With the popularity of her Fanny performances in the Off-Broadway solo show One Night with Fanny Brice and in Ghostlight (NYMF), Kimberly Faye Greenberg has now created an intimate new "Fann…
SOURCE: offoffbroadway.broadwayworld.com at 09:53PMKimberly Faye Greenberg has Created an Intimate New “Fanny Brice” Solo Show, Fabulous Fanny: The Songs and Stories of Fanny Brice. Ms. Greenberg will Showcase a Part from her Upcoming Sh…
SOURCE: www.prlog.org at 09:52PMWith the popularity of her Fanny performances in the Off-Broadway solo show One Night with Fanny Brice and in Ghostlight (NYMF), Kimberly Faye Greenberg has now created an intimate new "Fann…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:49PMLifeline’s adaptation of China Mieville's masterful science fiction novel has grand hopes but is undone by a need for a much more explicit staging and tone. (read more...)
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:46PMThe accidental death of a man in a public space prompts an exploration of grief among his loved ones and strangers alike.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:26PMWritten and performed by Alirio Zavarce this autobiographical one-hander looks at how the central character has dealt with the madness and pain in his adult life. Inspired by the sad cancer …
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It’s all things Harold Pinter as “The Birthday Party” continues its run through April 28 at Steppenwolf Theatre’s Upstairs theater. The dark tale of a group of inhabitants at a seasi…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:38PMLori McGill wants me to know she isn't crazy. Even though she has seen Barry Manilow in concert more than 300 times -- every New York run since 1976, 48 times in Vegas, and every performance…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:36PMOPENING THE AFTER PARTY. Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents a lineup of late-night, cross-genre performances during Garage Rep 2013, including Salonathon, Paper Mice, Spektral Quartet, Sha…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:32PMOn this week's jam-packed episode of The Broadway.com Show, our intrepid staff of reporters gives you the scoop on Jeremy Jordan's new movie gig, Charlize Theron's fancy foo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:09PMAs Black History Month draws to a close Andy dives recklessly into the arts punditsphere's diversity conversation clusterf**k.
SOURCE: Culturebot at 06:07PMWho would have thought that so much ugliness could be delivered so beautifully? With The Wild Bride, Kneehigh Theatre returns to the United States to serve up a feast for the senses in the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:05PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Everything Is Illuminated" by Next Theatre at Noyes Cultural Center ★★★½
You've doubtless pondered the role that chance plays in life -- who wins, who lo…
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Broadway’s new one-woman-show Ann, written by and starring Emmy winner Holland Taylor, explores the trials and victories of larger-than-life Texas governor Ann Richards. The play curre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PMListen, I think it’s time we had a talk. The talk. About where Neo-Futurists come from. Forget what you’ve heard about storks and storefront theaters – this is a story ...…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 05:54PMPlaybill's weekly recap, with notes and comment, of the latest episode of the NBC musical drama series "Smash," about the dreamers behind Broadway musicals. Here's a look a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:54PMThe New York Philharmonic's Feb. 27-March 2 concert staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel opened its rehearsal room doors to the press recently. Stars Kelli O'Hara, Nathan Gunn, Jess…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:46PMIn inspired hands the most unbeautiful, sometimes maddeningly hazy and imprecise language can take on a distinct and surprising appeal.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:43PMUPDATE: Roundabout Theatre Company has announce that the Broadway Divas headlining its 2013 Spring Gala will now be Tony Award winners Laura Benanti (Gypsy) and Jane Krakowski (Nine), Stepha…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:42PMIn the royal suite at Manhattan’s Carlyle Hotel, the stars of the upcoming Broadway production of Breakfast at Tiffany’s assembled on February 27 to make their collective debut f…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:34PMFewer and fewer people can say that they heard Van Cliburn play a solo recital. I did, in Kansas City...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:23PMUPDATE: In a dramatic turn, the upcoming production of Broadway's Breakfast at Tiffany's has chosen not to cast any of the wide-eyed cuddly cuties who came to their widely publicized open ca…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:23PMMost college theater students have plenty of opportunities to take the stage at their universities in leading roles, ensemble characters or even behind the scenes. Some Drexel University stu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMThe Dramatists Guild of America held their annual awards ceremony last evening at The Lambs Club in New York. The awards ceremony was hosted by Lisa Kron and featured a performance by Kenita…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMBranden Jacobs-Jenkins, whose plays include Neighbors and The Octoroon, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Sundance Theatre Institute's Tennessee Williams Award, which will be…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:18PMManhattan Theatre Club's production of Liz Flahive’s powerful dramedy The Madrid officially opened at off-Broadway’s New York City Center – Stage I on February 26. Dire…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:14PMChoreographer Oguri read Huckleberry Finn in Japanese and asked jazz master Wadada Leo Smith to write and perform a score for a dance inspired by the novel. The result, called Notaway: Quest…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:11PMRehearsals began this week in Atlanta, GA, for the Alliance Theatre's production of ZORRO, a thrilling new musical. Zorro, 'the fox,' was created in 1919 by the writer Johnston McCulley for …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:11PMThanks to the Mint Theater Company I've had a lovely time getting acquainted with Irish playwright Teresa Deevy over the last three seasons. Their current offering, Katie Roche, isn't my fav…
SOURCE: Blank New World at 05:10PMIt's been a while, but BOMBSHELL is back TVLine has just revealed a sneak peek at the upcoming show-stopping number 'Public Relations' from SMASH's upcoming episode 'The Read-Through.' Check…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:09PMJeremy Jordan (Newsies), and Wicked alums Norm Lewis, Jennifer Laura Thompson, and Julia Murney will join The New York Pops in celebrating the 65th birthday of composer Stephen Schwartz and …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:09PMANN, a new play written and performed by Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor, is now in previews on Broadway at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street and will ope…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:05PMl-r Jesse LaVercombe, Shannon Currie (by: Maxime Coté)To Take a Different Tackby Caitlin MurphyI think I’ve reached a theatre-going quota. A sort of saturation point. I feel s…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:04PMLast week, AussieTheatre began featuring interviews with the recently announced Tap Brothers, soon to star in the upcoming 21st Anniversary Production of Hot Shoe Shuffle. Hot Shoe Shuffle�…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:00PMSomewhere along the way, American higher education picked up the duty of professional preparation. The Jeffersonian ideal of the liberal arts education as an end in itself, an inherent good,…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PMEpisode Thirty: New York Part Two In part two of Craig and Lindsay’s New York adventure they talk about their favourite theatrical experience – Too Much Light Makes the Baby go Blin…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PM
