1908 Actor Rex Harrison is born today. He will make his London debut in Florence Kilpatrick's Getting George Married. He will star in the London production of Noël Coward's Design…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Roundabout Theatre Company's new Off-Broadway production of Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Talley's Folly, the delicate study of two disparate souls meant for …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The world premiere of the new musical Single Girls Guide, inspired by Jane Austen's "Emma," officially opens at Albany's Capital Rep March 5 following previews that be…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company's newly revised version of A.R. Gurney's 1991 play, The Old Boy, officially opens March 5 at 7 PM following previews that began Feb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The ReGroup Theatre Company presents two plays by John Howard Lawson in repertory — Success Story and Loud Speaker — beginning March 5 at the Robert Moss Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Arkansas Repertory Theatre's world premiere of Treasure Island — A New Musical begins performances March 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Christopher Durang's frothy Chekhov-inspired comedy, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, starring Sigourney Weaver, Kristine Nielsen and David Hyde Pierce, begins Broadway previews…
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As I wrote last week, if college basketball can have "March Madness," so can musical theater.
My column of February 26 stated that aficionados should spend March going delightfully mad. Eac…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:45PM[SHARE]The works of Stephen Sondheim have been recognized with numerous revivals and awards in recent years. The composer and lyricist came to The Greene Space on Valentine's Day for an hour of con…
SOURCE: WQXR at 11:37PM[SHARE]There's prime real estate for a "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" line here, but it's better replaced with a question: Would you want to teach an old dog new tricks? If your dogs are B…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:19PM[SHARE]NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Get a load of who's cooked up "Old Hats" " two clowns and a singing sidekick with a salty streak.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM[SHARE]Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Monday, March 4, 2013.
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5th Avenue Theatre just announced its 20132014 season, which will feature the world premiere of Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner's SECONDHAND LIONS, with book by Rupert Holmes. The production…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:53PM[SHARE]HEDY WEISS: A twentysomething teacher lives the nerdy fantasies of her late little sister in Qui Nguyen's hugely engaging "She Kills Monsters" by Buzz 22 Chicago.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 09:46PM[SHARE]According to the Washington Post, Signature Theatre's 2013-14 season will include three world premiere musicals, one world-premiere play, a developmental run of a world-premiere musical, and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42PM[SHARE]As directed by Mark Brokaw and with a new book by Douglas Carter Beane this fairy tale comes complete with a social consciousness, political satire, and contemporary edge
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The month's standouts include Nick Cave's Soundsuits at the Peabody-Essex Museum and two exhibitions at MassMoCA.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:57PM[SHARE]The costar of 'Two and a Half Men' is bringing her one-woman show about the late Texas governor to Broadway. It's a quest that began when the feisty Richards died in 2006. NEW YORK — H…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:38PM[SHARE]The Ordway will present a “Porgy and Bess” revival, a new “Oz,” dance, music and more in 2013-14.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 08:21PM[SHARE]On a warm sunny day in Brisbane (remember those?) a panel was assembled on the Turbine Platform at the Powerhouse to discuss the existence of a queer aesthetic. At the thought of such a conv…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:21PM[SHARE]A TALE OF TWO CITIES THAT BLENDS SCI FI AND MYSTERY China Miéville’s novels are dense works of science fiction, and sometimes deciphering them feels more like work than entertainment.…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:18PM[SHARE]RIGO-LENTO After a season chock full of successes, Lyric's momentum slows with a dull production of Verdi's Rigoletto. Not even Evan Rogister's expert conducting nor the orchestra's triumph …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:16PM[SHARE]Women dominate Valley stages these days. Check out these modern motherhood plays -- Chalk Rep's site-specific Mommune and Road Theatre's first musical, The Baby Project, at its new Magnol…
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Kimi Short walks a very fine line here, in a splendid performance as a woman who can't let go of the past, even though it threatens to destroy her marriage, her family, and her mind.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:53PM[SHARE]"Nothing is more legendary than the work of a legendary stage actor, since it is all but impossible to leave...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:51PM[SHARE]Time has been considerably kinder to Bill Irwin and David Shiner than it has to vaudeville....
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:48PM[SHARE]This year's LA STAGE Talks series will kick off with a session on what professionalsim in the theater means in LA and beyond, on March 19. Other topics this season will examine artistic phil…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:30PM[SHARE]An uproarious comic revue, “Old Hats” stars the superheroes of clowning, Bill Irwin and David Shiner, supported by musical interludes and interactive accompaniment from enchantin…
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:30PM[SHARE]STAY ON THE LINE is a rock musical that centers around the lifeline of a crisis hotline center. It documents the journey of a handful of young volunteers and their callers as they face life …
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:16PM[SHARE]THE GRADUATE Adapted for the stage by Terry Johnson, Based on the novel by Charles Webb and the screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. ABOUT THE PLAY Directed by Car…
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:09PM[SHARE]The Broadway Theatre will host Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella now through fall 2013. Robyn Goodman lead all production of the project, casting Laura Osnes for the lead role and Santi…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 07:01PM[SHARE]Disney's acclaimed production of The Lion King is returning to Australia this year and round two audition submissions are now being accepted for the blockbuster musical. The production is…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:00PM[SHARE]The world-premiere production of Tony Award winner Richard Greenberg adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany's opens March 20 at Broadway's Cort Theatre. Speaking recently at The Carlyle, the cas…
