’s The Audience following an accident he had in which he fell over and cracked his ribs. Despite this, the 87-year-old actor appeared in the show…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:48PMNew York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will officially proclaim that "March is Cabaret Month" at the Cabaret Hotline Anniversary Gala on March 6th. The proclamation will be received on behalf…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:48PMLotteries and luck create a unique artistic vision — Artistically speaking, the FRIGID New York Festival—which runs through March 3 at the The Kraine, the Red Room, and Under St.…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:43PMPregnancy and the intense feelings that accompany it can produce more than actual children -- they can also result in a play. Here comes Dorothy Fortenberry's Mommune, which Chalk Rep is pro…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:42PMAlec Baldwin, currently in rehearsals for Broadway’s Orphans, will be a guest on “The Late Show with David Letterman” tonight Monday February 25. Perhaps he will address the recent d…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:35PMRoundabout Theatre Company's second annual Roundabout Underground Reading Series begins Feb. 25 with Jonathan Caren's The Recommendation, directed by Laura Savia. Tickets to presenta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:32PMQunvenzhane Wallis didn’t take home the big prize last night for her performance in “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” but the youngster has plenty to celebrate. Wallis, who is the…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:27PMWinner of a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards including Best Musical, Matilda The Musical is more than a show, it’s a phenomenon. Based on the beloved novel by best-selling author R…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:20PMThe York Theatre Company continues the Winter 2013 Musicals in Mufti Series with Hollywood Pinafore, with book amp lyrics by George S. Kaufman and music by Sir Arthur Sullivan.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:09PMEthan Hawke and the violinist Dana Lyn perform the number “Aura Lee” from the New Group’s production of Jonathan Marc Sherman’s play “Clive.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:07PMA principal consideration when adapting a novel for the stage is why does this story need to be told in this format? Lifeline Theatre ensemble member Christopher M. Walsh wrote this all-new …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 01:06PMINTERVIEW: RUFUS NORRIS & KOBNA HOLDBROOK-SMITH Director Rufus Norris and actor Kobna Holdbrook-Smith talk to Matt Trueman about Feast, a staged celebration of the Yoruba culture and be…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 01:06PMAlec Baldwin, now in rehearsals for Broadway’s ORPHANS, will be a guest on “The Late Show with David Letterman” tonight Monday February 25. “Late Show” airs at 11:35 PM on CBS. B…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:05PMAlec Baldwin, now in rehearsals for Broadway's ORPHANS, will be a guest on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight Monday February 25. Late Show airs at 1135 PM on CBS.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02PMThe title says it all. Cuff Me: The Fifty Shades of Grey Musical Parody will make its off-Broadway premiere at the Actors Temple Theatre beginning March 27. Conceived by Tim Flaherty and dir…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:00PMI see a lot of shows. Like, a lot. I’ve SEEN a lot of shows. Hundreds if not thousands, because…well, I’m BroadwaySpotted. That’s just what I do. But there are still …
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 01:00PMDON'T FORGET! NEW "HOT OR NOT" POLL TO YOUR RIGHT!THE HANDS ON A HARDBODY TICKETS CONTEST ENDS WEDNESDAY AT 7PM! ENTER TO YOUR LEFT!You'd never know it was the third week of …
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Name: Karim MuasherHometown: Norfolk, VirginiaEducation: BFA Acting, Ithaca College / MFA Lecoq Based Theater, London International School of Performing ArtsFavorite Credits: Definitely my r…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:57PMBetween the time Giuseppe Verdi debuted La Traviata in the mid nineteenth century and today, there have been enormous changes to opera audiences — and I’m not just talking about our oh-s…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:56PMINTERVIEW: MICHAEL WALLING The artistic director of Border Crossings theatre company talks to Suman Bhuchar about their latest show, Consumed (touring), which features a story about Tong Zhe…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 12:56PMSeattle Opera’s production of “La Bohème,” running through March 10, 2013, is rich in fine acting and singing, perceptive directing and zestful orchestration, writes reviewer Bernard …
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 12:56PMI will be in Philadelphia this weekend and will be attending the Friday night performance of Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical at The Academy of Music. I saw the Broadway production…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:55PMIt’s no secret that Kate Rockwell, Joey Calveri, Adam Dannheisser and the cast of Rock of Ages know how to party like it’s 1987, but they took their craziness to the next level i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMThe Drama Desk will present its annual Spring Panel Discussion/Luncheon, which is entitled The Art of Storytelling, March 22 at Sardi's on W. 44th Street.