Tony Award winning playwright Richard Greenberg's new play, Breakfast at Tiffany's will soon open at the Cort Theatre 138 W 48th Street. Directed by Sean Mathias, Breakfast at Tiffany's begi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:57PMThe cruise line who brought you the FlowRider and the Rockwall has announced its next groundbreaking innovation Kristin Chenoweth, Godmother of Quantum of the Seas. Watch the actress' promo …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54PM"We're okay" with this! Rent alum Tracie Thoms is set to star as the editor of a newspaper in ABC's sexy, gothic soap pilot Gothica. Thoms will co-star opposite Janet Montg…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:49PMAnn, actress-writer Holland Taylor's biographical play about late Texas Governor Ann Richards, began Broadway previews Feb. 18 prior to opening March 7 at Lincoln Center Theater's Vi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:49PMThe SFA College of Fine Arts and School of Theatre present 'Stage Door' now through March 2, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the SFA campus. The production is part of the College of Fine Arts' …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:47PMSmash star Jeremy Jordan, Tony nominee Norm Lewis, Wicked alum Julia Murney and Tony nominee Jennifer Laura Thompson will take on Stephen Schwartz’s classic catalogue for the Carnegie …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:45PMJean-François Casabonne, Stéphane Jacques and Isabelle Roy (Photo credit: Matthew Fournier)The Mighty PenA play on the primacy of words.by Nanette SoucyIn a room that is hazy and warm…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:41PMAnna Ty Bergman Red Hot Broadway, Jordan Coughtry Amadeus at Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, Blake Pfeil Man of La Mancha at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Dani Marcus Jane Austen's Emma …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:37PMIan Lake and Lisa Berry (photo by Bruce Monk)The Conversation of Silenceby Edgar GovernoCanada is a country fixated on its own past.As a nation, we have never become very adept at discussing…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:33PMA capable cast led by Edie Falco creates a cadre of unlikeable women and henpecked men in "The Madrid," says critic Toby Zinman.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 04:31PMManhattan Theatre Club presents the world premiere production of Richard Greenberg's The Assembled Parties. Directed by MTC's award-winning Artistic Director Lynne Meadow, the cast features …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:30PMThough it’s still early days, PNB is notifying subscribers this week of what its 2013/2014 season might look like (subject to change, as season are all about budgets). Among the highlights…
SOURCE: blogs.seattletimes.com at 04:21PMThis doesn’t quite qualify for my worst production list. Cockamamie. That’s the list it belongs on. This show is like watching a live kaleidoscope where the pieces are human. Proof o…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 04:19PMJeremy Jordan, Norm Lewis, Julia Murney and Jennifer Laura Thompson will join the New York Pops for the April 12 celebration of the music of Academy Award-winning and Tony-nominated composer…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:17PMFind out how The Assembled Parties stars Judith Light, Jessica Hecht and Jeremy Shamos are taking on the family drama of Richard Greenberg's dynamic decades-spanning new play.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:16PMRECOMMENDED When taken apart song-by-song, the musical catalogue of Black Ensemble Theater’s uplifting new show, “From Doo Wop To Hip Hop,” is radically diverse in genre, era, rhyt…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 04:13PMThe Dramatists Guild Fund presented their Madge Evans and Sidney Kingsley Award to actress Linda Lavin and playwright Lynn Nottage this past Monday evening. The awards were presented by Dram…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:10PMRECOMMENDED All good drama has one thing in common and that is story. Jonathan Safran Foer’s 2002 novel “Everything is Illuminated” made for a mostly seamless transition to the stage a…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 04:08PMThe incredible Elaine Page brings her one woman concert to the McCallum Theatre tonight for a one-night-only, intimate look into her life and her career, singing the songs and recreating th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:05PMOn April 12, 2013, The New York Pops continues its 30th season with an evening celebrating the 65th birthday of Stephen Schwartz and the 10th anniversary of his hit musical Wicked with The W…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:05PMStephen Karam, Alan Menken and Michael John LaChiusa were among the recipients of 2012 Dramatists Guild of America awards, which werre presented Feb. 26 at the Lambs Club in New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:05PMThree feisty widows don’t let the fact that their husbands are all dead get in their way of carrying on in the usual fashion of a marriage. No they aren’t holding séances or anything bi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:02PMReview of Mini Musical Send Ups: Dorothy, Annie, and Maria Together at Joe's Pub
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 04:00PMDorothy Silver in "The Velocity of Autumn" at the Beck Center for the Arts in spring 2012. Courtesy of the Beck Center for the Arts Before Eric Coble's "The Velocit…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 04:00PM
Alexis Convento, founder, creative director and producer of the CURRENT SESSIONS, is a one-woman powerhouse with an appetite for identifying and nurturing unique choreographic voices. - See …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 03:59PMGlimpses of Greeks and Game Shows
February 26th, 2012
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If you haven't seen Richard Move's The Show (Achilles Heels) yet, perhaps a quic…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 03:58PMRock of Ages, the worldwide smash hit that features a raucous mix of 28 eyebrow-scorching tunes, is playing at The Venetian Don't miss your chance to party like a rock star with the most bit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:56PM Hey All! Are you guys excited? We’re almost to the twitter party. Just a few hours left, so I wanted to touch base with you and make sure we know how this is going to go.…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 03:53PMSundance Institute has announced that playwright and Sundance Institute Theatre Lab alum Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will receive the first-ever Tennessee Williams Award from the Institute's Thea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:51PMA new feature wherein we record and chronicle contemporary busking performers for fun and very little profit. These two gents were swinging a barn dance in the station under my house during …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:48PMWinner of the 2013 Nightlife Legend Award cabaret and theatre legend Marilyn Maye, Broadway veteran and Tony Award winner and one of the stars of Unsung Menken Debbie Gravitte, and Tony Awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMLast season Matilda The Musical was winner of a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards, including Best Musical. Based on the novel by best-selling author Roald Dahl, Matilda tells the story…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 03:37PMRockwell: Table & Stage is hosting a jazz performance by Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra for two nights only, Wednesday March 13 and Wed. March 20, 2013. There are two …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:35PMStage and screen star Liev Schreiber lends his formidable chops to the cast of the forthcoming film THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST, also starring Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson and Kiefer Sutherland.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:27PMA paraplegic Vietnam veteran struggles to keep his childhood home in this heart-felt and humorous tale by Lanford Wilson. The protagonist Ken fends off friend and family alike as he tries to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:27PMIf the dial number is set, can a start date be far behind?