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Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan abounds with contradictions and abrupt swings in mood and circumstance.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:56PM[SHARE](LAWeekly, Los Angeles) Â Charles A. Duncombe’s new play Caged at Santa Monica’s City Garage is a rumination on the oddities of our species via the exhibition of two naked soul…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:56PM[SHARE]The Windham-Campbell Prizes, a new literary award from Yale University, has announced its inaugural roster of winners. Among the nine recipients are three playwrights --Â Naomi Wallace, St…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:41PM[SHARE]Golden Globe-winning LUTHER star Idris Elba has revealed that he plans to take the next year off from acting and focus exclusively on the lesser-known music side of his career, according to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PM[SHARE]Old Hats co-creator David Shiner promised us Nellie McKay would be “adorable” in Signature Theatre Company's premiere of his newest clowning collaboration with Bill Irwin, an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:36PM[SHARE]The celebrated musical RODGERS HAMMERSTEIN'S Cinderella, originally written for television in 1957 by the legendary musical theatre duo Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, opened last…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:34PM[SHARE]How many plays is “Lucy Loves Me”? A magical-realism reverie, with each of its three protagonists lapsing in and out of reality and introspective monologue? A nostalgic rom-com, …
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:30PM[SHARE]As plans for the new Washington theater season take shape, the lineup across the region is looking ever nervier. Although an occasional company is going for the tried-and-true " witness the …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:30PM[SHARE]Ivy + Bean, the Musical Based on the Books by Annie Barrows, illustrated by Sophie Blackall Book, Music and Lyrics by Scott Elmegreen Recommended for ages 4 and up Open Date: 9 Feb 2013 How …
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:29PM[SHARE]The graphic design for legendary producer Matty Simmons' "Sketches From the National Lampoon" says it all. Based on the now-defunct magazine's most infamous cover, it features a sweet-faced …
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:21PM[SHARE]BEHOLD THE BREATHTAKING BEAUTY OF CAVALIA'S ODYSSEO In 2003, Normand Latourelle, one of the co-founders of Cirque du Soleil, was ready to up the entertainment ante when he introduced his equ…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:20PM[SHARE]Acclaimed and internationally recognized composer Philip Glass has contributed a piano piece to the new Chan Wook Park film STOKER.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:17PM[SHARE]Get your royal invitation inside the glamorous opening night of the big, Broadway musical Cinderella, starring Laura Osnes, Santino Fontana, Victoria Clark and more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:16PM[SHARE]Theatre Palisades Youth production of High School Musical Jr.! Director: Dorothy Dillingham Blue Producer: Holly Leff-Pressman Musical Director: Roget Chahayad This rousing adaptation of the…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:10PM[SHARE]On this week’s episode of Oh, Sherrie!, Rock of Ages vlogger Kate Rockwell braves the cold to film a segment for American Idol, does the Harlem Shake, cooks with her dog, goes on an ea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:07PM[SHARE]Looks like when Julian Ovenden is done romancing Marilyn Monroe on Smash, he'll head over to hang with the Crawleys on Downton Abbey. The New York Times reports that Ovenden will join th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:05PM[SHARE]Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana star in the first-ever Broadway mounting of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella. See if the musical cast a spell over Broadway.com Word of Mouth pane…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:04PM[SHARE]From left, Chris McCarrell (Gabe), Katherine DeBoer (Diana) and Scott Plate (Dan) in "Next to Normal," now onstage at the Beck Center for the Arts. Ben Meadors REVIEW Ne…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:02PM[SHARE]Hello everyone and welcome to the weird and wonderful workings of my mind after three weeks of Philippe Gaulier. Let's cut to the chase; I don't know who I am anymore. I mean, I still look l…
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The Playhouse stage floor twinkles " illuminated by a multitude of low lit candles, a small standing screen promises images, an armchair offers comfortable possibilities; and the stage is se…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:59PM[SHARE]On the first episode of Making Matilda, book writer Dennis Kelly reveals his "reckless" approach to writing a musical, Matilda's "strong sense of justice" and the dif…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:57PM[SHARE]Pianist Jeremy Denk wields a large artillery of dynamics and colors and it served him well in this performance.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:54PM[SHARE]Theatre West presents: The 3rd annual Concert Reading for The Betty Garrett Musical Comedy Workshop Cole Porter's PANAMA HATTIE Saturday March 2nd at 8:00PM Sunday March 3rd at 2:00PM Sat…
SOURCE: Footlights at 05:51PM[SHARE]Will act for herring: The director of "Breakfast at Tiffany's," coming to Broadway, is facing predictable challenges in casting " and rehearsing " the onstage cat.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:49PM[SHARE]Rodgers & Hammerstein’s musical fairy tale Cinderella has officially waltzed onto Broadway in a re-imagined production directed by Mark Brokaw. The first-ever Main Stem mounting st…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:42PM[SHARE]Brought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, March 4, 2013 Today's Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway JERSEY BOYS extends booking period as it celebrates …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:33PM[SHARE]New York Theatre Workshop NYTW Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo have announced that the NYTW production of the New York premiere of Belleville, written b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:33PM[SHARE]Stage and screen stars Woody Harrelson, Mark Ruffalo and Jesse Eisenberg star alongside Morgan Freeman, Isla Fisher, Melanie Laurent, Dave Franco and Michael Caine in the new heist thriller …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:32PM[SHARE]Broadway.com is thrilled to announce the launch of Making Matilda: Behind the Scenes of Broadway's Newest Blockbuster! The exclusive video series delves into the creation of th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:32PM[SHARE]William Shakespeare's most horrific and bloody tragedy, MACBETH, is getting an update via a new all-African American feature film adaptation, with no less than Terrence Howard and Sanaa Lath…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:16PM[SHARE]Meet the first-nighters at the opening of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella at The Broadway Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:16PM[SHARE]Amy Herzog’s new drama Belleville has extended its run at the New York Theatre Workshop through April 14. The play, starring Maria Dizzia, Greg Keller, Pascale Armand and Phillip James…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:14PM[SHARE]Amy Herzog’s new drama Belleville has extended its run at the New York Theatre Workshop through April 14. The play, starring Maria Dizzia, Greg Keller, Pascale Armand and Phillip James…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:14PM[SHARE]Dallas Theater Center (DTC) has announced the lineup for its 55th season, which will include a seven play subscription season to take place in the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre at the AT
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:13PM[SHARE]High Five! The highly anticipated Second Stage revival of Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Years has been extended by one week. Originaly scheduled to perform through April 2…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PM[SHARE]This week’s Movie Monologue Monday is going to look at Robert Blake in In Cold Blood. Based on a real-life events researched by Truman Capote, In Cold Blood details the story of two…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PM[SHARE]This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 342013.