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:52PMCAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF star Scarlett Johansson just visited NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon where she chatted about returning to the stage. Check out the full interview below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:49PMRECOMMENDED The Andreas Mitisek era has begun at Chicago Opera Theater. Walking across the stage on crutches with a leg cast at Saturday night’s season opening, Mitisek noted that his fall…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 12:46PMAdele is one step closer to the the sought-after EGOT, after winning an Academy Award last night for 'Skyfall'. According to Vulture, in the Oscar press room she was asked how she planned to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMMr. Mattox, known for his “catlike agility” in “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” was also a pioneer of the art of jazz dancing.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:38PMSecond Stage Theatre’s annual Uptown Series will present the world premiere of The Tutors, a new play by Erica Lipez, and the New York premiere of the crime musical Murder For Two…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:33PMThe 85th Academy Awards, hosted by Seth MacFarlane — and dedicated to music in film — were presented Feb. 24 at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. The evening …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PMThe Second Stage Theatre Uptown Series this spring and summer will feature the world premiere of Erica Lipez's The Tutors and the New York premiere of the musical Murder for Two, a hit i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PMEvent includes a screening of the new animated film "Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie."
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:30PMFebruary 22-25: Strange things happen when the moon is full. But considering that this is Pina Bausch we are talking about, things could be a whole lot stranger. Compared with some of her ea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:29PMREVIEW: Cast finds the comic combustion in story of elites and their “help.”
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:26PM Last night, on an Oscars telecast that you could have easily confused for the Tony Awards if there’d been just a tiny bit more Patti LuPone, Les Miz was front and center. Theate…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:23PMThe 2013 Kids’ Night on Broadway — the annual event that offers children a free ticket to a Broadway show when accompanied by a paying adult — begins tonight, February 25 and will …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:22PMOld Hats stars Bill Irwin and David Shiner are sticking around a little bit longer! The clowning duo’s newest show has received a second off-Broadway extension through April 14&nb…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:19PMComing soon from Bear Manor Media: Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube, by Trav S.D. Chain of Fools traces the art of slapstick comedy from its pre-ci…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:19PMEvent includes Seuss readings, crafts and games
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:19PMPerformances begin tonight for Roundabout Theatre Company's second annual Roundabout Underground Reading Series. The actors involved in the series include Penn Badgley, David Wilson Barnes, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:17PMRomesh Ranganathan has been named the winner of the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Award. The announcement was made yesterday at Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival show, where Mark S…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:15PMWhat’s not to like when two major choreographers create pieces for the Royal Ballet? The scores, says Clement Crisp
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:14PMCaledonian overload: Jamie Lloyd’s Shakespeare production tries too hard for its own good to be “the Scottish play”, Ian Shuttleworth writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:14PMIt's December 1968, and Judy Garland - in a London hotel room with both her new young fiance and adoring accompanist - is preparing to make her comeback . . . again. END OF THE RAINBOW plays…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:14PMSynetic Theatre has delivered a blockbuster with its almost cinematic rendition of The Tempest. Think Lord of the Rings mixed with scenes from James Cameron’s Titanic. Shakespeare’s mast…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:14PMEntertainment Events will present the Off-Broadway premiere of Cuff Me: The Fifty Shades of Grey Musical Parody beginning March 27, prior to an official opening May 5, at the Actors Temple T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:13PMScarlett Johansson swung by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on February 22 to chat about her role as Maggie the Cat in the Broadway revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Johansson revealed that tak…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:09PMComplete casting has been announced for the Broadway production of Horton Foote‘s The Trip To Bountiful, which will begin previews March 30 the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. The producti…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:06PMTune in to see CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF star Scarlett Johansson on ABC's Live with Kelly amp Michael tomorrow, Tuesday, February 26. The show airs at 900am in NYC on WABC Channel 7. Check local…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:05PMWatch CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF star Scarlett Johansson on NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” Scarlett also commented on fellow guest First Lady Michelle Obama. Click here to see her …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:04PMYou may know Anna Deavere Smith from her roles on the West Wing and Nurse Jackie. She is also a major player in the theater and was just awarded the Dorothy and Lillian Gish prize — one of…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:00PM
Frances Ruffelle plays the title role in Paul Kerryson's revival of Pam Gems' bio-play Piaf, which opens at Leicester Curve this week (26 February 2013, previews from 22 February).