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:26PMIn an brand new exclusive interview with Rolling Stone, iconic Green Day frontman and AMERICAN IDIOT composer Billie Joe Artmstrong opens up about his battle with addiction and the the road …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:11PMAnyone in the process of developing a Patrick Stewart bio-pic (we know you're out there somewhere), search no more for your leading man. For years, James McAvoy has been silently building a …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:09PMPlaywright will receive prize at spring benefit
SOURCE: Variety at 03:04PMRIPPED TO RAGS IN A BEAUTIFUL WAY John Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize and National Book award-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath operates as both a harrowing portrait of the American struggle f…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:03PMWOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS AND DIRECTORS HEADLINE GOODMAN THEATRE’S 2013/2014 “DREAM” SEASON A BLUES-INFUSED NEW WORK AND A REVIVED MUSICAL CLASSIC BOOKEND THE LINE-UP OF WORLD PREMIERES, GOODM…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:02PMThe Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program present IDENTIFY THEFT. The show runs thru March 9 at the Cleveland Play House. Check out the teaser video bel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PM
Roundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic Director has just announced the performer line up for the 2013 Spring Gala, featuring a one-night-only musical tribute, emceed by Alan Cummin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:56PMPoetic Theater Productions brings back it's popular Love, Redefined for a final salute the Valentine's season.
Expect to see some amazing work.
I spoke with Alex Mallory and Jeremy Karafin…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 02:56PMDestined to become a signature event on the Queensland culture calendar, Clancestry (26 February to 3 March) is a brand new festival celebrating the art and culture of First Nation peoples f…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:54PMI cringed a little when Alter Ego began; the wedding dance and accompanying matrimonial images, corny and much too long. (Maybe that was the intention!) But I forgot all that quite quickly w…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:53PMExperimental German/UK theatre group Gob Squad, presented Kitchen (You’ve Never Had It So Good) as part of the World Theatre Festival held at the Brisbane Powerhouse. Upon entering the the…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:53PMOriginally published here 23 March 2011. If I had known about the Frankfurt School in time, I would have been saved a great deal of work. I would not have said a certain amount of nonsense a…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 02:44PMFrequent stage star Hamish Linklater - most recently seen on Broadway in Theresa Rebeck's SEMINAR last year and previously in the star-studded Shakespeare In The Park production of AS YOU LI…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:44PMMarch brings the advent of spring after a frigid London winter, and what better time for the city’s theater to spring into overdrive? This month’s London Datebook finds two thesp…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMInside Rajiv Joseph’s new play The North Pool — If there’s one thing to know about a typical Rajiv Joseph script, it’s that there’s no such thing. The prolific …
SOURCE: TDF at 02:42PMVenue hosted hundreds of concerts and games
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:41PMLondon, get ready to rock! Irish writer Roddy Doyle could be bringing Dublin soul music to the West End in a new musical adaptation of his acclaimed 1987 novel The Commitments. Written …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:40PMMichael Feinstein will sit down with Tony winners Stephen Sondheim, Liza Minnelli, Angela Lansbury, Christine Ebersole and more for season three of his PBS series Michael Feinstein’s A…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:39PMGoodbye tutus and tights, hello dancing demons – Tamara Rojo now leads a company with a new look and feel, and the critics are wrong to complainWhen Tamara Rojo took over English National …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PMGenre-redefining movie musical PITCH PERFECT may already have been released in movie theaters and is now out on DVD and Blu-ray, but the momentum for the Cult hit is growing still - a radio …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:26PMTony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Edie Falco plays a mother and teacher who sheds her life and moves to a rundown apartment building in the world premiere of Liz Flahive's The…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PMBroadway.com is your go-to destination for everything Broadway, but theaters all across the country are offering some truly top-notch productions—and you can catch them in your hometow…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:22PMBroadway.com is your go-to destination for everything Broadway, but theaters all across the country are offering some truly top-notch productions—and you can catch them in your hometow…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:22PMThey call the festival Nordic Cool, but someone must have planted a stick of dynamite at the Kennedy Center. Hedda Gabler at times is so “hot” that it blasts away at any conception th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:13PMQuvenzhane Wallis—the youngest Oscar nominee ever for “Beasts of the Southern Wild”—just landed one of the most iconic roles for young girls: Annie.
