Well known amongst theatre folk is a certain tradition — the name of one particular play by the Bard must NEVER be uttered out loud in a theatre, lest a curse be invoked. Instead, the play…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:58PM* A few quick hits today:
THE Nederlanders recently announced that they’ve teamed up with Gloria Estefan and her husband, Emilio, to bring the couple’s life story to Broadway.
The Estef…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:21PMIn Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek’s myth-mauling and jagged-edged “Jackie,” the former First Lady Jackie Kennedy takes stock of her world-famous image.
It’s not a pretty pi…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PMLanford Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1979 play, “Talley’s Folly,” is a valentine to unlikely love.
Sweet stuff, to be sure.
But valentines are delicate and deman…
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Signature Theatre, Off Broadway
By Jason Rost
BOTTOM LINE: Some clowns never get old -- and that's good news for us.
The title says it all in Bill Irwin and David Shiner’s wonderf…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:59PMRodgers and Hammerstein's made-for-TV musical "Cinderella" broke viewing records when it debuted in 1957, and now, a new, reimagined take on the classic fairy tale has made its way…
SOURCE: NY1 at 10:55PMWe’re so conditioned to be cynical nowadays that dark is considered edgy and romance dopey. But the Roundabout revival of “Talley’s Folly” that opened last night is proud to believe …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:46PMNathan Lane, Roy Furman, Liz Robbins, Mathew Broderick, Sara Jessica ParkerMarch 4, 2013: Guild Hall Academy of the Arts presented their 28th Annual Lifetime Achievement Awards at a poignant…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:31PMDanny Burstein and Sarah Paulson star in the Roundabout’s revival of “Talley’s Folly,” Lanford Wilson’s romantic comedy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:01PMJust as books should not be judged by their covers, stage productions are not always reflections of their set design. Take Jeff Cowie's almost-too-grand recreation of the rococo Victorian bo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMEvery theater company, no matter how reliable, has its occasional missteps. For Keen Company, an organization which, in recent memory, has presented truly first-rate revivals of "lost" gems …
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NEW YORK (AP) — Women's Project Theater has had a crackling start to their 35th season, celebrating their new home at New York City Center with the well-received, disturbing "Bethany," a p…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:48PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Women's Project Theater has had a crackling start to their 35th season, celebrating their new home at New York City Center with the well-received, disturbing "Bethany," …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:45PMNEW YORK (AP) — When a man goes courting, it generally doesn't involve shouting and flailing around in ice skates on rotten floorboards in the middle of summer. Yet the 1944 wooing of sout…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:45PMNEW YORK (AP) -- When a man goes courting, it generally doesn't involve shouting and flailing around in ice skates on rotten floorboards in the middle of summer. Yet the 1944 wooing of s…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:43PMThere are so many thought-provoking Shia LaBeouf tweets we could have asked Alec Baldwin to respond to last night at the Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards. But the one we went …
SOURCE: Vulture at 09:03PMAussieTheatre’s Emily Paddon-Brown, currently performing in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, writes about an upcoming charity event for the Victorian Actor’s Benevolent Trust and Australian Chi…
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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 pres…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:58PMElizabeth Keckly was a freed slave when she met Mary Todd Lincoln. Keckly, a gifted seamstress, became the private dressmaker for the first lady; hundreds of years later, for Tazewell Thomps…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:40PMCould it be the real problem with the world is a lack of danger?
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:31PMKeen Company has picked an ideal moment for its revival of A.R. Gurney’s 1991 drama “The Old Boy.” As American society finally reaches a tipping point in its acceptance of …
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:30PMUPDATED: C.J. Wilson (Glengarry Glen Ross) will replace Adam Rapp in the role of Hank Teagle. Rapp departed the production due to scheduling conflicts. Rehearsals for the production began Fe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:22PM"OMG! THE ULTIMATE AND MOST ENDURING OF MAKEOVER SHOWS is back in town, and this Cinderella is no passive damsel waiting for a rescuing knight. SHE TAKES CHARGE OF HER DESTINY." –The New Y…
SOURCE: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 07:06PMEleven places from across the UK are bidding to be named City of Culture in 2017. The longlist features Aberdeen, Chester, Dundee, East Kent (covering Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMHelen Mirren revisits her Oscar-winning role in this new play by Peter Morgan, which eavesdrops on Queen Elizabeth II's weekly tete-a-tetes with her prime ministers.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:01PM“Prime Minister, everything you say in this room stays between us,” the Queen reassures John Major before he shamefacedly reveals his “dubious distinction”, as a Downing Street incum…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMUnderground Productions’ first show of the season is the murder mystery play Deathtrap under the direction of Megan Gansberg. The play, first penned by Ira Levin in 1978, was nominated for…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:00PMIt’s a bit late in history for a cultural reckoning with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Since she and the era she represented were shattered by a Texas bullet, her careful and cold public…
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00PMTamara Fisch Selected Credits include: The Play About The Coach at the East 4th Street Theatre, Sons of the Prophet at Theatre Squared, On the Tenth Floor by Thomas Bradshaw at Partial Comfo…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 07:00PMI had been in New York for less than 24 hours when my sister abandoned me in a warehouse. "I've got to find the naked rave," she whispered, eyes crazed behind a white beaked mask. And off sh…
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The largest international improv festival in the world, the 16th annual Chicago Improv Festival,April 1-7, 2013, celebrates the art of improv, showcasing more than 150 acts consisting of 76…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:50PMMarsha Stephanie Blake leads the ensemble cast of Lincoln Center Theater’s racially charged play Luck of the Irish. In this video, Blake explains the phenomenon of ghost buying and how…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:40PMSome plays are explosive, sending avalanches of emotion crashing down on their audiences. Others, such as “The Drawer Boy,” currently running at the June Havoc Theatre in a fine …