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The Vandal, the three-actor production that marked the playwriting debut of actor Hamish Linklater, will return for a week-long Off-Broadway engagement with its original cast beginning March…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:57PM[SHARE]This has got to be the strangest piece of Theatre I have ever experienced. It is bold, it is brazen, it is brash, it is ballsy, and it's funny " or is it laughable? Two young blokes unashame…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:56PM[SHARE]Citing the need for financial responsibility and a desire to conserve resources for the 40th anniversary season, Victory Gardens Theater artistic director Chay Yew announced Monday that the …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:54PM[SHARE]The Off-Broadway League announced today that the 28th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 5, 2013 at New York University's Skirball Center, at 7 PM. Stage and s…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:53PM[SHARE]The arts aren’t merely for entertainment; they can also be a powerful healing tool. Just ask the organization Creative Alternatives of New York (CANY), which for 30 years has been help…
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:51PM[SHARE]Due to extremely high ticket demand, Second Stage Theatre's upcoming production of Jason Robert Brown's musical, The Last Five Years, has been extended for one additional week through Sunday…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PM[SHARE]Host Thomas Schumacher gives us a unique look at a song " what it is, where it comes from, the process from idea to stage, and how it fits in a show. He's joined by Tony, Oscar and Grammy a…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 04:48PM[SHARE]Second Stage Theatre's new production of Jason Robert Brown's musical The Last Five Years, which will star Adam Kantor (Mark in the final Broadway cast of Rent) and Betsy Wolfe …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PM[SHARE]Later this week, MATILDA, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, and VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE begin Broadway previews. Additionally, the Holland Taylor-led ANN officially opens on Thursday night…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:40PM[SHARE]Sixteen-time Grammy Award nominee Brian McKnight and three-time Grammy nominee Angie Stone — both seen in Broadway's Chicago — will star in the national tour of Hinton Battle…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:39PM[SHARE]Victory Gardens Theater announces 2013-14 Season the Co-World Premiere of Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Gary Griffin, developed, in part, by IGNITION 2012 and presented …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:29PM[SHARE]Bull, a companion piece to British playwright Mike Bartlett's three-person drama Cock, will receive its American premiere as part of the Brits Off Broadway line-up this spring.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PM[SHARE]Let it never be said that Chay Yew, in his second year as artistic director of Victory Gardens Theater, soft-pedals his commitment to "diversity" or worries about being labeled politically c…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:20PM[SHARE]Victory Gardens Theater announces its 2013-14 Season: the Co-World Premiere of Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, the World Premiere of Marcus Gardley's The Gospel of Lovi…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 04:20PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 23rd, 2pm and Saturday, March 30th, 2pm are the only days with tickets available. Bring the whole family! Everything else is sold out. via Facebook Page When a young Jewi…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:20PM[SHARE]Rodgers and Hammerstein's “Cinderella” opened this week for the first time on Broadway, marking the end of fallow February and the start of March and April madness. Over the next…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:20PM[SHARE]Nancy Barnett, former managing director of Florida Stage which focused on mounting new plays, has been named executive director of the National New Play Network, a leading champion in develo…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:19PM[SHARE]The TRL Generation: Broadway Loves Britney, a one-night-only concert celebrating the music of Grammy Award-winning pop artist Britney Spears, was offered March 3 at the Canal Room in New Yor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:16PM[SHARE]Broadway 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 04:12PM[SHARE]Coming 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 04:08PM[SHARE]Before his Pulitzer-winning "M. Butterfly," before he wrote the books for Disney musicals and Philip Glass operas, David Henry Hwang made his mark as our theater's first Chinese-American voi…
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Carnival Films and Masterpiece on PBS have announced a lineup of actors who will join the popular drama series "Downton Abbey," including British actor Julian Ovenden (Finding Neve…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:59PM[SHARE]Nan Barnett, the theater professional whose business savvy helped grow Florida Stage from a college-based professional company to the country's largest regional theater devoted to new plays,…
SOURCE: Miami Herald at 03:58PM[SHARE]After nearly six and a half magical years on Broadway, the hit musical Mary Poppins definitely had a jolly holiday as it ended its Broadway run. The musical played to 97% capacity and pulled…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:58PM[SHARE]The angsty teens of Bare are heading to the U.K. this spring. A new production of the musical, directed by Paul Taylor-Mills, begins previews on April 24 at London's Union Thea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:55PM[SHARE]If Nellie McKay did not already exist, Bill Irwin and David Shiner would have had to make her up for their delirious joy of a show, "Old Hats."
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 03:55PM[SHARE]Driving Miss Daisy The beloved story of an unexpected friendship between a fiercely independent Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in Civil Rights Era Atlanta. Winner of …
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:54PM[SHARE]Belleville, the new emotional thriller by 4000 Miles playwright Amy Herzog, starring Tony Award nominee Maria Dizzia and Greg Keller, has extended its Off-Broadway run through April 14 at th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:54PM[SHARE]Interview with the Cast of Driving Miss Daisy Ted Lange (The Love Boat) a veteran of seven productions of Driving Miss Daisy interviewed SMP's Driving Miss Daisy cast and director before ope…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:48PM[SHARE] By Karen Feld It felt like family gathered in the living room for John Gabriel's performance at the Metropolitan Room, Sunday evening. Not only were his grandsons ages 6 and 8 …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:42PM[SHARE]Had Evan Linder not already penned a Chicago-and-New York hit titled "5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche," you might say he'd come up with an unusual title with "The Bear Suit of Happiness." But Lin…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:41PM[SHARE]SMASH star Katharine McPhee lends her preeminent pop vocal prowess to the Death Cab For Cutie confection 'Some Boys' on an upcoming episode of the musical drama series, as a new clip just re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:35PM[SHARE]The 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, March …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:34PM[SHARE]Lucky Guy’s Maura Tierney and Disgraced alum Aasif Mandvi have been tapped to host the 28th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards, which honor the best in off-Broadway theater. The ceremony wil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:29PM[SHARE]MATILDA THE MUSICAL, produced by The Royal Shakespeare Company and The Dodgers, will begin previews tonight, March 4 and open on April 11, 2013 at Broadway's Shubert Theatre 225 West 44th St…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:27PM[SHARE]MINNEAPOLIS (AP) " Theater employees in Minnesota are pushing back against a call to ban smoking on stage.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:23PM[SHARE]AMERICAN ARISTOCRACY: BOOK TALK AND FILM SCREENING MARCH 11, 6PM — ONE WEEK FROM TODAY! 