The title role in…
SOURCE: Backstage at 02:05PMThe ever dapper Tony Award winner Alan Cumming (Cabaret) appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to talk about his one-man performance of Macbeth. Cumming admits to even scaring himself whe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:05PMChief sympathised with shareholders who found stock-price performance a ‘disappointment’, after it lost third of market value since September’s peak
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:02PMSo I pull out a copy of Matthew Dickman poemsI got at City Lights Books in San Francisco a few years ago.I love the poetry room in that bookstore.Up on the second floor of that creaky old bu…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 02:01PMAs the Broadway production of Mary Poppins comes to a close, we asked current and original principle cast members, as well as current cast members who have been with the show since day one, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PM
Sony Pictures announced today that it will be 'getting a new deal for Christmas' when it releases the highly-anticipated remake of ANNIE on December 25, 2014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:57PMIt was announced today that a new program at Columbia University Medical Center CUMC has been established to improve the health and well-being of LGBT individuals.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:52PMThere’s one word that’s indisputably synonymous with NBC’s soapy musical Smash: drama. This week's episode was chock full of it, so we asked readers (and anyone who is …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:52PMAccording to an Equity casting notcice, the new musical HONEYMOON IN VEGAS, which was initially scheduled to premiere in Toronto last Fall, will open at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMOn a break from rehearsal, BroadwayWorld.com sat down with director Richard Jay-Alexander to get the exclusive scoop on what audiences can expect
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:49PMThe new world-premiere production of Breakfast at Tiffany's, adapted by Tony Award winner Richard Greenberg, begins preview performances at the Cort Theatre on March 4 and officially ope…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:44PMIn a concerted effort to thwart the continued theft of illegally downloaded music, stolen sheet music and denial of royalties to artists, composers Alan Menken and Craig Carnelia have joined…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:41PMA new deal for Christmas, indeed! Will Gluck’s remake of the Tony-winning musical Annie will be released on December 25, 2014, according to Deadline.com. The project, starring Oscar no…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:40PMThe Dramatists Guild has released the music video to "Someone Wrote That Song," a new tune by Tony, Grammy and Academy Award winner Alan Menken and Tony nominee Craig Carnelia, in …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:37PMEddie Borey, a Vietnamese-Irish American, wrote Christmas in Hanoi, currently being produced by East West Players. It depicts a Vietnamese-Irish American family visiting Vietnam, as ghosts h…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:36PMA new production of The Laramie Project — marking the 15th anniversary of the killing of Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard — is among the works in Ford's Theatre Societ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:36PMHere is our third interview with the cast of Round House Theatre’s production of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross. Today – meet Jesse Terrill. Joel: Introduce us to the characte…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:28PMTony Award winning playwright Richard Greenberg's new play, Breakfast at Tiffany's will soon open at the Cort Theatre 138 W 48th Street. Directed by Sean Mathias, Breakfast at Tiffany's begi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:26PMKelli O’Hara first learned about Carousel when she performed in it in high school. “I fell madly in love with it. It remains a very favorite.” John Cullum had heard songs from Rodgers …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:22PMRhapsody Collective, a group of young actors, directors, dramaturgs, and writers, has launched an Indiegogo Campaign to fund their upcoming Dream Projects of new plays and they need YOUR hel…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:12PMThe feathers, the finery, the anthems, the heart -- "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" couldn't be more fun, says critic Toby Zinman.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:08PMNew Vic, Newcastle under LymeThe facts are not in dispute. On 11 April 1955, Ruth Ellis shot and murdered her lover, David Blakely, outside a Hampstead pub. Ellis was found guilty and became…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMTron, Glasgow"How do they expect me to fight two wars at once?" asks Lily Litvak early in Peter Arnott's play. Not only is she the star pilot in a Red Army squadron of "lady bombers" facing …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMA final curtain call will take place this Sunday for the Broadway musical "Mary Poppins", ending its run of more than 2,600 performances at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
SOURCE: NY1 at 01:03PMThe statistics tell part of the story about the Goodman Theatre’s newly announced 2013-2014 season for its Albert and Owen stages. There will be three productions authored by women, and fi…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:00PMTony Award winner Gregory Jbara (Billy Eliot), Laura Michelle Kelly (Mary Poppins), Cloris Leachman (Young Frankenstein film), Mary Beth Peil (The Good Wife), Jonathan Pryce (Miss Saigon), M…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe Goodman Theatre announced its 2013-14 season Wednesday, a slate that includes a new play by Rebecca Gilman, a blues-infused Cheryl L. West drama about Pullman porters, Mary Zimmerman's "…
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Melissa Van Der Schyff, Anika Larsen and Jeremy Morse will take part in a private New York City reading of the new musical Tilly the Trickster, based on the children's book by former &qu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57PMNo Day But Today. Once in a lifetime, a musical comes along that absolutely changes everything everyone knows. It reflects on our past and looks towards our future. It didn’t take peop…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 12:55PMColiseum, LondonJonathan Miller's classic staging, first seen in 1987, is back for another run. This time, there's a soprano Rosina, instead of the lower mezzo the part was written for. What…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:53PMFrom 10-11 p.m. ET, NBC's SMASH 0.93 in 18-49, 3.0 million viewers overall maintained its 18-49 rating of last week, while this week facing CBS's debut of 'Golden Boy' and week two of ABC's …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:47PMManhattan Theatre Club's world premiere production of Liz Flahive's The Madrid had its opening last night, February 26 at New York City Center, followed by a celebration at Manhattan's Redey…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:44PMSean Hayes is making one heck of a debut on TV’s Broadway drama Smash. The Will & Grace Emmy winner, former Tony host and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner plays Terra…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:43PMArthur Wing Pinero’s comedy about plays and players cleverly blurs stage life and real life, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:41PMThe world premiere of Kara Manning's Sleeping Rough, directed by Tony Award nominee Sam Buntrock, will begin Off-Broadway performances April 3, prior to an official opening April 11, at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PMA not-for-profit organisation that supports entrepreneurs working in the arts has launched today in partnership with a commercial investment company. Me We 360 supports its members by provid…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:19PMNew Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse will stage the world premiere of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown's new musical Honeymoon in Vegas, which will begin performances this September…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:19PMTele-Violet’s Lady Han, which refracts the 15th century Noh drama through the goggles of an Americana fever dream, premiered at Incubator Arts Project this month. The emerging NYC …