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:30PMC.J. Wilson (Glengarry Glen Ross, A Steady Rain, Festen) has replaced Adam Rapp in Clifford Odets' drama of Hollywood secrets, The Big Knife, which will begin Broadway previews March 22 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:30PMReviewed by RUSSELL GOELTENBODT The Neo-Futurists, creators of over 60 original full-length productions, are a collective of wildly productive writer/director/performers who create immediate…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:28PMThe latest Sandbox premiere very much keeps things in the SF Playhouse family.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:27PMTracy Turnblad’s going from Baltimore to Broadway! Hairspray movie star Nikki Blonsky begins a two-part guest spot on the March 5 episode of Smash, and Broadway.com caught up with the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:23PMEmilia Clarke will make her Broadway debut in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, but before she transforms into Holly Golightly, she joined the rest of the cast at the Carlyle Hotel to offer a lo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:22PMBuilt in 1934 and designed by the Architecture firm then known as Woods, Bagot, Laybourne Smith & Irwin in the Classical Revival and Beaux Arts style, the former AMP building at 21 King …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:15PMWriters’ Theatre Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma and Artistic Director Michael Halberstam announce the two-week extension of Writers’ Theatre production of Sweet Charity, bookb…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:13PMAfter you catch Mickey Sumner’s off-Broadway debut in The Lying Lesson, see her on the big screen in Frances Ha, a new film by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach. The movie stars Gerwig as…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:10PMC.J. Wilson will take over the role of Hank Teagle from Adam Rapp in the upcoming Broadway revival of The Big Knife. Rapp has departed the production due to scheduling conflicts. Starring Bo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:02PMGielgud, LondonPeter Morgan struck box-office gold with his movie The Queen. He's likely to do so again with this play based on the private weekly audience given by the monarch to the prime …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:02PMFilm icon Johnny Depp took some time off from shooting his new music-themed movie LUCKY THEM to serenade some lucky - and very appreciative - Seattle coffeeshop attendees judging from a rece…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PMGorilla Tango Theatre Bucktown is proud to present numerous off-night performances in March! From DJ Bouncy Castle’s HUMP DAY THUMP DAY spin set on 3/20 and 3/27 to a staged reading of…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:00PMFirst collaborating 20 years ago in Fool Moon — a show that made three separate stops on Broadway in the 1990s — veteran stage clowns Bill Irwin and David Shiner reunite with Old Hats, a…
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“Oh the shark has Pretty teeth, dear –” Which is more than can be said for the blandly cheery revue gliding around toothlessly at Source. “Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill: A Musi…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:57PMWho says you can’t go home again? Think about the word home, and what it means to you. Home can be the place that you grew up in, or any place that you spend a significant amount of time. …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:57PMEarlier this week Rock of Ages broke into the top 50 longest running shows in Broadway history. Naturally, the cast and crew decided to celebrate! And what better way to share the love than …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:57PMMusical tells a disturbing story about mental illness.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:57PMFamed Texas governor Ann Richards arrives on Broadway in the new one-woman-show Ann, written by and starring Emmy winner Holland Taylor. Get a first look at Taylor in action, and then s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:55PMA woman who dares to get onstage, naked and unapologetically confident, to talk about her life, her feelings and her body? Sign me up. Julia Wiedeman isn’t shy. And thank goodness she&…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 05:51PMOn Monday night, the Who’s Who of Brisbane Theatre were out to celebrate the annual Matilda Awards. Held at the Gardens Point Theatre, the prestigious night was hosted by the talented and …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:51PMSignature Theatre has announced the eight productions that will join the lineup for its 2013/14 season, half of which will be making their world premieres. The season will open with a produc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:49PMThe 35th anniversary revival of the rags to riches Broadway classic, Annie, has begun recording a cast album with this summer eyed as the release date. The album is being produced by 12 time…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:48PMWell, at least we’ve got a title and a song! Audra McDonald’s upcoming fifth album will be titled Go Back Home and feature the John Kander and Fred Ebb tune of the same name…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PMIt was just announced that C.J. Wilson has joined the company of Roundabout Theatre Company's The Big Knife to play the role of 'Hank Teagle.' C.J. Wilson replaces Adam Rapp who departed th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45PMWith the goal of teaching students how to “Study Funny,” Columbia College Chicago’s new theatre degree in comedy writing and performance is far from the usual academic fare for student…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:42PMCBS and Showtime chief Les Moonves officially confirmed that the eighth season of Showtime's serial killer-themed drama series DEXTER, starring Broadway and Hollywood regular Michael C. Hall…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:42PMWhatever your cause for complaint — traffic, work, kids, in-laws — as you settle in to A Noise Within’s production of “The Grapes of Wrath,” you’ll soon s…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:41PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, March 5, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway JERSEY BOYS sets new record in Hershey $1,282,369…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:38PMContinuing its 25th Anniversary Season, Lookingglass Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of Big Lake Big City, written by Keith Huff and directed by Ensemble Member David Schw…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:38PMRylance leads cast, directs with Claire van Kampen, co-writes with Duluth poet Louis Jenkins, whose work Rylance recited when receiving both Tony Awards This mythic, funny and poetic story u…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:35PM"What fine hands the country is in!" exclaims the Queen, sarcastically, after John Major has confessed he only passed three O-Levels and she, of course, "home educated" but treated as a girl…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:33PMTheatrical clowning duo Bill Irwin and David Shiner haven't shared the spotlight onstage since the late 1990s. Now, with a collaborative theater project running at off-Broadway's Signature T…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:33PMTheatrical clowning duo Bill Irwin and David Shiner haven't shared the spotlight onstage since the late 1990s. Now, with a collaborative theater project running at off-Broadway's Signature T…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:33PMIn today’s Video of the Week, YouTube user Kat Jade sings “It’s All Over” from Dreamgirls and performs all six (6!!!) roles. We bow down to her singing talent and her…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:31PM LiveWire Chicago Theatre, in association with Chicago Cultural Center Presents, continues its 2012-13 season with the Chicago premiere of the dysfunctional family drama A PERMANENT IMAGE,…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:26PMCraig Lucas’ new comedy The Lying Lesson stars Carol Kane as a woman who may or may not be Bette Davis and up-and-coming film star (and Sting’s daughter!) Mickey Sumner as her my…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:19PMHurricane Sandy was truly a show-stopper for Landmark on Main's Spotlight Gala planned for November 3, 2012. But the company is taking it from the top and hopes you'll join the Spotlight Gal…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:19PMTwo-time Academy Award-winning actress Jessica Lange has been officially confirmed to appear at the final panel as part of 2013's PaleyFest discussion series on March 15 to represent her meg…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:19PMIn 1967 a Jesuit priest led a team of three men to break into a Baltimore draft office, pouring blood (including some of their own) on draft files to protest the escalation of the Vietnam Wa…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:17PMMadonna, Justin Timberlake, Coldplay and… Andrew Lloyd Webber? Birmingham’s National Indoor Arena has seen plenty of pop stars in its day, but on March 24, it’ll play home…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:14PMCollege dance concerts are always a fun place for brushing up on modern currents in the art, but spring semester programs are often a pure delight. They represent the culmination of eight mo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:02PMMusic, wrestling, pratfalls: an “As You Like It” at the New Victory Theater that aims to charm adolescents.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:01PMThis post by Matt Debenham talks about when it comes to character writing, characters must be everything. He’s writing about how to do that from a fiction perspective but his suggesti…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMThis is the first in a series of blogs that will chronicle the birth and infancy of New Play Frontiers. I will share the origins of this program, its impact on our organization, the process …