100 years ago, Rhode Island towns like Westerly, Narragansett, and Newport were major resorts wh…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:15PM[SHARE]Adam Jacobs and Ali Ewoldt, who played Marius and Cosette in the Broadway revival of Les Miserables, reunited for A Heart Full of Love: A Concert Feb. 23 at The Town Hall in Manhattan. Ewol…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PM[SHARE]The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University has just acquired a new lobby brochure display and would love to showcase other venues and performances around Chicago.If you would like your m…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 03:14PM[SHARE]There are few who have seen Kevin Gray on stage and have not been touched by his performance. There are none who have worked with or known Kevin Gray whose lives have not been enhanced by th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:12PM[SHARE]ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) " During a key scene in the play "Venus in Fur" the lead actress lights up a Marlboro from her purse and takes a drag, tilting her head backward while exhaling a long st…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:11PM[SHARE]ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) " During a key scene in the play "Venus in Fur" the lead actress lights up a Marlboro from her purse and takes a drag, tilting her head backward while exhaling a long st…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:07PM[SHARE]Welcome 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 03:05PM[SHARE]Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 332013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PM[SHARE]Hamish Linklater's playwriting debut The Vandal returns to off-Broadway’s Flea Theatre beginning March 22. Back by popular demand, the show will enjoy an encore engagement through …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:04PM[SHARE]It's about Time! Broadway vet David Cryer and more will join previously announced stars Ryan Silverman, Hannah Elless and three-time Tony nominee Marc Kudisch in the world premiere …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:01PM[SHARE]
The 28th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway will be presented May 5 at the NYU Skirball Center beginning at 7 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:59PM[SHARE]NEW YORK (AP) -- A musical based on Jonathan Lethem's celebrated 2003 novel "The Fortress of Solitude" is heading toward New York....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:58PM[SHARE]Tony Award nominee Vanessa Williams will be among the honorees at the National Corporate Theatre Fund's annual Chairman's Awards gala April 29 at New York City's Pierre Hotel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:58PM[SHARE]REVIEW: Lee Blessing sketches the fraught friendship between Harry Blackmun and Warren Burger in a richly interesting new play.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 02:51PM[SHARE]The three interlinked stories in this issue are all about the redemption of Baroness Paula von Gunther, Wonder Woman's erstwhile archenemy.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:47PM[SHARE]Suzanne Petri conjures Marlene Dietrich: Chicago's acclaimed Jefferson Award nominated actress and winner of the After Dark Award for "Outstanding Cabaret Artist" and the Chicago Cabaret Pro…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:46PM[SHARE]Kristen Wiig, Matt Dillon and 'How to Succeed's Darren Criss star in the upcoming comedy GIRL MOST LIKELY, opening in theaters on July 18, 2013. Below, get a first look at Criss as he tries …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:43PM[SHARE]Broadway producers, writers, actors, and regional theater directors mingled with members of the corporate world inside the massive Midtown headquarters of UBS on Friday. At the National Corp…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:42PM[SHARE]The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has a new resident conductor, it was announced on Monday. Michigan native Steven Jarvi will be the second to hold the job, created for Ward Stare. Stare depa…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:40PM[SHARE]Writer and actor Richard O'Brien and composer Richard Hartley remember how three weeks at the Royal Court turned into a gender-bending 20th Century Fox extravaganzaRichard O'Brien, writer an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PM[SHARE]In 1973, Richard O'Brien wrote a musical celebrating sci-fi and B-movies, with a large splash of transvestism thrown in. The tiny Upstairs theatre at the Royal Court produced it, and the res…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PM[SHARE]Writer and actor Richard O'Brien and composer Richard Hartley remember how three weeks at the Royal Court turned into a gender-bending 20th Century Fox extravaganza Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PM[SHARE]The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance presents Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage's tale of romance, ambition, and self-discovery, INTIMATE APPAREL. G…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:29PM[SHARE]Casting is now complete for the Portland Center Stage world premiere of the new musical Somewhere in Time, starring Ryan Silverman, Hannah Elless and Marc Kudisch, which will premiere May 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PM[SHARE]Casting is now complete for Portland Center Stage's PCS upcoming world-premiere production of the new musical Somewhere in Time, based on the novel by renowned author Richard Matheson I Am L…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:23PM[SHARE]Ghostlight Records has announced the release of the Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording of Fancy Nancy The Musical. The acclaimed children's show is currently running at Vital Theatre Compa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:20PM[SHARE]In a seriously awesome Broadway coup, Rent alum Jesse L. Martin has replaced singer-songwriter Lenny Kravitz as the headliner of the forthcoming bio pic Sexual Healing, according to Deadline…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PM[SHARE]By Byrne Harrison
The FRIGID New York Festival has announced it FRIGID Hangover schedule. Featuring the best of the festival, Hangover lets audiences catch some of the shows they ma…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 02:18PM[SHARE]Casting is now complete for Portland Center Stage's PCS upcoming world-premiere production of the new musical Somewhere in Time, based on the novel by renowned author Richard Matheson I Am L…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:15PM[SHARE]The team behind international hit War Horse are doing A Midsummer Night's Dream " with actors, puppets and flying gardening tools. Charlotte Higgins goes behind the scenes at rehearsalsTom M…
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Have you been missing Darren Criss ever since his stint on Broadway last year? If you aren’t catching the former How to Succeed-er crooning on Glee, you can still hear him lay down som…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:59PM[SHARE]Deadline reports that 'Rent' star Jesse L. Martin will take over the role of legendary Motown singer Marvin Gaye in Julien Temple's upcoming biopic SEXUAL HEALING. Lenny Kravitz was original…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PM[SHARE]BroawayWorld is excited to bring you a first listen to Megan Hilty's 'Be A Man', from her debut album, It Happens All The Time, available March 12. Check it out below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:56PM[SHARE]There were the Sisters of Bellville, and there is a Belleville New Jersey where Danny Stiles said you could still dance the old fashioned way.This ain't them.This Belleville isn't Belle at a…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 01:52PM[SHARE]National treasure, indefatigable award-winning Grammy-nominated singing sensation states 54 Below debut with MAYE-den Voyage, March 5-16 marks her 17th NYC engagement since 2006. Almost in t…