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 12:12PMNeil LaBute's new play, The Money Shot, billed as "an old-fashioned comedy about real family values, L.A.-style," will get a private Manhattan reading on March 13. Terry K…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PMCharles Busch, Marilyn Maye, Debbie Gravitte and more will offer concerts at the intimate 54 Below in the coming months. They offered a preview the morning of Feb. 26.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PMShowbiz411 reports that Tommy Lee Jones is set to direct Meryl Streep and her daughter, Grace Gummer in the upcoming film THE HOMESMAN, beginning production this spring. The actresses will j…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMRatings of the second season of NBC's "Smash," the Emmy Award-winning musical drama about the creation and inner workings of a Broadway musical, remain at a series low followin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMDON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S "HOT OR NOT" POLL!ENTER TO WIN TICKETS TO HANDS ON A HARDBODY BY 7PM TONIGHT!Here's the last week of Broadway Box Office stats. Click HERE …
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BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the Internet, is excited to announce a new feature to its comprehensive regional coverage - the Featured Regional Theater of the Week Each week…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMIt was a fantastic weekend in the life of this couple, “Married to the Stage.” I was able to visit my husband for the first time in three weeks, received a huge, adorable teddy bear for …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:55AMINTERVIEW: MATHIAS WOO The Hong Kong-based Zuni Icosahederon co-artistic director, who is also an architect, talks to Mary Mazzilli about architecture and theatre, making theatre in Asia, th…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 11:54AMIt was announced today that a new program at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) has been established to improve the health and well-being of LGBT individuals. The Initiative’s resea…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:54AMMeet the imaginative individuals behind the eagerly anticipated MATILDA THE MUSICAL in the third installment of the behind-the-scenes video series. In MATILDA THE MUSICAL: Meet the Creative …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:53AMBy Karen Feld It’s unusual for an artist to perform a CD from top to bottom as a cabaret act, but that’s what Tom Wopat did in his one nighter at 54 Below. He opened his show Mond…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:51AMBroadwayWorld is excited to announce its newest series - the Featured Symphony Orchestra of the Week Today, we bring you a look at the Asheville Symphony with its base in Asheville, North Ca…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:40AMDeadline reports that Tony-nominated actor Pablo Schreiber has signed on to star in an upcoming drama pilot for NBC titled IRONSIDE. The 'Weeds' actor will star opposite Blair Underwood in t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMDance Card Filled AgainWhat gives with my calendar lately? I mean, last weekend did a number on me. It was an overly ambitious schedule and I was oh so tired by the end of the weekend.A Shor…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 11:32AMEdie Falco plays a mother and teacher who sheds her life and moves to a rundown apartment building in the world premiere of The Madrid, Liz Flahive's comedy that opened Feb. 26 following…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AMFord's Theatre Director Paul R. Tetreault announced the Theatre's 2013-2014 season will open with a new production of The Laramie Project, 15 years after the killing of Wyoming college stude…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:25AMHave you ever found yourself wondering in idle moments, “I wonder how much it would cost to have living legend Elaine Stritch record a personalized outgoing message on my voicemail?&rd…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:25AMJoanna Gleason, a Tony Award winner for her work in Into the Woods, will visit Seth's Broadway Chatterbox, hosted by Sirius XM Broadway host, actor, musician and Playbill.com columnist S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22AMTanya Barfield's foreign-adoption drama The Call, a world-premiere co-production by Playwrights Horizons and Primary Stages, will feature Kelly AuCoin, Tony Award nominee Kerry Butler, O…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AMThe cast of Pippin will have magic to do at the Music Box Theatre, with preview performances beginning Saturday, March 23, 2013 and opening night on Thursday, April 25, 2013. It might still …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMREVIEW Company revealed great range in two newer works and the 100-year-old “Rite of Spring.”
SOURCE: StarTribune at 11:17AMStephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury, Christine Ebersole and Liza Minnelli will join Michael Feinstein for the third season of "Michael Feinstein's American Songbook," which will …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMWith a disarming disregard for theatrical convention, the actor playing the weak-willed Jorgen Tesman in the National Theatre of Norway’s radically pared-down “Hedda Gabler” performs a…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:12AMThe National Pastime Theater has a wonderful spring special for our beautiful new space! Our historic and elegant space is located in Uptown. Our building is on the Federal Register of Hist…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 11:10AM54 Below is offering a Tony winner du jour this spring! Tony winners Bebe Neuwirth, LaChanze and Barbara Cook have all set concert dates at the Midtown nightclub in March and April.
Emmy …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:08AM54 Below is offering a Tony winner du jour this spring! Tony winners Bebe Neuwirth, LaChanze and Barbara Cook have all set concert dates at the Midtown nightclub in March and April.
Emmy …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:08AMThis Saturday, the Community House of Hamilton and Wenham will welcome a special guest to its production of the “Sound of Music”: a descendant of the musical’s inspiration.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:05AMThe long-rumoured::E8831286451010 musical version of Roddy Doyle's The Commitments is ready to make its West End premiere later this year, according to several insider sources.
Doyle, who w…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:04AMStage veterans Patrick Heusinger and Michael Stahl-David will play the sons of Felicity Huffman in the new FOX drama pilot Boomerang, according to Deadline.com.