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NEW YORK—Actress Amanda Peet is hoping to make her professional debut as a playwright next season with a drama that may attract Blythe Danner and Sarah Jessica Parker.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:59PMNEW YORK (AP) — Actress Amanda Peet is hoping to make her professional debut as a playwright next season with a drama that may attract Blythe Danner and Sarah Jessica Parker.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:59PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Actress Amanda Peet is hoping to make her professional debut as a playwright next season with a drama that may attract Blythe Danner and Sarah Jessica Parker....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:57PMBUNHEADS creator Amy Sherman-Palladino has opened up about her desire for a renewal of the Cult hit ABC Family series BUNHEADS, starring multi-Tony Award winner Sutton Foster, following the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:55PMState of the Artist note: This post, from Laura Zabel, is in response to our Visualizing Artists’ Careers project, which you can see here. I can’t stop looking at these graphi…
SOURCE: State of the Artist at 04:55PMEarlier today I posted my review of Elfriede Jelinek’s Jackie at the Women’s Project Theatre; for those who want to know more, you couldn’t do better than the discussion, &…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 04:52PMTony Taccone, artistic director of the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre, has announced the lineup of works for the company's 2013-14 season, which will include the world pre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:50PMRogue Artists Ensemble ventures into erotica with Songs of Bilitis, adapted by Katie Polebaum from the 1894 writings of Pierre Louÿs, who initially claimed that these were ancient Greek tex…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:49PMThe songs of Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey were performed on Friday at Lincoln Center as part of its American Songbook series.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48PMOur Time's 11th annual benefit gala, Worth the Wait — celebrating the bravery and achievements of young people who stutter as well as those who inspire their success &mda…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PMA lunar eclipse hangs over “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”
Theatergoers who attended the play’s first preview on Monday grumbled that “Moon River” is nowhere to be heard.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 04:42PMWith some musicals, there aren’t enough interesting things to write about to make up a single slender volume. Show Boat, on the other hand, has been the topic of a small library of int…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:37PMFive-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald's upcoming album for Nonesuch Records will be titled "Go Back Home," inspired by the plaintive Kander and Ebb song from the Tony-nomi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:35PMPodcast with Christopher Allen & Laura Rook from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo.
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:33PMThe Hershey engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical JERSEY BOYS broke the box office record at the Hershey Theatre in Hershey, PA, grossing $1,282,369.00 for the wee…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:33PMIn a season filled with hits, the Wagner College Theatre season continues to usher in success tonight with the debut of a new drama! We move ourselves from the Main Stage filled with song an…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 04:31PMIf you haven’t had a chance to check out the exciting new St James Theatre in Victoria, then this ticket offer is just for you. With a saving of up to £24.50 and directed by its original …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:29PMCelebrate National Women's History Month and the first annual March is Cabaret Month in New York City with Broadway and cabaret stars at Joe's Pub at The Public. Justin Vivian Bond will prem…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:28PM Christopher Allen and Laura Rook discuss their roles in Short Shakespeare! Romeo & Juliet currently playing at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. For more information visit www.ChicagoSha…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:26PMA host of theatre artists will rejoin forces on March 11th for the second annual Spotlight On St. Jude, Broadway's Tribute to the Kids.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:22PMClowning duo Bill Irwin and David Shiner stirred up lots of silly trouble on March 4, when their new comedic collaboration Old Hats opened officially at the Pershing Square Signature Center.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:21PMVillage Theatre’s new season will include a new musical, “The Tutor,” and a rare local production of “Funny Girl.” Also new: a matinee subscription series.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 04:20PMRobert Cuccioli and Laila Robins will announce the nominees for the Outer Critics Circle Awards April 22 at 11 AM at The Friars Club.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:16PMOuter Critics Circle, the organization of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, reports that multi award-winnin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:15PMBroadway darling Kelli O'Hara (Nice Work if You Can Get It) and her husband, musician Greg Naughton, are expecting a baby. The tiny musical genius will be the couple's second. Their first ch…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:12PMAmy Herzog's Belleville, which explores the eroding marriage of an American couple living in Paris, opened at the New York Theatre Workshop March 3. Tony Award nominee Maria Dizzia and G…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:10PMTony Award winner Blythe Danner and Golden Globe Award winner Sarah Jessica Parker are in conversations to star in the Manhattan Theatre Club's Off-Broadway world premiere of The Commons…
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Watch out, Matthew Broderick! Emmy winner Sarah Jessica Parker may be headed back to the stage. Parker and her husband's Nice Work co-star Blythe Danner are in talks to star in an off-Br…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:57PMIf Cinderella had a Facebook page, what would she have posted? "Lost my shoe at the princes' ball tonight. LOL!"
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 03:55PMIf Cinderella had a Facebook page, what would she have posted? "Lost my shoe at the princes' ball tonight. LOL!"
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 03:55PMGot adorableness? We've got your your first look at Taye Diggs and his three-and-a-half-year-old son, Walker Nathaniel, in their brand new, ridiculously cute ad for the Got Milk? campaig…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:50PMAccording to Showbiz411, Broadway veteran Sarah Jessica Parker will soon return to the stage in an off Broadway play at MTC. Blythe Danner will reportedly join Parker in the show, which is w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:47PMThe drama follows a cat-and-mouse game behind an FBI sting operation to catch a possible pedophile.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:46PMIf our interview with playwright Luke Barnes got you excited about Bottleneck then you are in luck! We have teamed up with Watford Palace Theatre to offer you the chance to win a pair of tic…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:46PMAdam Blanshay, the newly installed head of the Just for Laughs theatrical division, plans to expand the comedy festival’s brand with dramatic and musical productions.