The 197…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:58AMWhat most struck me about SILENCE! THE MUSICAL (which has existed online and onstage since 2002) is that it follows the movie beat-for-beat. I was especially aware because I had watched the …
SOURCE: www.blackbookmag.com at 11:57AMThe 85th Annual Academy Awards gave music and theatre lovers numerous stand-out moments, thanks to producers Craig Zaidan and Neil Meron, who studded the evening with performances by Barbra …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMTony winner and House, M.D. star Robert Sean Leonard, Scandal star Kate Burton and Tony winners Jason Robert Brown and Bartlett Sher will all take part in Williamstown Theatre Festival&…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:53AMQuvenzhane Wallis, a 2013 Academy Award nominee for her performance in "Beasts of the Southern Wild," will star in "Annie," the upcoming film remake of the 1982 movi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:51AMYou'll soon have acclaimed, Oscar-nominated films Zero Dark Thirty and Les Miserables on DVD to watch again and again...
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 11:49AM"No person should be subjected to such a senseless, humorless comment masquerading as satire," Steve Hannah, the chief executive of The Onion, wrote in an apology to Quvenzhané Wallis, the …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:47AMThis very moment I am pleased to write that I am in Tempe, Arizona for a return engagement at ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Why? Well, I’m directing the …
SOURCE: www.kimweild.com at 11:46AMWith her new Oscar win, recording artist Adele is halfway on her way to becoming an EGOT (that’s an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar & Tony winner). But don’t count on the British musicia…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:44AMTune in to see CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF star Scarlett Johansson on ABC’s “Live with Kelly & Michael” tomorrow, Tuesday, February 26. The show airs at 9:00am in NYC on WABC Channel 7…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:43AMGrammy Award-winning superstar Barry Manilow is entering his final week of performances of his hometown concert event, MANILOW ON BROADWAY. The critically acclaimed and profitable engagement…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:43AMCarl Wallnau directs a capable cast in performances that embody McDonagh’s bittersweet tone
SOURCE: NJ.com at 11:43AMThe world premiere of Jason Robert Brown and Marsha Norman’s musical “The Bridges of Madison County,” a “Pygmalion” revival starring Robert Sean Leonard, and a production of Tom St…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:42AMManhattan 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 exte…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:38AMJudi Dench has been made honorary fellow of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Dench graduated from the school in 1957 with a first class degree in acting and four acting prizes. …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:38AMCreated in 2011, the Gershwin Awards are presented annually to recognize high school students in the New York City Metropolitan Area for outstanding achievement in their high school’s musi…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:33AMProducers Barry amp Fran Weissler and Howard amp Janet Kagan present Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's Pippin, directed by Diane Paulus. Pippin will begin preview performances on Broadw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMMany of us have heard of the jack of all trades who is the master of none. The idea is that this is a person who seems as if they can do anything, yet they really just dabble in the...