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 01:50PM[SHARE]Michael Weiner and Alan Zachary’s musical adaptation of the 2003 dramedy Secondhand Lions will premiere at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre on September 10. The limited engagement is…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:46PM[SHARE]Spotlight on Town Hall, a free concert event featuring performances from Chicago, The Phantom of the Opera, Avenue Q and more, will be held March 28 at New York City's The Town Hall. &qu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:45PM[SHARE]Previews for the new musical Kinky Boots started on Sunday and with the show officially underway, we got a new Kinky teaser to show you. The film-turned-musical is playing at the Al Hirschfe…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:43PM[SHARE]A classic story returns to Broadway with a modern spin. That may be the best way to describe the Rodger and Hammerstein’s musical Cinderella making it’s Broadway debut this sprin…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 01:40PM[SHARE]The Garden of Dreams Talent Show Auditions were held at at The Theater at Madison Square Garden Feb 27. Broadway's Tony Vincent, Rebecca Faulkenberry and Chester Gregory were among the cele…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:39PM[SHARE]Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Tony Award-winning Carousel is one of the most celebrated and longest running musicals in history. The production by Act Two@Levine was a good choice, providi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:31PM[SHARE]San Diego's The Old Globe has announced the complete cast and creative team for its upcoming world-premiere adaptation of A Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen’s exploration of societ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PM[SHARE]NEW YORK (AP) " A musical based on Jonathan Lethem's celebrated 2003 novel "The Fortress of Solitude" is heading toward New York.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:26PM[SHARE]NEW YORK—A musical based on Jonathan Lethem's celebrated 2003 novel "The Fortress of Solitude" is heading toward New York.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:25PM[SHARE]Adapted from the novel by Jonathan Lethem, the show will play at the Dallas Theater Center before coming to the Public Theater in New York.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:23PM[SHARE]Emmy winner Holland Taylor is burning up the stage as larger-than-life Texas governor Ann Richards in her Broadway solo show Ann. Taylor stopped by CBS' Sunday Morning on March 3 to disc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PM[SHARE]Tony nominee Hunter Foster has established himself as a leading man who follows his heart. His Broadway credits range from Les Misérables, Footloose, Million Dollar Quartet and Grease…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:09PM[SHARE]Carl Brooks, left, and Evan Rocco are Jim and Huck in “Big River” at Nyack High School. (John Meore/The Journal News) Nine musicals open this week on high-school stages from …
SOURCE: The Journal News at 01:06PM[SHARE]Finborough, LondonHow do you tackle the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Most British dramatists, with the striking exception of David Hare in Via Dolorosa, shy away from it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:04PM[SHARE]Any fears that Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey were one-hit wonders with their Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal were brushed aside for the audiences that were lucky enough to witness …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:02PM[SHARE]The Circle in the Square Theatre School will present The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, a children's play performed by CITSTS alumni that was dramatized by le Clanché du Rand f…
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The West Coast premiere of Philip Ridley's Tender Napalm is taking place in a 44-seat configuration within an East LA warehouse space that could seat 600. Equity denied permission to first-t…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 12:59PM[SHARE]Though lacking in clear narratives, this event created in collaboration with Cardiff's Somali community was performed with infectious warmth, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:58PM[SHARE]A British shoemaker turns his business around thanks to a drag performer and a new set of discerningly fabulous clientele in Kinky Boots, the new Cyndi Lauper-scored musical based on the 200…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57PM[SHARE]Arthur Milner's gripping play explores the 'facts' surrounding the murder of an archeology professor on the West Bank, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:56PM[SHARE]Legendary funny lady Joan Rivers is still at the top of her game! The recent Show People guest is courting all sorts of juicy controversy this week for her sharp tongue and trademark jabs at…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:49PM[SHARE]The first New York revival of the Tony-winning musical Passion has extended its off-Broadway run by one week at Classic Stage Company. Starring Tony nominees Melissa Errico and Judy Kuhn, th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:47PM[SHARE]Classic Stage Company has extended the critically acclaimed revival of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical Passion, starring Judy Kuhn, Melissa Errico and Ryan Silverman, an additional…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PM[SHARE]Pint-sized star Emma Kenney took a break from the rough-and-tumble world of the cable comedy Shameless to enjoy a weekend in New York, including a Broadway outing to see Spide…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:20PM[SHARE]On the heels of the great success of the musical, Giant, the Public Theater and Dallas Theater Center's last collaboration, the two have decided to join forces once again to produce the new …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:20PM[SHARE]The Tony Award winning playwright Richard Greenberg's new play, Breakfast At Tiffany’s, is set to perform for the first time in front of a public audience beginning tonight, March 4, a…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:16PM[SHARE]It was a bittersweet day for the cast of The Phantom of the Opera on March 2, when star Sierra Boggess played her final performance as wide-eyed opera student Christine Daae the long-running…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PM[SHARE]A week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PM[SHARE]The place is the elegant One Aldwych hotel and in a suite kindly provided by the management Broadway star Betty Buckley is in post workout mode chatting to Edward Seckerson about her return …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:07PM[SHARE]Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre has announced dates of production for the world-premiere musical Secondhand Lions, based on the 2003 film of the same title, which will be presented as part …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PM[SHARE]With the start of three previews in just two days, it must be spring! When Matilda raises its curtain tonight at the Shubert Theatre for its first American performance, it will be joining Ki…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:04PM[SHARE]As excitement builds on Broadway for the opening of "Motown: The Musical," news for real-life Motown singers over the past few weeks has been far more somber.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:02PM[SHARE]Seven new singers, recently selected at the Opera Buffs auditions, will sing arias and duets from operas by Bellini, Donizetti, and Rossini in a spectacular showcase on Sunday, March 10, in …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PM[SHARE]She Kills Monsters/Buzz22 Chicago RECOMMENDED Buzz22 Chicago may be the least-known of the three storefront companies showcased in this year’s Garage Rep, but for sheer creativity, inn…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 12:00PM[SHARE]Tom Stoppard’s Tony-winning play The Real Thing and Donald Margulies’ Pulitzer Prize winner Dinner with Friends will both come to Broadway in the 2013-14 season by way of the Rou…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00PM[SHARE]JBN sits down with Matt Castle (2006 Broadway revival of COMPANY), whose creative hats impressively include actor, music director, arranger, orchestrator, and vocal coach (http://www.mattcas…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00PM[SHARE]JBN sits down with Matt Castle (2006 Broadway revival of COMPANY), whose creative hats impressively include actor, music director, arranger, orchestrator, and vocal coach (http://www.mattcas…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00PM[SHARE]
You're Gonna Hate This, a new musical from Lindsay Mendez and Michael Holland — who met and collaborated on the Broadway revival of Godspell — will debut at Joe's Pub in …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AM[SHARE]Briarcliff senior Dan Levine, 17, has a lot on his plate as Harold Hill, the conman who turns tiny River City, Iowa, on its ear in Meredith Willson’s charming comedy, “The Music …
SOURCE: The Journal News at 11:54AM[SHARE]For fans of Game of Thrones, March can't pass quickly enough. Now, like a sadistic gaoler in the annals of The Red Keep, HBO has released an extended trailer for season three, just to tortur…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:46AM[SHARE]Review: Luigi Pirandello play is adapted for the reality-TV era.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 11:44AM[SHARE]In the second act, a massive column opens like a giant jewelry box to reveal the quintessential material girl in a glittering gown, worldly as Jessica Chastain on the Oscar runway. Behin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:43AM[SHARE]It may be a long way’s off, but the Public Theater is already constructing its 2014-15 season, which will include the brand new musical The Fortress of Solitude.