“It’s…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:45PMNice Work If You Can Get It star Kelli O’Hara is expecting a little bundle of joy—and no, it’s not a bottle of moonshine! The actress, who plays bootlegger Billie Bendix in…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:45PMAmanda Peet, a television and theater actress, has written “The Commons of Pensacola,” about a family grappling with the fallout from the financial crisis.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:38PMMany a Disney film has been turned into a successful onstage musical, from “The Lion King” to “Beauty and the Beast.” Now Mary Zimmerman’s musical adaptation of…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:37PMSleeping Weazel in Boston is celebrating Women’s History Month with Women In Action: a new wave of art, theatre, music, and performance, a four-day event beginning with a public discussi…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:35PMGet ready parents, a new generation of Annie fans are going to be constantly belting those famous tunes at home very soon. The current Broadway revival of Annie will release a new …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:32PMTerrence Howard, who was seen on Broadway in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, has been cast in the title role in "Macbett," an upcoming all-black film adaptation of William Shakespeare's…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMIt was announced late last month that due to creative differences, the producers of Orphans and Shia LaBeouf would part ways and he would not continue with the production. LaBeouf revealed a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:22PMGrad student linguists in love are at the center of Andrea Kuchlewska's unromantic comedy.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:21PMOrphans star Alec Baldwin won two Emmys for playing 30 Rock's slick network executive Jack Donaghy, and it seems the character's affinity for backhanded compliments has rubbed off on…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:21PMOrphans star Alec Baldwin won two Emmys for playing 30 Rock's slick network executive Jack Donaghy, and it seems the character's affinity for backhanded compliments has rub…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:21PMIt is rare that I relate to the characters onstage as much as I did during The Madrid, Liz Flahive’s play currently in performances at City Center Stage I. Directed by Leigh Silverman and …
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 03:19PMThe Living Theatre may live up to its name yet.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:16PMA cast album for the 35th anniversary Broadway revival of Annie, starring Lilla Crawford, Anthony Warlow and Tony Award winner Katie Finneran, will be released this spring on the Shout! Broa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:14PMA RESTRICTED BUT RIVETING ROOM Novelist Ira Levin may be best-known for Rosemary’s Baby and Stepford Wives, both made even more popular by their film adaptations, but as a playwright, Le…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:09PMFour-time Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara and husband Greg Naughton are expecting their second child.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:07PMKelli O'Hara, four time Tony Award Nominee and her husband Greg Naughton, are expecting their second child. O'Hara states, 'we are both over the moon to add to our family.'This makes the sec…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:03PMStudent director Jodye Carroll helms Catawba College's 2013 Spring Production, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND. The show runs March 20-23 in the Florence Busby Corriher Theatre. BroadwayWorld brings you…
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Opening Up Possibilities for Women through Non-Traditional amp Cross-Gender Casting- A Women's History Month Event Sponsored by the Actors' Equity Association Equal Employment Opportunity Co…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:56PMDisney's Broadway hit Newsies is the Alan Menken-Jack Feldman-Harvey Fierstein adaptation of the 1992 movie musical that became a cult hit despite lackluster box office numbers. Broadway ne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:56PMI am not a person who laughs a lot at the theatre. I’m a Yanky, first of all. Second, I am usually thinking about what is going on. It is rare that a full fledged bark leaves my mouth �…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 02:55PMAudiences awaiting Anacostia Playhouse's opening in April may have to wait longer than expected. About two weeks ago, with demolition complete and building set to begin, the project hit a pe…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 02:54PMThe Kennedy Center has announced the line-up for its 2013-14 season, which will bring Bill Condon’s reworking of Side Show, the Broadway-bound musical Flashdance an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:48PMOur Time - a non-profit organization that has been helping children who stutter for over a decade - will hold its 11th Annual Benefit Gala, Worth the Wait, celebrating the bravery and achiev…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PMNEW YORK, NY – Shout! Factory, and its Broadway cast imprint Shout! Broadway, is pleased to announce that it will release and distribute the New Broadway Cast Recording for the critically-…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:44PMShout Factory, and its Broadway cast imprint Shout Broadway, has just announced that it will release and distribute the New Broadway Cast Recording for the critically- acclaimed production o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMTony Award nominated director Pam MacKinnon Clybourne Park, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf directs actress Mickey Sumner film Frances Ha, Showtime's 'The Borgias' in the Atlantic Theater Com…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:40PMStagecoach Theatre Arts — by special arrangement with The Really Useful Group Ltd. — will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a record-breaking performance of the award-winning m…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PMSupporting the effort is actor and father Taye Diggs , who today unveiled his first-ever Milk Mustache ad to showcase the significant role breakfast with milk plays in his life. While Diggs …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:37PMStacy Sullivan opened the new “Second Act” series at Café Carlyle Friday night with her tribute the legendary Miss Peggy Lee, “It’s a Good Day: A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee.”
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:29PMNEW YORK (AP) — Mark Delavan knocked over a table and swung his ax. "Francesca da Rimini" is not subtle.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:25PMTony Award nominee Jayne Houdyshell will star in the Westport Country Playhouse production of George Kelly's The Show-Off, while All in the Timing actress Liv Rooth will appear in the Co…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PMIn his second year as artistic director, Chay Yew has decided to put on three productions, instead of the usual five, as part of a strategic plan to shore up the theater’s shaky finances.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:20PMTHEATER REVIEW: "How Long Will I Cry?: Voices of Youth Violence" by Steppenwolf for Young Adults ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "How Long Will I Cry?: Voices of Youth Violence" by Steppen…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:19PMOn her night off from playing Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie at A.R.T. in Cambridge, MA, Celia Keenan-Bolger headed back to New York to take on another iconic role: Emily Webb in a s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:17PMThe March 1st program featured Kitt amp Yorkey, joined by the stars of Next to Normal - Alice Ripley and Brian d'Arcy James, as well as Broadway powerhouse Idina Menzel. Marin Mazzie sang 'S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:14PMThe world premiere production of the new musical TUCK EVERLASTING will play at Boston's Citi Performing Arts Center Emerson Colonial Theatre 106 Boylston Street from July 28-August 18, 2013.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12PMBefore she returns to Broadway in The Trip to Bountiful, Condola Rashad will head downtown for her very own solo show at Joe’s Pub. The Tony nominee will take the stage at the con…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:07PMA closed reading was just held for Excalibur, featuring music by Frank Wildhorn, a book by Ivan Menchell, lyrics by Robin Lerner, and orchestrations by Koen Schoots. Directed by Francesca Za…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:07PMCan you believe we’re back with another Twitter Party already? Wow. The success of the last Twitter Party was so overwhelming that when I was talking with Seth Rudetsky and the rest of…
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Marty Thomas Presents DIVA celebrated the release of the long-awaited debut album, with a release concert and party. The concert was held last night, March 4 at New World Stages. Check out p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:59PMNewcomer Samantha Hill, who previously served as the alternate leading lady, promotes this week to the principal Christine Daaé in Broadway's Phantom of the Opera. A few weeks bac…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:59PMTV and stage stars Jonathan Groff, Jeremy Jordan, Christian Borle, Sierra Boggess and LaChanze were just a few of the famous faces that turned out on March 4 to honor Tony and Emmy winner Ju…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:53PM24 Hours was nominated for a 2004 Ovation Award as best musical in a smaller theater, but its producer Scott Mlodzinski thought an updated, rewritten, re-titled version might be right for …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:40PMTickets are now on sale at the Walter Kerr Theatre 219 West 48th Street for Fiona Shaw in THE TESTAMENT OF MARY by Colm Toibin, directed by Deborah Warner. The 12-week limited engagement beg…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:34PMRECOMMENDED When the first line of a play is “motherfucker,” you know you’re probably in for a good time. “Brewed” is a bizarre female-centric new play by local…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 01:30PMPresentation of a 3-session workshop exploration of scenes form William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Using the techniques of Playback Theater & the work of Augusto Boal, Raised S…
SOURCE: Facebook Registration at 01:29PMRachel Weisz recently revealed on the UK's 'Daybreak' that she will soon make her Broadway debut. She revealed 'I am going to do a play on Broadway. It's confirmed. I've never done Broadway …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:27PMFor a generation of television viewers, Derek Batey is indelibly inked into their memories as the convivial host of the soft-centred marriage quiz Mr and Mrs. Sporting a sculpted blond bouff…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:25PMBy: Sandi Durell Cabaret Listings and what T2C reviewers had to say. Spotlight - marvelous, mischievous Marilyn Maye. Ms. Maye came to New York cabaret awareness in 2006 when…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:23PMA series of four original plays — entitled the Midtown March Medley — by Sirius XM Broadway host, actor, musician and Playbill.com columnist Seth Rudetsky and his husband James W…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:22PMFan video of "If I Could Smell Her C*nt" by Brent Barrett, Callan Bergmann, Stephen Bienskie, Harry Bouvy, Jeff Hiller, Howard Kaye, Deidre Goodwin, Lucia Spina.