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 11:30AMFull casting has been announced for York Theatre Company's Musicals in Mufti production of the George S. Kaufman musical Hollywood Pinafore, running for only five performances from March 1-3…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:29AMOn the same day that writer Fin Kennedy released ‘In Battalions’, his report into the effect of the cuts on new writing for the stage, Soho Theatre opened a double bill of transfers from…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:28AMThis summer, Williamstown Theater Festival will present a revival of "Animal Crackers," the Marx Brothers farce, and a new musical based on "The Bridges of Madison County," the best-selling …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:27AMIndiana University Bloomington's Department of Theatre presents 'The School for Scandal' by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, directed by Dale McFadden. The play openend on Feb. 22, and runs throug…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:25AMIt's a busy week on Broadway Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks makes his Broadway debut in Nora Ephron's LUCKY GUY which begins previews on Friday, 31. Also in previews starting Sunday, 33, is …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMHere’s something to jumpstart your week: Cute photos of Claybourne Elder — late of Bonnie and Clyde and Kansas City Rep’s Pippin — at a reading of a new play. The pla…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:17AMHeading in to Hollywood's biggest night, Broadway.com re-imagined the Oscars' Best Picture nominees as splashy musicals, but we wanted to know which film our readers thought would ma…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:15AMSignature Theatre is pleased to announce a second one-week extension for the world premiere of OLD HATS, created and performed by Tony Award winners Bill Irwin and David Shiner, with music b…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:14AMFinally, My 2013 Playwriting Work PlanThis is long overdue. I guess I was hoping to have my entire year figured out, but perhaps I just need to realize that adjustments and additions will ha…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 11:13AMLast week's poll asked which Rodgers and Hammerstein show you'd like to see return to Broadway next. Check out your response below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMDidn't have a chance to catch the fabulous musical numbers on last night's 85th Annual Academy Awards No worries - BWW brings you a one minute recap including performances by Adele, Anne Hat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:10AMThe New York Philharmonic will present Rodgers amp Hammerstein's Carousel, February 27-March 2, 2013. As previously announced, the production will star Kelli O'Hara as Julie Jordan, Nathan G…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMI first met Larry Peyton, the President of Celebrity Attractions, a Tulsa based Presenting and Producing house, in 1999, when I was the Company Manager of the National Tour of Jekyll & H…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Anne Hathaway's "dream" came true at last night's 85th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Hathaway (Twelfth Night at Shakespeare in the Park) took home the Oscar for her portrayal of the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:58AMThe Williamstown Theatre Festival summer season will include George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, starring Tony Award winner Robert Sean Leonard; a new interpretation of the classic Marx Bro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AM1) I have not set foot in a movie theater in a full calendar year, at least.2) Nonetheless, missing the awards telecast was simply not a possibility.3) Seth McFarlane is cute, charming, and …
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 10:56AMNEW YORK (AP) — When it comes to operatic ghost stories, none is more creepily effective than Benjamin Britten's "The Turn of the Screw."
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:54AMJimmy Kimmel is known for his brand of YouTube randomness, and the late night host certainly delivered another solid entry with the help of a slew of movie and Broadway stars. Kimmel’s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:52AMSex, money and the world wide web: Border Crossings' Consumed is a unique love story set in a virtual, global world.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:52AMNEW YORK (AP) -- When it comes to operatic ghost stories, none is more creepily effective than Benjamin Britten's "The Turn of the Screw."...
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:52AM(This post was originally shared by Corey Fischer in August 2012 on his blog, Story Passages. We’re sharing it here to cast more light on our Global Connections recipients. Stay tuned …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:48AMSeth MacFarlane hosted 'The 85th Annual Academy Awards broadcast live on Oscar SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 on the ABC Television Network. The star-studded event included a celebration of movie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:46AMRarely, if ever, would you match up the pop song “Hey Jealousy” by The Gin Blossoms with William Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona. But Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s productio…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:46AMIn an Oscars broadcast that was packed with tributes to movie musicals, "Les Miserables" won three Academy Awards on Sunday, including a win for Anne Hathaway for supporting actress. The fi…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:45AMSeth MacFarlane hosted 'The 85th Annual Academy Awards broadcast live on Oscar SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 on the ABC Television Network. The star-studded event included a celebration of movie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:43AMImogen Stubbs will star opposite Amanda Daniels in Dermot Canavan's Third Finger, Left Hand, which runs at Trafalgar Studios 2 from 3 to 27 April 2013.