The pilot, written by…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:04AMI read a quote recently which lamented the fact that there weren’t as many new plays on Broadway anymore. At first, my head started a-nodding in agreement. It’s easy to jump on…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFirst off, a huge thank you to everyone who applied to write for our NewCrit initiative. We have been impressed by the quality of applicants from Atlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis, New York, and…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:00AM“Phantom of the Opera” celebrated its 25th year on Broadway last month, and a new North American tour will continue the celebrations when it is launched later this year. The traveling sh…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 11:00AM
Drink up! Southern Discomfort, an eclectic new one-woman play by Elisabeth Gray, will begin performances at off-Broadway’s SoHo Playhouse on March 25. Written in the Southern Gothic st…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:59AMThe University of Houston School of Theatre amp Dance present Georges Feydeau's PARADISE HOTEL now on stage thru March 3. BroadwayWorld brings you a look at the production
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:59AMThe 37th Humana Festival of New American Plays opens with the world premiere of Sam Marks' The Delling Shore, about two feuding novelists who confront their professional jealousies …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMPut your hands in the air! Tony nominee Pablo Schreiber will star as a crazy, tough police officer alongside Blair Underwood in the NBC pilot Ironside, according to Deadline.com. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:55AMWhat: Tired of Bert and Ernie? Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events has started Juicebox, a Friday morning music and performance series geared to pre-kindergarten yo…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 10:54AMElizabeth Taylor, Academy Award-winning movie star and glamour icon, was born on this day in 1932. She died March 23, 2011, at the age of 79. Playbill.com takes a look back at Taylor's two…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMOscar winner and Tony nominee Kathy Bates has signed on to join American Horror Story for its upcoming third season. Bates will play the best friend of Jessica Lange's new character, who…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:50AMWhen Andrew Lloyd Webber bade farewell to the U.S. touring production of "The Phantom of the Opera" at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood in 2010, he promised the audience that the beloved mu…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:45AMContributor Scott Redman heads to Queens for a technology-driven theater experience. Was it worth the subway ride or should he have live-streamed the performance instead? The WiredArts Fest�…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:36AMAward-winning stage and screen actress Fiona Shaw will return to the New York stage this spring with The Testament of Mary, by the acclaimed author Colm Toibin, directed by Deborah Warner. T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMThis week's retro wednesday post is about one of the many lessons I learned as a dishwasher. Check it out below. September 21, 2011 Lessons from dish washing: Get someone to unrack When I st…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMStephen Sondheim, Liza Minnelli, Angela Lansbury, Christine Ebersole and other great stars of American music and musical theatre share the spotlight with the country's most passionate music …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:25AMThe cow rose gently into the air, looking robust and healthy until, with a brief spray of blood, its head separated from its body and both parts fell. Moments later a second cow flew up. Thi…
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 10:25AMSeason Opens with The Lincoln Legacy Project Production ofThe Laramie Project
Production marks the 15th Anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death
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SOURCE: fords.org at 10:22AMGet 10% Extra Free this Mother's Day
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:22AMBenjamin Abramowitz was only 19 when he disregarded his Russian immigrant parents' advice that painting was no way to make a living. He changed his name and joined the Work Projects Administ…
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 10:21AMTickets for the Broadway Premiere of Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which comes on the heels of its sold-out run at Lincoln Center, are now on sale to the general …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AMTwo Exciting things in my world today. The first episode of my web series Compulsive Love is here! Watch it on Koldcast or Blip or Daily Motion or Boomtrain or Youtube or JTS.
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SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 10:19AMLondon theatres and ticket agents have been told to stop hiding extra booking fees and other compulsory costs on their websites by the UK’s advertising regulator. The Advertising Standards…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:15AMPlaywrights Horizons Tim Sanford, Artistic Director Leslie Marcus, Managing Director and Primary Stages Casey Childs, Founder amp Executive Producer Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director Elliot F…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMHell hath no water break for Bill Largess, whose one-man Dante’s Inferno sears through Dante’s underworld in 90 minutes. Exercising a mnemonic hat would impress Homer, Largess e…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:12AMThis Broadway Across America edition of Les Miserables is not some cynical attempt to wring just one more quart of milk from the cash cow. Instead, this is a legitimate revival in the deepes…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:10AMNew Yorkers, the Film Forum is in the midst of its 1933 series. Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be pointing out certain noteworthy bills that tickle my fancy. Today they’…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:08AMGingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw presented Bernard Shaw's historical epic comedy, CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA, last night, February 25 at 7pm at The Players Club 16 Gramercy Park South in Ma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:08AMBroadwayWorld is thrilled to present its latest feature series The Performer of the Week Get to know these amazing talents as they share a bit about themselves, their work and life Today, we…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMThe new play “The Velocity of Autumn” was originally set for a Broadway premiere this spring, but the dark comedy will instead open in Washington, D.C. this fall in what is being called …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMKami Rushell Smith is featured on our first “What Is?” podcast. In this series, members of the community will be asked to talk about a specific aspect of our business, and give t…
SOURCE: StageSource at 10:00AMI’m sure many people can relate to that scary moment when you look into your past yearbooks and see what you looked like 5, 10 or maybe 15 years ago! Well, we decided it would be entertain…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AM
Just yesterday, Kids' Night on Broadway kicks off at the immersive and educational Discovery Times Square where there were unique theatre activities including Autograph Alley with Broadway p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:59AMThe Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled against four theatre ticket providers for quoting "misleading" prices on their websites. According to a statement on the ASA website: "We …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:56AM£10 on Premium Seats - Quote 'WOSPP' 0844 412 4662
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:52AMSculptor bends bars into art Scarsdale High School senior Nicolas Penfold creates steel sculptures in art class, heating and bending metal in the studio. Photo by Tania Savayan/The Journal N…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 09:48AM[H]er upcoming concert at The Town Hall on Saturday March 9 ... has a good chance of being one of the most exciting events of the spring season here in New York City.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:44AMDisney and Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins, one of the biggest Broadway successes in recent memory, is in its final week. It concludes its historic Broadway run at The New Amsterdam Theatr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:41AMProducers of the new documentary that captures the life of Tony Award winning actress Elaine Stritch have launched a public fundraising campaign so that they can complete the final phases of…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:38AMBy planning ahead, and purchasing one flexpass, I was able to see a trio of plays in New York during a single weekend for well under $200 -- a bargain price for world-class theater productio…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:34AMThis is one of the most subtle, and difficult, parts of the marketing process. A key to success is not only knowing your audience but also knowing if that piece of audience you selected is w…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:33AM"The Death of Klinghoffer," the controversial 1991 opera by John Adams, is scheduled to make its much-belated Los Angeles-area debut in 2014. But the producing company won't be L.A. Opera, w…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:30AMThe D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities hosted a public feedback session last night for local residents interested in the future of the ailing Lincoln Theatre. A lovely idea, asking t…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 09:27AMRed Branch Theatre Company will kick off its fifth season with a two-night cabaret celebration on March 15 and 16, 2013. Red Branch Company Members and area performers will present selecti…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AMAt 41, the much-laureled actress figured she was more or less sidelined from Shakespeare until she became age-appropriate for Cleopatra. What to do in the meantime? Direct “Macbeth.”