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:21PMJason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years, a rock musical re-telling of the Lizzie Borden story, and Katori Hall's Olivier Award-winning play The Mountaintop will be part of Port…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:21PMRoyal Court, LondonThere's no getting away from God or the Catholic church in Anna Wakulik's lively play: the whole theatre has been cleverly transformed into a church, complete with nave an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMCrucible, Sheffield"How is a woman to have a husband when all the men belong to their mothers?" It's a question that preoccupied DH Lawrence throughout the writing of Sons and Lovers, as wel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced its 2013-2014 THEATER SEASON: -A new Kennedy Center production of Henry Krieger and Bill Russell’s Side Show -Touring product…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:11PMAccording to Showbiz411, Broadway veteran Sarah Jessica Parker will soon return to the stage in an off Broadway play at MTC. Blythe Danner will reportedly join Parker in the show, which is w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:09PM
MCC Theater presented its annual Miscast gala last night, March 4, 2013 at The Hammerstein Ballroom 311 West 34th Street. Miscast 2013 honored Tony Award winner Judith Light Other Desert Cit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:56PMMCC Theater's annual Miscast gala, featuring a slew of unlikely performances from Broadway's best, was held March 4 at The Hammerstein Ballroom. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PMThe 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 12:55PMMCC's annual benefit was held on Monday March 4 at the Hammerstein Ballroom. The gala was hosted by Victor Garber, honored Tony Award winner Judith Light for her stage and screen career, her…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:55PMThe Broadway premiere of Christopher Durang‘s frothy Chekhov-inspired comedy, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, starring Sigourney Weaver, Kristine Nielsen and David Hyde Pierce, be…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:53PMBroadway stars gathered together at the Edison Ballroom on Monday night to honor Shubert Organization Chairman Philip J. Smith in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:49PMYork Theatre Company and its Developmental Reading Series presents the reading of the new musical, Howling Hilda, with book and lyrics by Anne Berlin, and music by Andrew Bleckner will be di…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMProducer Judy Craymer is planning to bring Viva Forever!, the new musical featuring songs made famous by the Spice Girls that currently plays the West End's Piccadilly Theatre, to Broadw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMLongtime Bristol Township Harry S. Truman High School teacher Lou Volpe is being honored with the first-ever “MTI Lifetime Achievement Award for Theatre Education” by Music Theatre Inter…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:39PMOld 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 opened March 4 following prev…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39PMIn the television pilot that Cheyenne Jackson taped recently, he played an aggressive young news anchor whose ascendancy threatened an older colleague. It was a fitting metaphor for the indu…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:38PMUnless you’re an old hooty owl you’ll want to set your DVR…TCM is running some movies that are of interest to classic comedy fans tonight (actually tomorrow) starting at mi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:37PMThe Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced its 2013-14 season, a slate that features the first stage appearance by ensemble member Joan Allen in more than 20 years as well as a numbe…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:35PMRoundabout Theatre Company has announced that C.J. Wilson (Glengarry Glen Ross, A Steady Rain, Festen) will replace Adam Rapp in Clifford Odets’ drama of Hollywood secrets, The Big Kni…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:34PMSmash's fake Tony Awards are shaping up, and there will be at least one big Broadway fan in attendance. Rosie O'Donnell, whose cameo on the NBC musical drama was announced back in De…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:31PMOlivier and Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener, A Streetcar Named Desire) is set to make her Broadway debut. "I am going to do a play on Broadway," the actress told Br…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:31PMToronto moviephiles, listen up In November 2012, BroadwayWorld launched 10 new websites - including Movies.BroadwayWorld.com. A few months later and the site is thriving - and readership con…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMA troublesome production is redeemed by the relationship between Phèdre and her nurse, Oenone, writes Laura Cappelle
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:24PMSamuel Beckett’s difficult novel here becomes a brief one-man stage play full of humour and poetry, writes Griselda Murray Brown
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:24PMSignature Theatre Company celebrated the opening night of Old Hats, the newest collaboration of veteran clowns and Broadway favorites Bill Irwin and David Shiner, on
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:23PMMOSCOW (AP) — Russian police say they have detained three men, including a star dancer, in the January acid attack on the artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:18PMFaye Tozer, who rose to fame as a member of 90s pop band Steps, is currently starring in new musical The Tailor-Made Man at the Arts Theatre in London
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SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:17PMMiles Phillips has performed a dazzling number of Broadway musical roles Robert in Company, Georges in La Cage Aux Folles, Officer Lockstock in Urinetown, Lumiere in Beauty And The Beast, Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:17PMPhilip J. Smith, the Chairman and Co-Chief Executive of the Shubert Organization, was honored at Theatre Development Fund's March 4 gala at The Edison Ballroom; the event also celebrates…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17PMOlivier and Oscar winner Rachel Weisz has officially confirmed she will make her Broadway debut in an interview on UK morning show ‘Daybreak.’ Weisz told the show’s host Al…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:15PMAs Forced Entertainment prepares a longer, all-day-all-night version of its show at the Barbican, we look at what – in this age of short attention spans – makes durational theatre so sed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:14PMIt took a while, but Mamaroneck’s singing sensation Carly Rose Sonenclar, the runner-up for “The X Factor,” has a contract with Simon Cowell’s SYCO company. It took a…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 12:12PMOne of the glorious problems that keeps a play from a second life as a book of poetry (or most plays; I’ll give you the Greeks and the odd, rule-proving exception like Ntozake Shange) is t…
SOURCE: Parabasis at 12:10PMMarch performances accessible via live Internet stream.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 12:05PMHuntington Theatre Company announces four productions of its 2013-2014 Season, each featuring celebrated artists beloved by Boston audiences. Continuing its 31-year tradition, the Huntington…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PM“Detroit 67″ tackles the Motor City’s history Ideas can be hard to come by for writers, but Dominique Morisseau only had to look to her hometown’s history. The legaci…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:03PMI headed to the Windy City last week for Passport Magazine. Stay tuned for a “creative getaway” feature article that will appear in our print publication this fall. What exactly does tha…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:00PMLooks like the Spice Girls musical Viva Forever may play Broadway after all, but not in its current incarnation. The show’s producer Judy Craymer is hoping to bring the London musical …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00PMAt a recent luncheon, held at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on February 25th, Gustavo Dudamel announced the upcoming 2013—14 season for the L.A. Philharmonic (L.A. Phil). Numerous exciting …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PM