The production is directed by former …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:40AMTwo-time Tony Award nominee Tom Wopat (Catch Me If You Can) and a host of Horton Foote play veterans will join Emmy Award winner Cicely Tyson (Sounder), Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding Jr.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:35AMTom Wopat is heading to Bountiful! The two-time Tony-nominated actor and singer will team up with previously announced stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams, Condola Rashad and Cicely Tys…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:34AMTom Wopat is heading to Bountiful! The two-time Tony-nominated actor and singer will team up with previously announced stars Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams and Co…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:34AMThe York Theatre Company James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director Andrew Levine, Executive Producer continues the Winter 2013 Musicals in Mufti Series with Hollywood Pinafore, with book amp…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34AMIt was announced today that tickets for The Broadway Beauty Pageant go on-sale. The seventh annual beauty contest is set for Monday evening, May 20th, 8p.m., at the NYU Skirball Center for t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMWithin the first half hour of the multiple Oscar-winning film Cabaret, there’s a brief moment in which a young British man new to Berlin (played by Michael York, so fresh and tightly w…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:30AMThe relationship between television and theatre has always been an intimate and challenging affair. So close are the two mediums, sharing audiences and industry professionals, that it is eas…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:29AMOn last night'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
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:26AMHappy morning-after-The-Oscars! Today, I'm giving away a pair of tickets to see Holland Taylor's one-woman show, Ann. Taylor, who also wrote the show, portrays Ann Richards, the legendary go…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:25AMFROM 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 10:23AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending February 24, 2013: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm ANN $262,436 4,826 61.94% $54.38 ANNIE $972,128 10,972 80.30% $8…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:22AMRational madness. What is it and why should we care? Alirio Zavarce’s performance, The Book of Loco Zavarce, attempts to outline his ideas on rational madness and why we should take n…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:20AMWilliamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, MA, has announced its upcoming season.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMExperiencing Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill is like taking a remarkable journey across time and space, encountering some of the great literary giants of the 20th century and colliding wi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:14AMLeicester Square theatre Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:08AMComplete casting has been announced for the Broadway production of Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful, which will begin previews March 30 the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:08AMToday is the birthday of under-rated Herbert “Zeppo” Marx (1901-1979). For more on him and his famous funny brothers go here. Zeppo’s long been a sort of joke amongst the m…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:07AMIt makes sense that an actress with a name like Holland Taylor would become an expert at playing witty, patrician women on stage and screen. An Emmy winner for The Practice and four tim…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:06AMBroadway veteran and two-time Tony Award nominee Tom Wopat will join the company of the upcoming Broadway revival of Horton Foote's THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, starring the previously announced C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMIn this week's edition of 'School in the Spotlight', BWW is thrilled to feature the drama department at Campbell County High School in Alexandria, Kentucky
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMA television commercial has been released for the new stage musical King Kong, which will make its premiere in June in Melbourne, Australia, at the Regent Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AMComplete casting has been announced for The York Theatre Company's upcoming production of Hollywood Pinafore — part of its Winter 2013 Musicals in Mufti Series — which will p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AMThose in the audience who had never seen "Barber" -- or any opera -- must have left the theater eager to explore the art form.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:00AM