SOURCE: rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com at 09:10AMThree editors-in-chief will head coverage of movies, television, and digital content in new web-first approach
SOURCE: The Verge at 09:10AM"Tough as nails, Funny as hell." That just about sums it all up. Ann, a touching, heart-felt one-woman memoir of a classy and brassy southern belle makes it debut this spri…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 09:05AMThe second installment of the Sock Puppet Series is here. After an amazing reception for Into the Woods: In Concert last year, NU SASS has decided to continue the trend of free musical thea…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
Hit productions including Lion King, Wicked, and James McAvoy's Macbeth at risk after pay talks break downA string of West End hit shows including The Lion King, Wicked, and James McAvoy's …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMBefore Edie Falco donned mob wife couture as Carmela in The Sopranos, she won a Theatre World Award for her harrowing performance as the embittered wife of a jazz musician in Warren Leight&r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:53AMIn an interview with the LA Times on Monday, the show's creators Neil Meron and Craig Zadan revealed how the final song was written in real time, due to the fact that much of its contents we…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:50AMAccording to court documents, in November the Advisory Committee of the Order of Canada brought forward a recommendation to Governor General David Johnston that would strip former Livent exe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:43AMSean Hayes guest stars on the next episode of NBC's SMASH titled 'The Read-Through.' In the episode, Ivy Megan Hilty realizes her triumph might not be all she hoped when she meets her new co…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:30AMA fine cast headed by Edie Falco, but a strange and disappointing play.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:28AMFew things are more annoying than having someone go on
and on about how some long-gone production was so much better than the one that you can see right now. So I’m going to have to
…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:28AMLast week, the producers of the Broadway production of Orphans, Lyle Kessler's play, directed by Daniel Sullivan, announced that Ben Foster will join the cast immediately in the role of 'Tre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:27AMA good day for writers! Today is the birthday of John Steinbeck (1902-1968). Ever since high school The Grapes of Wrath has been one of my favorite books (and also one of my favorite movies)…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:26AMFollowing his recent win at the Whatsonstage.com Awards, actor Rupert Everett has another prize to add to the mantelpiece having won the sixth annual Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biogra…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:10AMWhile the rest of Europe was suffering through WWII, Ireland stood fast in its neutrality, even referring to the war as “The Emergency” in an attempt to mitigate the impact of th…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:08AMWell, let’s start with the good news. With tonight’s final scene, Evil Producer Jerry sends a clear message to everyone’s favorite worst character ever – “Don&#…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:06AMGavin Wallace played several crucial roles over three decades in supporting and raising the profile of contemporary Scottish writers, most significantly as the head of literature in the Scot…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:02AMToday is the birthday of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882). Longfellow is woefully out of favor today, a state of affairs that would have shocked most Americans as recently as the 1950s…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:00AMBack by popular demand, Dave (@NineDaves) and I have teamed up to bring you our take on what’s keepin’ it real and what’s faking it each week on SMASH. Follow the 'caps here or on…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 08:00AM'Cavalia' creator Normand Latourelle says the fantasy follow-up to his touring horse performance show is 'equine choreography.'At a Simi Valley ranch where he is boarding 67 horses, Normand …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AM
Aldwych, London: In something akin to a moment from a classic Hollywood movie, Gavin Lee - the new leading man of Top Hat - is suffering with a chest infection and unable to appear. While we…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AMIt’s a treat to hear a singer of the caliber of Amanda McBroom in a room as inviting as the Café Carlyle — additionally infused by the presence of many friends and fans of the singer-so…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:27AMWinter Gardens, Blackpool: A record number of 3,400 magicians gathered in <a href="http://www.blackpoolmagic.com/blackpoolconv.html">Blackpool for the largest annual magic co…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:22AMFollowing his recent win at the Whatsonstage.com Awards, actor Rupert Everett has another prize to add to the mantelpiece having won the sixth annual Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biogra…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:13AMWest End shows such as The Lion King and Wicked could be disrupted by strike action, after talks between union BECTU and Ambassador Theatre Group over working conditions for theatre staff br…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:11AMJudges reward 'surprising, hilarious and wise' follow-up to British actor's first autobiography Red Carpets and Other Banana SkinsRupert Everett has won this year's Sheridan Morley prize for…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AMOpen thread: A new ruling means that theatres have to be upfront about booking fees. But why should we pay them at all?Theatre-goers often put up with a great deal but they will forgive cram…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01AMThe European premiere of The Disappearances Project from Australian theatre ensemble Version 1.0 and a stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s novel The Kite Runner are to be highlights of t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 27 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
“I’ve never gone over the top in the First World War, I’ve never killed anybody, I’ve never been a woman…” William Boyd is listing the leaps of imagination he has taken while wri…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:56AMManhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of The Madrid, the new play by Liz Flahive, directed by Leigh Silverman opened on Tuesday, February 26. The limited engagement has already been extend…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:52AMPlus, can a standup double as a judge, and why Danish comics are migrating to the UKThis week's comedy newsMany is the comedian who has died onstage. But few have strutted the boards while 2…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:44AM"Call Me Adam" sits down with comedian and actress Julie Halston at her NYC apartment to talk about her one-woman show "Classical Julie" which will be at Birdland in NYC every Monday from Ma…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:00AM
Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films has been forced to make a U-turn over plans to underpay extras in the popular ITV series. The production company had been offering extras working on the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:59AMProgramme for May's three-week arts celebration – released today – will feature Emil and the Detectives, Judith Kerr and Michael Rosen's orchestral work for kids, The Great EnormoEmil an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:57AMJoe Wright, one of the hottest film directors around with credits including Atonement and Anna Karenina, has returned to his theatrical roots with a revival of Victorian comedy Trelawny of t…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:50AMThe newly reinvented production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera will launch a North American tour this November in Providence, Rhode Island. Boasting updated staging …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:49AMNew Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme: The endlessly fascinating life and shocking premature death of Ruth Ellis has provided writers with rich pickings for 60 years, and Amanda Whittington's b…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:42AMStephan Bibrowski (1891–1932) was better known as Lionel the Lion-faced Boy (later “Man”), owing to a rare condition called hypertrichosis which caused his entire body to be covered in…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:38AMSoho Theatre, London: Arinze Kene's new play is set in Deptford in the early 1980s, in the wake of the Brixton riots. Chima returns home after a ten-year stretch in prison to find that …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:36AMDonmar Warehouse, London: Joe Wright may not have been born in a trunk, but he was brought up in and around the Little Angel children's puppet theatre in Islington that his parents John…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:36AMWhen avant-garde extraordinaire John Cage first placed his notation-free musical composition 4′33″ in front of a New York audience in 1952, the result was anything but silent. While his …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:35AMThe Wilton’s Music Hall is a fairytale venue for this production of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic, The Great Gatsby. Stepping through the great oak doors on an otherwise inconspicuous Sh…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:28AMCurve, Leicester: Twenty-seven years after creating one of the most iconic roles in musical theatre as Eponine in the original production of Les Miserables, Frances Ruffelle is now playing E…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:24AMDIRECTOR’S TALK: LUCY BAILEY The director of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2013 production of The Winter’s Tale. Talking to RSC events co-ordinator Nicky Cox and taking questions fro…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 05:17AMThe latest podcast episode where Kim and Erin discuss new work over a slice of cheesecake. By Kimberly Lew (Playwright/Blogger) For our second episode of Kim & Erin Eat Cheesecake (And Talk …
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:04AM
Today is the birthday of Ian Keith (1899-1960.) Keith was a star of the Broadway stage and Hollywood films starting in the 1920s. In 1928 he married the older Ethel Clayton (1882-1966) who h…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:26AMLast night we took over 300 theatregoers to see the hit revival of A Chorus Line at the London Palladium.The show - which takes a behind-the-scenes look at 17 hopefuls auditioning for j…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:14AMPittsburgh Post-Gazette 02/26/13
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:11AMCheeky: Joe Wright's highly enjoyable revival of Arthur Wing Pinero's hymn to the changing theatre starts, bizarrely, with Charley's Aunt climbing out of a wicker basket. It's Ron Cook as Mr…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:05AMBrighton Fringe has launched its 2013 programme, featuring 685 shows across 178 venues. The event will run for an extra week this year – from May 4 to June 2 – and its theatre line-up...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AM
CeeLo Green's new Las Vegas show 'CeeLo Is Loberace,' will begin its residency at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas tonight, February 27.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe Oscar-winning and Tony-nominated actress Estelle Parsons will be honored at La Mama's annual benefit fundraiser, along with longtime La MaMa board member Peter Swords tonight, February 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe New York Philharmonic will present Rodgers amp Hammerstein's Carousel, tonight, February 27-March 2, 2013. As previously announced, the production will star Kelli O'Hara as Julie Jordan,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMPamela Munt’s enterprising Bakehouse Theatre plays host to Doug Wright’s Pulitzer and Tony award-winning show I Am My Own Wife in its intimate Studio theatre. While much has been made of…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:20AMLiz Flahive, a producer and writer on the hit Showtime series "Nurse Jackie," wrote "The Madrid," a dull domestic drama about a middle-age woman who inexplicably walks out on her family.
SOURCE: Variety at 12:16AMLong Live The King!: On April 9, 1611 Macbeth opens at London’s Globe Theatre
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:11AMfor non-theatre people...It’s a play about life.by Christian BainesA Canadian original about the power of theatre to change a life, Michel Nadeau’s And Slowly Beauty... opens this week a…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMBook Writer, Lyricist, Producer, Educator New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? I look at my family and friends. I love writing for kids. Making them feel good about who …
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMBlack Theatre Workshop in Montreal gives you a healthy dose of their new production in this promo video for their school tour show: When Elephant Was King.
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMJohn Barrymore speaks Hamlet's soliloquy in Playmates (1941), co-starring Kay Kyser. This was Barrymore's final film appearance. He died of...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"Only the truly great actor can be ridiculous on one night, and sublime on another." Ronald Harwood, Sir Donald Wolfit:...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMSurreal Selves
by Erik Thor Sandberg
At the BMA through June 9
Harry
by Tony Shore
at MICA’s Pinkard Gallery through March 17
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMEQUUS
Written by Peter Shaffer
Directed by Mason Ross
Through March 3 at the Annex Theater
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMTribes, British playwright Nina Raine's drama about a deaf man seeking a new life outside his dysfunctional family, debuts in Los Angeles Feb. 27 following an acclaimed New York run. Mem…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe inventive U.K. stage troupe Kneehigh Theatre returns to New York with The Wild Bride — adapted and directed by Tony and Olivier Award nominee Emma Rice — which offi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTheir Favorite Things asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
This week we spotlight the choices of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara and opera star Nathan Gunn take a spin on Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel beginning Feb. 27 at Avery Fisher Hall. The lush classic gets a starry fi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM 