Fascinating women are the theme of this week’s top five video features, headlined by Laura Osnes, Cyndi Lauper and the cast of Kinky Boots, Joan Rivers, Louise Dearman and Rachelle Rak…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:59AMSamantha Hill takes over the role of Christine Daae in Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera, replacing Sierra Boggess. Hill joins Hugh Panaro in the title role with Kyle Barisich as Raoul, J…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:57AMNext to Normal had its Broadway debut in 2009 and won three Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama. While it's not exactly your standard musical theatre fare, this hard driving roc…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 11:56AMThe Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced its 2013–14 theatrical season, which will include a new production of Henry Krieger and Bill Russell's Side Show, featuring…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMThis week, we turn to Phoenix, AZ, to feature the EPIK Dance Company, a non-profit organization dedicated to uniting and uplifting people by sharing their love of music, movement, and the ar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:53AMTony nominee Jeremy Jordan is on his way to becoming a full-fledged movie star! The actor made headlines last week when we reported that he will star in Richard LaGravenese&rs…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:52AMIt’s no secret that I love Broadway–hello, duh. Have you seen this website? But there are some little facts about us that we keep hidden, maybe because we’re ashamed or may…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 11:51AMKennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser just announced the full 2013-14 season, which will include the previously announced revival of Henry Krieger and Bill Russell's Side Show. Other h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:47AMMark Zeisler and Ryan Barry see red in Red. Photo: Meghan Moore.Bostonians rarely get a chance to see a new script from two different perspectives - but we're enjoying just such a…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:47AMToday is the birthday of the great American progressive novelist Frank Norris (1870-1902). Influenced by Zola, Darwin and Spencer, he was an almost exact contemporary of Theodore Dreiser, wh…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:46AMEXCLUSIVE It’s been a long time since Sarah Jessica Parker has been on stage. But the “Sex and the City” star is getting ready to shed Carrie Bradshaw, from what I hear, an…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:43AMTony Award winner Judith Light was honored during MCC Theater's March 4 Miscast gala — featuring performances by Christian Borle, Jonathan Groff, Sierra Boggess, Jane Krakowski and…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AMRosie O'Donnell has revealed on Twitter that she will be making a cameo appearance in the upcoming 'Tony Awards' episode of NBC's SMASH.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMRoundabout Theatre Company's new production of Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize winning play Talley's Folly, directed by Michael Wilson, features Danny Burstein as 'Matt Friedman' and Sarah P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMMike Bradwell is to direct Tim Fountain's comedy Queen of the Nile, which examines the contradictions of sex tourismHull Truck theatre is to welcome its founder Mike Bradwell back to its mai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:29AM"The subject isn’t as important as the structure, and in that way, I work as a classical artist," Morris says.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 11:25AMActress, singer and writer Nina Kristofferson will bring her one-woman show The Billie Holiday Story to London's Charing Cross Theatre, beginning performances April 1 for an eight-week s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19AMSomething wicked this way comes…to Jamaica! Broadway alums Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Blair Underwood and Harry Lennix will join screen star Evan Ross in a new, Caribbean-set …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:17AMThis one exists only at the fringes of my consciousness. It ran only one season (1967-68) but then was shown again in reruns in 1970. I thought of it in connection with today’s earlier…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:15AMBWW is excited to partner with CITYBUZZ.COM, New York's premiere insider's guide to all things Broadway, Shopping, Dining, Nightlife and Entertainment.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:14AMAmanda Seyfried has been inching closer and closer to Broadway, having starred in two movie adaptations of hit Broadway musicals (Mamma Mia! and Les Miserables). Now Seyfried finally says th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:11AMFrom prime real estate to primal serial killers, Annie Parisse has seen it all. The Broadway veteran and Clybourne Park alumna is currently taking names as kick-ass police chief Debra Parker…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:08AMRumors have been swirling that Oscar winner Rachel Weisz could make her Broadway debut alongside her Bond star husband Daniel Craig in a Broadway production of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AMREVIEW: The men of the visiting English troupe Propeller throw themselves into “The Taming of the Shrew” and “Twelfth Night.”
SOURCE: StarTribune at 11:06AMNathan Lane and Jack O’Brien, the Tony-winning star and director of the surprising, dark and deeply personal new play The Nance, open up about the fun of burlesque and the show’s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:04AMOn tonight's episode of NBC's SMASH, new director Tom reimagines one of the hit songs from the fictional Bombshell. The episode airs tonight, Tuesday at 109c on NBC. Below, check out Kathari…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMOur first week of rehearsal has just come to a close. As many of you probably know, this production of Pippin originated at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA this past winter. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMNew York Festival of Song will celebrate its 25-year history with a Silver Anniversary Gala April 8 at 7 PM at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMIt’s been over a week since Seth MacFarlane offended a whole bunch of people (did people expect less?) and Anne Hathaway pi$$ed off a whole bunch of people (did people expect less?) at…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 2262013 - 352013.
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Today is the birthday of the incomparable Jack Cassidy (1927-1976). Growing up in the 1970s, he was one of my favorite character actors. The idea of himself that he seems to have held (and t…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:59AMFollowing its Chicago premiere this summer at the Goodman Theatre, Mary Zimmerman's new musical adaptation of Disney's The Jungle Book will open the 2013-14 season at Boston's Hu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMSean Hayes guest stars on tonight's 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 c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:56AMOlivier Award-winning actress Elaine Paige, last seen on Broadway as unstoppable showbiz survivor Carlotta Campion in the revival of Follies, celebrates her birthday March 5. In celebration,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:56AMThere’s a new Michael in town over at London's Billy Elliot, and his name is Zach Atkinson, an 11-year-old Manchester native who has joined the cast of the hit musical&nb…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:52AMYou bet your ass it's ritzy! The new musical adaptation of Beaches will have its world premiere at the Signature Theatre in Washington, D.C. next year. Based on Iris Rainer Dart'…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:46AMHappy Birthday, Elaine Paige Paige was selected to play Eva Peron in the first production of Evita in 1978, which brought her to the attention of the broader public. She went on to originate…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:45AMHelen Mirren returns to the stage as The Queen in the world premiere of Peter Morgan's The Audience, with Michael Elwyn as Anthony Eden, Haydn Gwynne as Margaret Thatcher, Richard McCabe as …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:44AMUp until quite recently, theater was a mobile enterprise.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 10:42AMNewcomer Samantha Hill, who previously served as the alternate leading lady, promotes this week to the principal Christine Daaé in Broadway's Phantom of the Opera. She replaces Si…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMSorry no blogging this past weekend. But I did write a mini-review of the Pearl's Henry IV for Time Out. (Warning: contains spoilers from 1597!)