Productions of plays by Tom Murphy have won five of the 13 categories in this year’s Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards, with Druid Theatre Company’s career-spanning trilogy – Conversati…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:54AMThe Feb. 26 episode of the new NBC musical drama "Smash," which is titled "The Song," and the March 5 episode, entitled "The Read-Through," will both air at 10 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMThe first-ever BroadwayWorld.com New York Cabaret Awards show was held at the Metropolitan Room on Thursday, February 21. The evening featured a star-studded lineup, including Marilyn Maye, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:39AMMatthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara star in the Tony Award-winning new musical comedy - NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT. Tickets from as low as 47 for Select Performances - Buy now
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMAs we move into the spring, a few recommendations for you: 1. Uncommon Service - I truly believe that the ability to define and deliver superior customer service is going to be the thing tha…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:30AMAnne Hathaway, Daniel Day Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence were among the stars who picked up trophies at the star-studded event. Below, get a behind-the-scenes look into the Oscar press room.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:29AMThe seventh annual Broadway Beauty Pageant, an all-male contest benefiting New York's Ali Forney Center, will be held May 20 at 8 PM at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (6…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:29AMHere it is! This is an annual event I’ve come to look forward to like the coming of Christmas every year: the annual Film Forum showing of old Vitaphone vaudeville shorts by Ron Hutchi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:28AMPromises, promises - those made, broken, surpassed and a few prolonged. Last night's Academy Awards telecast was one of the most entertaining and exceptionally glamorous in many a year and e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:13AMSeth MacFarlane hosted 'The 85th Annual Academy Awards broadcast live on Oscar SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 on the ABC Television Network. Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Amanda Siefried we…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:13AMWhat I love most about the theatre is the passion the actors have for their work. During my interview with three actors from 'Suitors', it was evident how much they cared about the story the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:12AMFurther details have been announced of the 2013 season in the newly-refurbished Bristol Old Vic (pictured), which will see programming expanded to include dance and the first ever Bristol Pr…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:11AMThis new musical bursts onto the stage like a wittily knowing and colourful cross between Mack and Mabel and Hollywood Babylon. It tells the fascinating and ultimately rather heartening true…
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:09AMAt the dimly light, lightly enchanting dinner party thrown for Hans Christian Andersen at the Kennedy Center this past weekend, all of the guests — each one a character from the Danish…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:08AMToday is the birthday of the great Jim Backus (1913-1989). If this distinctive actor hadn’t been known for voicing Mr. Magoo (late 1940s through late 1970s), or playing Thurston Howell…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:02AMEncore Stage and Studio presents Big Bad, a melding of classic fairy tales who all have one thing in common: their villain! The Big Bad Wolf is on trial for his actions…but is he guilty of…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMEvery show ends sometime (unless you're Phantom), so before the cast takes their final bow, there are a few things we want to know. In 2006, Katie Nanni made her Broadway debut in the ensem…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AM
In the introduction to his 1980 study of Egon Schiele, Simon Wilson offers a cogent, concise definition of painterly Expressionism of the early 20th century: Expressionist art at its highest…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:48AMStar of stage and screen Kristin Chenoweth joined Oscars' host Seth MacFarlane to close out last night's ACADEMY AWARDS ceremony, singing a snappy duet titled 'Here's to the Losers' to comfo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:36AMA fascinating article recently published in the L.A. Times evaluated reasons why arts organizations and other not-for-profit institutions have problems meeting their fundraising goals.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:21AMDirector Jamie Lloyd's production of Shakespeare's Macbeth at the Trafalgar Studios opened last week (22 February 2013).
Set in a dystopian Scotland of the future, it stars James McAvoy as M…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:21AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #302: Ida Cox (for more on the great blues singer and her vaudeville background go here). Here she is performing the “Four Day Creep” …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:17AMAutobiography, personal essay, history, current affairs, or literary criticism, many are the guises under which travel writing has seduced readers of decidedly categorical bent.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:08AM
Creative Scotland has announced dates for its promised open consultation meetings with arts practitioners in Scotland. The five dates are in Dundee, Edinburgh, Greenock, Teangue (on Skye) an…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:49AMJamie Lloyd's Macbeth opened last week (22 February 2013) at the Trafalgar Studios.