With music and lyri…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:41AM[SHARE]Britain's Olivier Awards are planning to implement some sizable changes to their voting protocol, according to Variety. Like the Tony Awards in the U.S., the Olivier Awards recognize excelle…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:39AM[SHARE]Tonight the divine JULIE HALSTON Returns to Birdland for a Month-Long Run of CLASSICAL JULIE playing Mondays, March 4, 11, 18, & 25 at 7 p.m. Halston made a name for herself with h…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:32AM[SHARE]Tickets are now available for Scott Rudin's forthcoming Broadway production of The Testament of Mary. Directed by Tony nominee Deborah Warner and starring Tony nominee Fiona Shaw, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:31AM[SHARE]Carl Brooks, a 17-year-old Nyack senior, jokes that he’s getting typecast as Jims. Last year, he played Jim Conley in Nyack’s “Parade,” winning a National Youth Arts …
SOURCE: The Journal News at 11:31AM[SHARE]A new musical based on the Jonathan Lethem novel The Fortress of Solitude, penned by songwriter Michael Friedman and playwright Itamar Moses, will premiere as part of the Dallas Theater Cent…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AM[SHARE]RECOMMENDED Verdi's "Rigoletto" is so popular and done so often that it has become a festering ground for avant-garde directorial concepts that more often than not are bizarrely superimposed…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:30AM[SHARE]When writer/director Nora Ephron died of leukemia on June 26, 2012, millions of fans of her witty books and movies felt that they had lost a friend. Ephron penned the short-lived 2002 Broadw…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:27AM[SHARE]The hit drama Really Really has extended for a second and final time off-Broadway. Really Really will now play through March 30 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Written by Paul Downs Cola…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:27AM[SHARE]A classic fairytale got a happy ending March 3, when Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's Cinderella opened at the Broadway Theatre more than 50 years after it premiered on black-and-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AM[SHARE]This comes to mind because of the Pearl White post from earlier today. The Perils of Penelope Pitstop was a Hanna-Barbera cartoon that ran from 1970 through 1971. I not only used to wa…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:20AM[SHARE]Bonnie Franklin, who starred as a single mother navigating the dating and working worlds of the 1970s and early '80s in the popular sitcom "One Day at a Time," died March 1 at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AM[SHARE]After being out of print for over 10 years, the acclaimed Hands on a Hardbody documentary (on which the new Broadway musical is based) is now available for purchase. A restore…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:14AM[SHARE]The first-ever Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, featuring a book by Tony Award nominee Dougl
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:12AM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Peyton Place" at City Lit Theater ★★
KERRY REID reviews "Peyton Place" at City Lit Theater ★★ ... The seamy side of gossipy small towns in New Engla…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:10AM[SHARE]MCC Theater has announced a second and final extension for the New York premiere of the Paul Downs Colaizzo college-set drama Really Really, starring Matt Lauria, Zosia Mamet and Evan J…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AM[SHARE]I am rarely tempted to offer suggestions as to the improvement of drama criticism and reviews in the mainstream media. As some of the responses to John Lahr’s recent essay suggest, how…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 11:09AM[SHARE]We’re beginning to see signs that the new booking agents for the National Theatre are living up to their promise to keep the lights on at that historic theatre. Their first announcemen…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:09AM[SHARE]Last year, Emily Hamilton was the student director for Pleasantville’s “Beauty and the Beast,” a huge technical show. “It was a lot of things for me to handle, not ha…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 11:08AM[SHARE]Sheffield Theatres and Staffordshire's New Vic Theatre have been hit with cuts totalling more than £120,000, after their respective local authorities approved budget proposals. Recently n…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:07AM[SHARE]From time to time, TDF Stages will highlight exciting Off and Off-Off Broadway theatre companies with exclusive “getting to know you” videos. Today, we’re featuring The Amo…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:04AM[SHARE]Clarkstown High School North is staging “Smile,” a rarely performed musical written by Howard Ashman (“Little Shop of Horrors”) and Marvin Hamlisch (“A Chorus L…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 11:04AM[SHARE]It looks like Cameron Mackintosh wants to follow up the success of the "Les Miserables" film adaptation by giving the same treatment to "Oliver!" The renowned producer also wants to present …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 11:00AM[SHARE]I remember when I was just starting out in the biz and thought I knew everything about sales. And then I met a box office treasurer and realized I didn’t know nuthin’. Why sure, …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of Pearl White (1889-1938), most famous as the star of silent movie adventure serials such as The Perils of Pauline and The Exploits of Elaine (1914). A Missouri nat…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tony Award winner Judith Light is honored during MCC Theater's March 4 Miscast gala — featuring performances by Christian Borle, Jonathan Groff, Sierra Boggess, Jane Krakowski and …
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Laura Lopez on the set of Brewster’s “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying.” Photo by Peter D. Kramer/The Journal News. At 16, Brewster High School sophomore La…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:58AM[SHARE]The mystery surrounding fundraising has led many people, usually board members, to ask: What makes a good fundraising executive?
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:53AM[SHARE]Music executive Tommy Mottola may be taking his talented ear to the Broadway stage with three upcoming projects in the works, reports The New York Post.
Mottola will head up the previousl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:49AM[SHARE]RECOMMENDED Long before there were fifty shades of anything, a little book called "Peyton Place" unbuttoned a generation of American readers in the late fifties. "Peyton Place" by Grace Meta…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 10:48AM[SHARE]Pioneering woman playwright and actor take center stage in “Or,” at Park Square.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 10:45AM[SHARE]Gavin Lee recently took over from Tom Chambers as Jerry Travers in Top Hat at the West End's Aldwych Theatre.
Lee, who originated the role of Bert in the London production of Mary Poppins,
…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:45AM[SHARE]The 1999 Broadway revival of Annie Get Your Gun, starring Tony winner Bernadette Peters as Annie Oakley, opened March 4, 1999, at the Marquis Theatre. In honor of the show, Playbill.com has …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AM[SHARE]"To be an actress you have to love to suffer, and I only like to suffer," Abby says near the beginning of Amy Herzog's "Belleville," now opened at the New York Theatre Workshop, which is why…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:38AM[SHARE]Current and former cast members from the Broadway cast of Jersey Boys, including Dominic Nolfi, Jarrod Spector and John Edwards, will bring The Doo Wop Project to the Arcada Theatre in St. C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AM[SHARE]Many times when I meet people who are doing too much and are overtaxed, the most common reason is that they feel they had a ton of opportunities come at them at once. I myself have been guil…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AM[SHARE]Last week, we returned from our Audience (R)Evolution Learning Convening in Philadelphia, and our minds and hearts are still revving from all the ideas, connections and (not one but two) ban…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:30AM[SHARE]The Roundabout Theatre Company has announced two more shows for their upcoming 2013-14 Broadway season. Joining the previously announced production of Joshua Harmon‘s Bad Jews will be …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:16AM[SHARE]The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending March 3, 2013: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm ANN $294,156 5,636 63.30% $52.19 ANNIE $902,794 11,782 86.23% $76.62…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:14AM[SHARE]Complete casting has been announced for the Guthrie Theater's upcoming production of The Primrose Path, which will begin previews April 27 prior to an official opening May 3 on the Wurte…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AM[SHARE]The sons of baseball great Mickey Mantle intend to bring their father's life story to Broadway. Danny and David Mantle announced that they have teamed up with writer and producer David Leaf …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AM[SHARE]Orphans has been in the news a lot lately. Shia LaBeouf was supposed to star, but then left the production due to "creative differences." He then proceeded to publish e-mails on his Twitter …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:00AM[SHARE]Here's the second in a series celebrating the openings of Broadway musicals 10, 20 and 30 years ago.The Playbills and the Show CardThe MerchandiseShow: The Goodbye GirlTheatre: MarquisOpenin…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 10:00AM[SHARE]
The 86th Street Barnes & Noble will host the March 8 cast album release event for the new 2012 Broadway cast recording of Roundabout Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of The M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:52AM[SHARE]The first thing I noticed when I visited at SPACE on Ryder Farm is the quiet. It's quiet at SPACE on Ryder Farm. You could spend all day writing in the gazebo, and the only sound you'd hear …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:41AM[SHARE]Olivier winner Ruthie Henshall, who has been seen on Broadway in Chicago and Putting It Together, has released a new solo recording entitled "I've Loved These Days."
