In our final interview and article about Young Artists of America and Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras’ joint production of Madama Butterfly & Miss Saigon on Sunday, March 10th …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:53PMIn “The North Pool,” the white vice principal of a high school in Anytown, USA, asks a Syrian transfer student into his office for a little chat. The entire play consists of their conver…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:43PMA.R. Gurney has written so many political plays lately (“O Jerusalem,” “Mrs. Farnsworth”) that it’s easy to forget that he once dealt almost exclusively with WASPs and their foible…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:41PMA vice principal relentlessly grills an Arab-American student in Rajiv Joseph’s drama “The North Pool.” But why?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMHigh School is a model fascist state. That is abundantly clear in Rajiv Joseph's The North Pool, now making its New York premiere at The Vineyard Theatre. Yet Joseph, who was last represente…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMSoprano Elisabete Matos and baritone Tomas Tomasson voice excitement in making their Los Angeles debut in the L.A. Opera's 'The Flying Dutchman.'Amid the just-quieting lunch rush at Kendall'…
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HBO will continue its educational MASTERCLASS series with a spotlight on two-time Tony Award-winning theater legend Patti LuPone, who mentors four young students aspiring to become musical t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:44PMLongtime 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 Internati…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:22PMLooped lands at the Hippodrome Theatre as a co-production between Broadway Across America and Tony Cacciotti, Ann Cady Scott, and The Tallulah Organization in association with The Pasadena P…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:21PMPlaying on Air, a new public radio show that features short stage plays performed by great American actors, is now available online for listening, streaming and downloading. Below, get a pre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:11PMThanks to a chowhound’s post earlier last month, I tried La Buca for lunch. What a fantastic little Italian place! Wish I lived closer. Little slivers of homemade bread came out first,…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:10PMPromise is not always everything it's cracked up to be....
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For years at The Schoolhouse Theater — up a steep hill on Owens Road in Croton Falls — the vibe was much more schoolhouse than theater. Stroll down the main hall and you could ea…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 07:58PMNEW YORK (AP) — Rajiv Joseph's play "The North Pool" opens with an 18-year-old high school student being sent to see the vice principal over what seems to be a skipped class.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:45PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Rajiv Joseph's play "The North Pool" opens with an 18-year-old high school student being sent to see the vice principal over what seems to be a skipped class....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:44PMCatching rabies from a corgi, living on a council estate, becoming an uncommon book addict, painting the town red, incognito, on VE Day, parachuting into East London on a date with James Bon…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:31PMChoral group Vox Femina Los Angeles continues its stunning 16th season of concerts with Half the Sky: Voices of Women Worldwide, a divine choral concert celebrating the courage and compass…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:19PMThe Trouble With Words (Docu Trailer) If you’re in LA, during the month of March and enjoy awesome, original Musical Theater you MUST see Coeurage Theatre Company’s season opener…
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:09PMFive male Filipinos in Tel Aviv live double lives. By day, they care for dying Orthodox Jews; by night, they are a drag act, the Paper Dolls. Based on real life, this play tells an incredibl…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:02PMSimilar name, different school As ex-pupils of Corona, we the undersigned were saddened to read your report (Winstone saddened by prospect of Corona Theatre School’s closure, February 21, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMAchievement: It’s a loaded term, no? But what exactly does it mean? The word appears in all caps on a poster in the office of Dr. Danielson, the vice principal of Sheffield High, accom…
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SOURCE: Vulture at 06:57PMNINA METZ reviews "Brewed" at Theater Wit ★★ and "Reality Recap Reunion" at the Annoyance ★★
NINA METZ reviews "Brewed" at Theater Wit ★★ and "Reality Re…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:48PMSWEET “Wicked” is truly a delight, from the fantastic musical numbers to the heartfelt story, it will leave you absolutely spellbound. Michelle Sandoval – EdgeLosAngeles SWEET Quite si…
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SOURCE: LA Weekly at 06:24PMOPENING ACCOMPLICE. Metropolis Performing Arts Centre presents a comic murder mystery. Directed by Robin M. Hughes. Previews March 14-16. Opens March 17. Thu, 7:30 pm; Fr, 8 pm; Sat, 7 pm; S…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:22PMLincoln Center Theater will present The Nance, a new play by Douglas Carter Beane to be directed by Jack O'Brien. The production will begin previews on Thursday, March 21 and open on Monday,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:16PMNow for something completely different courtesy of Hershey Felder, the actor, playwright, composer, Steinway pianist, producer and globetrotting impresario who, since 2004, has visited Chica…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:14PMThanks to our friends at Opera Australia, we are thrilled to be giving away two PREMIUM TICKETS (total value $350) to Opera Australia’s Orpheus in the Underworld to one lucky AussieThea…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:10PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reprted, James Franco revealed on last night's THE COLBERT REPORT on Comedy Central that he will soon be coming to the Broadway stage in a revival of 'Of Mice and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:09PMThe voyage from the rural South to the urban North and back is long and twisted in “Home,” the 1980 road-trip-of-the-soul drama by Samm-Art Williams. The itinerary of Cephus Miles, a mod…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:07PMEmma Stone, Naomi Watts, Zach Galifianakis and Michael Keaton are coming to Broadway...on the big screen at least. The stars have signed on to appear in Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu's new…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:05PMAngels in America Tony winner Jeffrey Wright has signed on to HBO’s gritty crime drama Boardwalk Empire as a series regular, reports Deadline.com.