Starring James McAvoy and Claire Foy, the cast also includes Jamie Ballard, Graeme Dalling, Lisa Gardner, …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:36AMOctagon Theatre, Bolton: The Octagon, under David Thacker's inspired stewardship, is consistently at the cutting edge - and this is another highly innovative play.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:16AMTrafalgar Studios, London: What is the world of Macbeth? Medieval, Gothic, mythical? Jamie Lloyd's production in the opening volley of his Trafalgar Transformed season goes completely p…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:06AM
Die-hard Philip Glass fans will enjoy this no doubt. *Usher* is Edgar Allan Poe’s crowning achievement of his totality style, with every piece in the short work fitting together to push a …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:54AMDavid Henry Hwang’s The Dance and the Railroad opens off-Broadway on February 25. The two-hander drama, which recently extended its run, will play through March 24 at the Pershing Squa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:50AMActress Tyne Daly returns to the George Street Playhouse stage for a one-night-only event tonight, February 25. The event, first in a planned series of 'Conversations with...' will feature t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AM2013 promises to be a banner year for Tom Wopat. From the Feb. 12 release of his eighth recording I've Got Your Number, to his role in Quentin Tarrantino's highly anticipated film Django Unc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMGavin Creel and Jared Gertner will play Elder Price and Elder Cunningham in The Book of Mormon, which previews at the Prince of Wales Theatre from tonight, 25 February 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe Board of Directors and Executive DirectorProducerFounder of THE COLUMN Awards Organization, John Garcia, have announced that Tony Award nominee, Broadway sensation Orfeh will be their sp…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThere's certainly an appetite for WaistWatchers: The Musical — a show for the ladies who lunch as a girl's day (or night) out, which would account for one-quarter of Sunday’s audience be…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:24AMIn what sounds like a theater fan's biggest musical mash-up fantasy come true, the casts of the Les Misérables, Chicago and Dreamgirls films assembled at the Oscars to pay tribute…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:22AMA Week in Theatreby Chris Lane@ChrisLaneTweetsWho’s doing well right now: Robert Lepage has been awarded the 10th Glenn Gould Prize, for his lifetime contribution to the arts in Canad…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:05AMThe 85th Academy Awards, hosted by Seth MacFarlane — and dedicated to music in film — were presented Feb. 24 at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. The evening …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03AM(photo credit: Donald Rees)If You Show Up On Time, You're Actually Lateby Estelle RosenOrlando Lopez, was born in El Salvador, and is currently finishing his BFA in Film Studies at Concordia…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMPlaywright Kew Gardens, New York USA I look for inspiration by keeping my eyes open, my ears clean and unwavering concentration on life around me. It’s not always easy because we all g…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AM(Roleene Youssef, photo credit: Simon Hayter)How Has My Love Affected You? sounds like one of those awful/wonderful nights only theatre is capable of delivering. Marcus Youssef had a difficu…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMI spent the first decade of my life as a professional writer using a big black Royal manual typewriter that...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMWOODY LIGHT One iconic comic writer; eight monologues cut from the screen time of seven of his most memorable female characters; a six-person, all male cast: Those are the ingredients of Roy…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:00AMChet Atkins plays "Vilja" and "Say Si Si" on Ozark Jubilee in 1958: (This is the latest in a series...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"If it's a musical, and it's not about love, I don't see the point." David Ives (quoted in Pia Catton,...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMThe 2013 Kids' Night on Broadway — the annual event that offers children a free ticket to a Broadway show when accompanied by a paying adult — is held held Feb. 25-March…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award nominee Alison Fraser performs Only a Paper Moon: A Tennessee Williams Songbook, an evening of music inspired by Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie and his other wor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe work of up-and-coming theatre songwriter Matthew Doers is showcased in a one-night-only Feb. 25 concert at Ars Nova. Rock vocalist Lisa McQuade performs new material and songs from the g…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJulie Halston hosts the third annual Broadway Belts for PFF!, which benefits the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, Feb. 25 at 7 PM at Birdland Jazz Club.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Project Shaw series continues Feb. 25 with a reading of George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway's Future Songbook Series — presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul — continues Feb. 25 in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Perfor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe nine-time Tony-winning hit The Book of Mormon begins performances Feb. 25 at London's Prince of Wales Theatre prior to an official opening March 21.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMeet octogenarian usher Sylvia Bailey, a former dancer and singer who returned to the theatre late in life for a long run at Broadway's Majestic Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDavid Henry Hwang's The Dance and the Railroad, his 1981 play about Chinese workers forging the American Transcontinental Railroad, opens Feb. 25 in an Off-Broadway revival by Signa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1900 Birthday of legendary Broadway producer and director Jed Harris (1900-1979), who will present The Royal Family, Broadway, Our Town, The Heiress and The Crucible. Also said to be the mod…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIf you listen to an actor’s voice carefully, you can tell something about her range. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Sarah Paulson, when performing onstage, indulge in what I …
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMFrançois Girard’s new staging of Wagner’s “Parsifal,” at the Metropolitan Opera, is nearly as inexplicable as the work itself. The Knights of the Grail, dressed …
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