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AM[SHARE]Roundabout Theatre Company's 2013-2014 Broadway season will include revivals of Donald Margulies' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Dinner with Friends and Tom Stoppard's Tony Award winner The Re…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AM[SHARE]Here's my the video of my TedxBroadway talk. Reminder: The early bird deadline for The Gift Sessions my arts marketing workshop in Chicago, ends tonight at midnight. Use the promo code Parad…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:30AM[SHARE]Tom Attea's Benedictus, in which fictional pontiff has visions of new calling, will run off-Broadway in May and JunePlaywright Tom Attea has just got very, very lucky. Two years ago, he wrot…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:29AM[SHARE]In the absorbing “Compulsion,” the famed girl’s Holocaust diary changes the life of an American writer.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 09:27AM[SHARE]Review: Eric Michael Gillett: "Careless Rhapsody" at 54 Below: Perfection
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 09:26AM[SHARE]Forum Theatre's fifteenth season will include a revival of Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Forum's sensational hit from its 2007-2008 season, Â from May 22 to June 1…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:26AM[SHARE]Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies will make its French premiere at the Opéra de Toulon March 8-10. This production will be led by French director Olivier Bén&eac…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AM[SHARE]Imogen Stubbs will star in a new London production of Dermot Canavan's Third Finger, Left Hand, previously seen on the Edinburgh Fringe, that will begin performances April 3 prior to an …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:07AM[SHARE]"Bull," a drama about office politics by the British playwright Mike Bartlett ("The Cockfight Play"), will have its New York premiere in the Brits Off Broadway festival at 59E59 Theaters.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:00AM[SHARE]Once upon a time, on the fifth story of the Broadway Theatre, actress Victoria Clark, dressed in a bright pink ball gown, sat on a swing, buckled her seat belt, and was propelled across the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AM[SHARE]Buzz22 Chicago is a young but industrious ensemble-based theater company comprised of seven spirited founding members. Intrigued by the talk on Northwestern's campus about their current show…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AM[SHARE]
In a musical biography, Sandra Robinson Hodges sings the title role with true commitment.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 08:50AM[SHARE]REVIEW: Minnesota Opera’s inventive “Hamlet” finds vivid music in Shakespeare’s tragedy.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 08:48AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of Carl Norwood (1939-1976). He was born with a dwarfish condition, with tiny, twisted limbs. Billed as “the Frog Boy” or “the Frog Man” he work…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:42AM[SHARE]Reston Community Players continued their season of strong women with the award winning musical Next to Normal. The multiple Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize- winning musical by Brian Yorkey and…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AM[SHARE]Watching Soul Encounters: Flamenco Meets Jazz featuring the dancers of Furia Flamenca and music performed by the jazz trio Unit Three was an enjoyable way to spend my Sunday. The fusion of f…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:29AM[SHARE]At the couldn’t-come-fast-enough conclusion of Amy Herzog’s newest foray into drama BELLEVILLE being presented by The New York Theatre Workshop, Amina (Pascale Armand) the French…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:28AM[SHARE]West End musical Jersey Boys, which celebrates its fifth birthday this month, has extended its booking period until March next year. The show, at the Prince Edward Theatre, is now booking un…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:22AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of Julius Steger (1866-1959), best known in vaudeville for his one act melodrama playlet “The Fifth Commandment”, a popular hit for the first 20 years of…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:07AM[SHARE]A bar in Adelaide's German Club is the setting for the National Theatre Of Scotland's production of The Strange Undoing Of Prudencia Hart. It begins innocuously enough as all 5 cast members …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:00AM[SHARE]In celebration of the prolific poet, novelist, social activist, playwright and columnist, James Mercer Langston Hughes, a proponent of racial consciousness and cultural nationalism devoid of…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AM[SHARE]Guillermo Aviles-Rodriguez has left as artistic director, saying company's mission has been changed to focus on South L.A. The board's chair defends its position.The Watts Village Theater Co…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AM[SHARE]
he Pearl Theater continues its exploration of Shakkespeare's History plays in its new home on 42nd Street
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:59AM[SHARE]Old Hats, a new clown comedy created by and starring Bill Irwin and David Shiner, opens on March 4 at off-Broadway's Pershing Square Signature Center. Directed by Tina Landau, the S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:59AM[SHARE]The curtain is rising on the Broadway premiere of Richard Greenberg’s brand new adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Truman Capote’s iconic story hits the Broadway st…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:58AM[SHARE]Criterion, London: Although based in Glasgow, <a href="http://www.gamta.org.uk/">GAMTA</a> is keen to ensure that its musical theatre graduates are afforded all the opp…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:58AM[SHARE]Amy Herzog's most gut-wrenching play is a deeply compassionate exploration into why people will sometimes depart from what is rational, prudent and even sane to protect the ones they love
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:57AM[SHARE]School is officially in session for the little boys and girls of Matilda. The musical begins performances at the Shubert Theatre on March 4. Starring original West End star Bertie Carvel as …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:57AM[SHARE]Hull Truck Theatre founder Mike Bradwell is to direct his first main house play for the organisation in more than 30 years, with a production of Tim Fountain's Queen of the Nile. Fountain's …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AM[SHARE]Frigid Festival, UNDER St. Marks, Off Off Broadway
By Joseph Samuel Wright
BOTTOM LINE: The Sandman's Coming is a dance theatre piece incorporating video and nursery rhymes to explor…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:54AM[SHARE]Propel (the next step), presented by Expressions Dance Company (EDC) is a double-bill program showcasing the developing works of emerging choreographers Liesel Zink and Lucas Jervies. Th…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:52AM[SHARE]Here is a group of reviews and features for last night's opening of Cinderella.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 07:49AM[SHARE]NEW YORK (AP) " There's a little bottle of champagne in Willemijn Verkaik's dressing room. It sits unopened " she's already plenty giddy.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:47AM[SHARE]NEW YORK (AP) -- There's a little bottle of champagne in Willemijn Verkaik's dressing room. It sits unopened - she's already plenty giddy....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:45AM[SHARE]A profile in honor of Women’s History Month. Stella Mayhew (1874-1932) was a headlining vaudeville and musical comedy performer whose career spanned 50 years. She began acting as a chi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:44AM[SHARE]Butetown, CardiffThere are some places where you are acutely aware that you are walking over layers of human history. Butetown, close to Cardiff docks, is one of them, an area that has seen …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:41AM[SHARE]There's a slightly scary pragmatism working its way into the arts in the shadow of the recession, and Peter Bazalgette is a champion for it. He believes with all his heart in the arts, but...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:27AM[SHARE]Holly O'Mahoney goes behind the scenes on this astounding co-production between physical theatre company Vesturport and the Lyric Hammersmith.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:09AM[SHARE]NEW YORK (AP) " Two celebrated stage works about marriages in crisis by Tom Stoppard and Donald Margulies are heading to Broadway.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:01AM[SHARE]NEW YORK (AP) -- Two celebrated stage works about marriages in crisis by Tom Stoppard and Donald Margulies are heading to Broadway....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:00AM[SHARE]In recent years, there's been a substantial amount of controversy over staged adaptions of the Easter story, even more so when you add music to the mix. For example, the Broadway staging and…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:00AM[SHARE]