SOURCE: The Playgoer at 10:41AMOn Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 I went to go see Silence! The Musical, which is an off-Broadway musical and a parody of the famous movie Silence of the Lambs. I was there celebrating my birthday a…
SOURCE: paulettepatricia.com at 10:39AMYesterday we introduced you to the cast of Hackensack High's production of RENT if you missed it, scroll below to check it out and today we get a peek at the students in action as we join th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:37AMLooped, Matthew Lombardo's comedy, launches Feb. 26 on a national tour starring Emmy Award nominee Stefanie Powers in the role of Tallulah Bankhead. The tour starts at at the Parker Play…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMNEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG celebrates its 25-year history with a SILVER ANNIVERSARY GALA on Monday, April 8 at 700PM at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, followed by an elegant supper at t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMI often sit down with artists and entrepreneurs who are stuck. Most of the time there are a number of reasons for this. Sometimes it's money, sometimes it's connections, and sometimes it's m…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMPARIS — Jerome Savary, a director who broadened the appeal of theater to French audiences and helped popularize musicals, has died at age 70.Known for joyous, entertaining productions, the…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:26AMRecently married couple Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley will premiere four original plays in rep this March. 'Midtown March Medley,' as the series is called, will feature a comedy musical act…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMAvarice The Concert will be presented at The Duplex March 11 and March 13 at 7 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AMThe West End production of Jersey Boys, soon to mark its fifth London birthday — having opened at the Prince Edward Theatre March 26, 2008 — will see Edd Post and David McG…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMAt last night's Theatre Development Fund Gala, they celebrated the 40th Anniversary of TDF's TKTS Booth in Times Square - which first opened on June 25, 1973, and honoring The Shubert Organi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMWith a record-breaking treasure chest of Olivier Awards in its arsenal, and sell-out runs at The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and London’s West End, there’s little doubt that Matilda …
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 10:09AMAbout the author:
Nobody knows more about Shakespeare than Tina Packer, who has directed every play the Bard ever wrote and acted in plenty of them, too, beginning at the Royal Shakespeare …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:08AMTheatrical rights licensing company Music Theatre International will present the inaugural MTI Lifetime Achievement Award for Theatre Education to Pennsylvania high school teacher Lou Volpe.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:05AMColumbia University and Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith last night awarded Dan O'Brien's The Body of an American and Robert Schenkkan's All the Way with the inaugural Edward M. Kennedy Prize f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:04AMOn this date in 1981, Broadway flop Bring Back Birdie premiered at the Martin Beck (now Al Hirschfeld) Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AMA new musical adaptation of “Secondhand Lions” will premiere in Seattle as part of the 2013-2014 season of the 5th Avenue Theatre. The new production will be the first production of the …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMTony and Olivier Award-winning actor Alan Cumming will be the special guest at Seth's Broadway Chatterbox — hosted by Seth Rudetsky — March 7.
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The Actors Fund held a benefit reading of the American classic Our Town last night, March 4, at The Gerald R. Lynch Theatre at John Jay College 524 West 59th Street. Tony Winners Blythe Dan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:58AMToday we are talking to a tremendously talented triple-threat who headlined the 2007 feature film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical HAIRSPRAY as Tracy Turnblad and who will b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:51AMAs the megahit musical Wicked heads toward its 10th Broadway birthday at the Gershwin Theatre in October, original Glinda Kristin Chenoweth tells Broadway.com that she would be open to singi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:48AMSignature Theatre, the Tony Award-honored resident theatre in Arlington, VA, has announced titles for its 2013-14 season, which includes four world-premiere productions.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:43AMA book signing for Rita Moreno's "Rita Moreno: A Memoir" will be held March 5 at the Barnes & Noble on East 86th Street.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:33AMAs Jersey Boys prepares to mark its fifth London birthday the Whatsonstage.com Award-winning show has extended booking at the Prince Edward Theatre to 2 March 2014.
The musical, which origi…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:30AMIn this month's featured International Opera Company, we bring you the Scottish Opera - Scotland's national opera company and the largest performing arts organisation in the country.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:28AMOne night only, tonight at 7pm, Kimberly Faye Greenberg brings her one woman show Fabulous Fanny: The Songs and Stories of Fanny Brice to the Triad, 158 W. 72nd Street. Promised are all …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:28AMHelen Mirren stars in the West End premiere of Peter Morgan's The Audience, which officially opens March 5 following previews that began Feb. 15 at the Gielgud Theatre. The Oscar-winning…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26AMDid you catch Pina Bausch's splash hit? Were you moved by the English National Ballet's Harlem Shake? Let us know what you thought of the shows you saw this week • Send us your reviews usi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20AMWhen 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 09:19AMThe Broadway transfer of Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike begins performances at the Golden Theatre on March 5. Headlined by Oscar nominee Sigourney W…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:18AMPARIS—Jerome Savary, a director who broadened the appeal of theater to French audiences and helped popularize musicals, has died at age 70.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:18AMJackie by Elfriede Jelinek, translated by Gitta Honegger. Directed by Tea Alagic. With Tina Benko. Scenic design: Marsha Ginsberg; costume design: Susan Hilferty; lighting design: Brian H Sc…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 09:17AMNot a lot of 'happy' going on in this play. Amy Herzog, a fresh, young playwright takes us on a tour of two slightly 'off' individuals currently living in Paris. Why are they the…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 09:15AMToday is the birthday of Johan (John) Aasen (1890-1938), best known as the giant Colosso in Harold Lloyd’s Why Worry? (1923). Accounts of his height vary wildly, from nearly nine fe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:12AMA playwright and director based in Santiago, Chile, Guillermo Calderon's plays have been presented in 25 countries and at festivals around the world, including our own Under the Radar Festiv…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMEditor’s note: For the past two years whenever I saw those colorful TrueTheatergoer ads in our local theatres’ playbills I wondered who the mystery person(s) was/were behind thi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMThe Pittsburgh Public Theater has announced the lineup for its 2013-14 season, which asks the question, "What is a masterpiece?" Thornton Wilder's Our Town will be the first in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AMReview of the Saturday, March 2 evening performance at Studio 54 in New York City. Starring Stephanie J. Block, Eric Sciotto, Gregg Edelman, Jim Norton and Chita Rivera, with Eri…