NEW YORK " Two celebrated stage works about marriages in crisis by Tom Stoppard and Donald Margulies are heading to Broadway.The Roundabout Theatre Company said Monday that Margulies' Pulit…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 06:59AM[SHARE]Playwright Jack Thorne on the transfer of his play Mydidae to Trafalgar Studios, working with directors and avoiding the rehearsal room.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:52AM[SHARE]Broadway Studio, London: Originally conceived from an improvised play, this charming musical follows a disparate group of quirky adolescents as they take part in a school spelling competitio…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AM[SHARE]Police interrogation room-based theatre pieces are always going to be tense and gripping affairs. Think SUS, Barrie Keeffe's excellent play based on racist stop-and-search laws in 1980s Brit…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:45AM[SHARE]Veronica Aloess catches up with the Lincoln Young Company, performing I'm Spilling My Heart Out Here as part of Connections 2013.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:37AM[SHARE]Harrogate Theatre: Alan Ayckbourn's tale of platonic love across a 50-year age gap is the eighth co-production involving Harrogate Theatre and Oldham Coliseum.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:25AM[SHARE]Shakespeare tradition in its 39th year Director Dee O’Brien on stage at Hommocks Middle School, where her Semi-Royal Shakespeare Company presents its 39th season March 7-10. Rehearsing…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 06:00AM[SHARE]
Hackney Empire, London: With its light-hearted scenario touching on suspicion, infidelity and jealousy, Cosi fan Tutte is one of the most natural contenders for updating, but director Paul H…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:51AM[SHARE]Babbacombe Theatre, Torquay: Spellbound is a slice of pure magic that lives up to such a self-proclaiming superlative.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:43AM[SHARE]Royal Opera House, London: Set amid the violent turbulence of revolutionary Rome in 1800, Jonathan Kent's 2006 production of Puccini's impassioned tragedy, enhanced by Paul Brown&#…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:31AM[SHARE]Morgan's Tavern Benidorm: Productions based on the success of the West End shows make for bums on seats in cabaret venues. One Vision is a show which is based on the Queen musical We Will Ro…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:19AM[SHARE]The Town Club, Benidorm: Surveying the cabaret room just before the appearance of the brilliant Scottish comedian Rikki Stevens, it wasn't a pretty sight. The fly in the comedy ointment…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:19AM[SHARE]Among this week's major London theatre openings, in the West End and further afield, are Helen Mirren in The Audience, Paper Dolls at the Tricycle, Hampstead's Longing, and more:
Opening Mo…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:09AM[SHARE]The 1957 made-for-TV musical arrives on Broadway.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:07AM[SHARE]By Zach Freeman "We're out on the fringe," says Jeremy Menekseoglu, artistic director of Dream Theatre Company, sipping a beer in the brightly lit underground area of Sakura Karaoke Lounge i…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AM[SHARE]
Barry McGovern - tall, gaunt, physically precise and vocally prodigious - is one of Ireland's greatest actors, and a Beckett specialist who is running out of roles. He's played both tramps a…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:51AM[SHARE]A classic fairytale got a happy ending March 3, when Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's Cinderella opened at the Broadway Theatre more than 50 years after it premiered on black-and-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:51AM[SHARE]I wonder, now that the Queen has gone into hospital suffering from gastroenteritis, if there's suddenly any sense of complicated protocol surrounding tomorrow night's opening of The Audience…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:41AM[SHARE]Posted in EntrepreneurshipPersonal DevelopmentWhether you think you can or you can't, you're right. -Henry Ford This week after doing a show in Saginaw, Michigan; I was scheduled to be on a …
SOURCE: theartsentrepreneur.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]
Maybe you’ve seen the ads for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella.” They are everywhere, without fail. That’s because putting this show on Broadway is a first…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:32AM[SHARE]its fierce beating heartby Estelle RosenSteven McCarthy is an actor, musician and theatre-maker whose work in various disciplines has been seen across Canada and around the world, garne…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AM[SHARE]A Week in Theatreby Chris Lane@chrislanetweetsNew project announcements: The Stratford Festival will be launching their new Forum series with a Shakespeare Slam in Toronto. The event will fe…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AM[SHARE] The catch praise "Now and Forever" should have been reserved for Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera instead of his other record-breaking music…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:01AM[SHARE]The Merchant of Venice is not an easy play. Companies think long and hard before daring to present it. Though called a comedy, it is full of dark themes of anti-Semitism, cruelty and bullyin…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AM[SHARE]My beloved Mrs. T, from whom I temporarily parted company on February 11, flew back to New York from San...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM[SHARE]William F. Buckley, Jr., interviews Walker Percy and Eudora Welty on Firing Line: (This is the latest in a series...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM[SHARE]"Dreaming is not merely an act of communication; it is also an aesthetic activity, a game of the imagination, a...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM[SHARE]Rita Moreno talks about her career in on the stage and screen, and her new memoir, Rita Moreno. She's one of the few artists to win an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. She has also rece…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM[SHARE]In the theatre, for the most part, glamour belongs to those actors and performers who wear it like a second skin—a mystery you don’t want to unbutton, let alone analyze. But the …
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AM[SHARE]1922 Eugene O'Neill's drama The First Man describes the strange tale of a scientist who curses the unborn child in his wife's womb. The wife dies in childbirth and the child thrives.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The Actors Fund's benefit reading of Thornton Wilder's landmark play Our Town, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning work, is presented March 4 at Joh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]A look at the new Off-Broadway play Hit the Wall, about the night that birthed the gay-rights movement, staged in the same neighborhood where "Stonewall" still stands.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The world-premiere production of Breakfast at Tiffany's, adapted by Tony Award winner Richard Greenberg, conjures New York City in the 1940s starting March 4 at Broadway's Cort Theat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Old Hats is the name of the new work by clowning Tony Award winners Bill Irwin and David Shiner, who star in the world premiere by Signature Theatre Company. It opens March 4 following previ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Philip J. Smith, the Chairman and Co-Chief Executive of the Shubert Organization, is honored at Theatre Development Fund's March 4 gala at The Edison Ballroom; the event also celebrates …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Singer-actress Julie Halston offers a month-long engagement of her one-woman show, Classical Julie, beginning March 4 at Birdland as part of the Broadway at Birdland concert series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The 28th annual Bistro Awards Gala, which celebrates outstanding achievement in New York cabaret and jazz, is held March 4 at the Gotham Comedy Club. Tony Award nominees Lainie Kazan and Mau…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Matilda The Musical, the Olivier Award-winning production based on the beloved Roald Dahl children's book, debuts on Broadway March 4 at the Shubert Theatre. Olivier-winning West End sta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Concert readings of Very Very, a new work that reimagines William Shakespeare's As You Like It as a contemporary rock concert, are offered March 4 at the Gibson-Baldwin Showroom in midto…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The scantily-clad music duo The Skivvies make their Los Angeles debut March 4 with special guests including Tony Award winners Laura Benanti and Daisy Eagan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The Roundabout Theatre Company will produce revivals of Donald Margulies' Dinner with Friends and Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing as part of its 2013-14 Broadway season. They join the …
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