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SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:49AMIn a recent interview with EOnline, Amanda Seyfried reveals that she would love to be cast in the long-running Broadway production of WICKED. The actress most recently appeared on the big sc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:39AMToday is the birthday of Esther Blackmon (1926-2003). Born Esther Parnell in Kenly, North Carolina, she was born with a condition called icthyosis, characterized by dry, scaly skin and no ha…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:34AMIt’s hard to explain America’s fascination with The Wizard of Oz other than to say it’s an enduring one. L. Frank Baum’s classic book The Wonderful World of Oz inspired a Hollywood…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:30AMOctagon Theatre, Bolton: Embarking on a tour of studio venues in the North West and South West of England, the latest in Box of Tricks Theatre's Word:Play series takes six 'emergin…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:29AMTony winner Donna McKechnie will bring her new show, Same Place: Another Time, to London's Crazy Coqs, beginning performances April 2 for a run through April 6.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:23AMAccording to reports, Spice Girls' Viva Forever, will be getting a complete makeover before moving to Broadway, following a slew of scathing reviews.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:13AMHundreds apply; 132 were heard live; 30 will go to Fort Worth.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:09AMArlington’s Signature Theatre will feature four world premieres among its eight 2013-2014 productions, the company announced today. Included are the latest from Really Really playwright Pa…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:04AMA newly revised version of A.R. Gurney’s The Old Boy opens off-Broadway on March 5 at the Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row. The Keen Company production has already announced a one week e…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:02AMThree-time Tony nominee Danny Burstein falls head over heels for Sarah Paulson in a brand new production of Lanford Wilson’s Talley’s Folly, opening off-Broadway on March 5. The …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:02AMThree-time Tony nominee Danny Burstein falls head over heels for Sarah Paulson in a brand new production of Lanford Wilson’s Talley’s Folly, opening off-Broadway on March 5. The …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:02AMThe Broadway transfer of Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike begins performances at the Golden Theatre on March 5. Headlined by Oscar nominee Sigourney W…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:01AMGet Your Heart OnWIN TWO TICKETS A NEW ROCK MUSICAL COMEDY!I first heard of F#%king Up Everything when it was at NYMF a couple of years ago. It got rave reviews from friends as an indie rock…
SOURCE: Emerging Musical Theatre at 08:00AM
Laburnum Grove, first performed in 1933, predates the better known An Inspector Calls by 12 years, and the earlier play can be seen as JB Priestley's first foray into the dark side of the su…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:52AMToday is the birthday of Lt. Gitz Rice (1891-1947), who made an entire career out of entertaining the troops in World War One. The Canadian soldier had been sent to France, and seen action, …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:38AMProduction images have been released for Indhu Rubasingham's production of Philip Himberg's 'play with music' Paper Dolls, which opens at the Tricycle Theatre tomorrow night (6 March 2013, p…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:13AMIn my second video interview, "Call Me Adam" sat down with superstar actor and recording artist, Jason Dottley, to talk about his new single "It's Our Night" and upcoming album Love Story, d…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:00AM
David Hunter and Julie Atherton are starring in a forthcoming production of Melvyn Bragg and Howard Goodall's musical The Hired Man, which runs at the Colchester Mercury from 21 March to 6 A…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:40AMWell-Strung: The Singing String Quartet, featuring a boy-band string quartet that covers classical and contemporary sounds, returns to New York City for a limited three-week engagement begin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:28AMEnglish National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer Award is a feelgood occasion that ticks any number of balletomane boxes. Set up to encourage young dancers within the company, it celebrates up-an…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:11AMSurviving those post-show blues... By Bob Simpson (Writer) Many of us have experienced that marathon leading up to a production. Daily rehearsals, often stretching far into the night, tech r…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:05AMRECOMMENDED Stephen Petronio’s subterranean revel begins with a cinematic prologue: a descent into the underworld, intercut with black-and-white video of crumbling buildings and other sign…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMBy Rob Shapiro (musical theatre writer) A friend of mine asked me for a recommendation for musicals to listen to, ones he probably hadn't listened to. I thought of the scores I love that don…
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For some people, clowns are one rung below mimes and air-guitar zeroes on the ladder of entertainment hell. Well, let the cranks stay home and let the rest of us laugh our heads off at “Ol…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:33AMA co-production of Thoroughly Modern Millie will originate at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre in Jupiter, Fla., today, March 5 - 24, and continue at Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey, A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AM54 BELOW, has announced the appearance of cabaret and theatre legend Marilyn Maye and the debut of her new show 'MAYE-DEN Voyage' for a two-week engagement today, March 5-7 and March 12-14 a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMBarnes amp Noble at 86th and Lexington Avenue will host 'Rita Moreno in Conversation With Lin-Manuel Miranda' today, March 5, 2013. Moreno's book, 'Rita Moreno A Memoir', will be released th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMAcademy Award winners Michael Douglas and Matt Damon star in HBO's forthcoming major TV film event BEHIND THE CANDELABRA, directed by Steven Soderbergh, and the first teaser trailer has just…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18AMThere was a Slate article today covering research on motivating employees that seemed well-aligned with the non-profit work environment. The research essentially verifies the importance of p…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:18AMMatilda, the hit musical from London had its first preview on Broadway Monday night, March 4th. Matilda The Musical is written by playwright Dennis Kelly, with music and lyrics by the Aus…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:12AMApologies, I've been too buried under deadlines to even point you in the direction of one of the stories that put me under the gun: a piece in the paper of record on the U.S. premiere of Elf…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 12:04AMShort and Sweetby Valerie Cardinal@vscardinalWe are living in the Age of the Internet. There’s no use denying it when most of you reading this now are doing so on your own laptops, and wil…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMMarcus Stevens, who plays and impersonates a slew of characters in Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMEveryone Has A SayCutting though the noise by Gaëtan L. CharleboisTwo weeks ago something I wrote made me the victim of a garden-variety troll. Because I am working on a theatre websit…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMVan Cliburn plays Scriabin's Etude in D-Sharp Minor, Op. 8, No. 2, in Moscow in 1962:...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMTEDxBroadway recently posted a video of the motivational speech that I gave in January at its latest New York conclave....
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMFrom 2003: I got a call yesterday from a fact checker at The New Yorker. He was working on a...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"Imagination, producing new metaphors or revivifying old, is not the cause of truth, but its condition." C.S. Lewis, "Bluspels and...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMChristopher 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…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMArkansas Repertory Theatre's world premiere of Treasure Island — A New Musical begins performances March 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 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 12:00AMThe 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 12:00AMThe 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 12:00AMRoundabout 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 12:00AM1908 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 f…
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