Wright will appear on the show&rsq…
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Theater stars know what’s hot in entertainment, fashion and pop culture, so Broadway.com decided it was high time to tap in to the after-hours obsessions of our favorite stage actors. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:47PMProlific Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse’s body of work, while performed with great frequency in Europe, is rarely seen on American stages. I wouldn’t interpret that as qualitativ…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:44PMTHE PRINCE OF PEARL Through ribald jokes and fiery speeches, spit flies during The Pearl’s solid and satisfying production of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1. The second part in a…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:42PMNew 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 05:42PMTalley’s Folly charts the romance between two lost souls looking for love, so we asked stars Danny Burstein and Sarah Paulson to share their steamiest summer memories on opening night …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:40PMthe COMPANY MEN are honored to announce that Laurence Olivier Award nominee Stafford Arima has joined the team as Creative Consultant. Fresh from directing the triumphant, star-studded Ragti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:38PMMichael Keaton has joined Emma Stone, Naomi Watts and Zach Galifianakis in the cast of screenwriter and director Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu's new theatre-themed feature film BIRDMAN, in the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:35PMJohn Ellison Conlee, who plays a long-suffering husband in The Madrid, previews the dramedy's tale about a middle-aged woman in crisis. Starring Edie Falco, the play looks at troubled re…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:30PM"Tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow"...Donald Freed plays on that famous phrase from Macbeth in the title of his new Tomorrow. And that makes one "tomorrow" for each of the companies collaborat…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:27PMLast week, star of stage and screen Kristin Chenoweth joined Oscars' host Seth MacFarlane to close out last night's ACADEMY AWARDS ceremony, singing a snappy duet titled 'Here's to the Loser…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27PMShia LaBeouf may have exited stage left abruptly from what was supposed to be his Broadway debut - but the mercurial actor can't seem to leave the drama behind.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 05:26PMNineteen-year-old Henry Hodges has spent the last fifteen years either on stage or in front of a camera. From playing Chip in 'Beauty and the Beast' to Jeremy Potts in 'Chitty Chitty Bang Ba…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:20PMNaomi AbiolaGet ready to WAVE YOUR RAG!by Beat RiceSeventh Heaven is a one-woman piece of poetic theatre written and performed by Naomi Abiola. Abiola tells the story of Celia, born in…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:18PMThey will play concerts in Davis, Cosa Mesa, Santa Barbara and Palm Desert.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:11PMThe Tribeca Film Festival TFF, presented by American Express, today announced its feature film selections in the Spotlight and Midnight sections, projects in the new Storyscapes section and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06PMPlaying on Air, a new public radio show that features short stage plays performed by great American actors, is now available online for listening, streaming and downloading.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:02PMNEW YORK (AP) — Even with the best of intentions, sometimes offering advice to help a friend can backfire. Badly.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:00PMEpisode Thirty-One: The Weight You Give Them Lindsay talks about the weight we’ve given to offensive words and why people are often more offended by words than actions. Show Notes Cens…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PM“It is never too late to be who you might have been.” —Attributed to George Eliot When I first read these oft-cited words, I was twenty-two and wanted to be a fiction writer. Headlinin…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PMStars Nathan Lane, Jonny Orsini, Cady Huffman, Andréa Burns and Lewis J. Stadlen were joined by playwright Douglas Carter Beane and director Jack O'Brien to discuss the Lincoln Center Theat…
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Even with the best of intentions, sometimes offering advice to help a friend can backfire. Badly....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:58PMThe Chilean playwright Guillermo Calderón discusses his play “Neva,” which opens at the Public Theater in its English-language debut.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:58PMThe show will launch at Baltimore's France-Merrick Performing Arts Center in the Hippodrome Theatre on October 15. Additional tour dates have not been announced, however as BroadwayWorld rep…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:58PM(photo: Rolline Laporte)Yellow Moon shines bright at La LicorneLa ballade de Leila et Lee is a strong remount of 2010 showby Sarah DeshaiesOn the morning of January 23, teen duo Leila and Le…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:58PMMario Cantone, Janeane Garofalo and Michael Urie will take part in the March 11 performance of Celebrity Autobiography at Stage 72.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:57PMTwo-time Tony winner Nathan Lane returns to the Great White Way in The Nance as Chauncey Miles, a burlesque figure who leads a heartbreaking and dangerous life offstage. Set in 1930s New Yor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:55PMTony Award nominee and four-time Olivier Award-winning actress Fiona Shaw will star in the Broadway world-premiere stage adaptation of Colm Tóibín's recent novella The Test…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:54PMThe adults-only red band trailer for the shocking and daring new comedy RAPTUREPALOOZA - yes, that is really the title - has just been released, featuring frequent stage and screen stars Ann…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:49PM The 5th Annual Peace on Earth Film Festival (POEFF), presented by Transcendence Global Media, NFP, in partnership with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special events, ann…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:49PMRosie's Theater Kids is delighted to announce that it has received the largest individual gift in the institution's history - 2 million.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:49PMAs anyone knows whose life overlapped with Ann Richards' career -- and shares her liberal/progressive politics -- the poor-born Texan was obviously a crackerjack individual and a pioneering …
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 04:47PMAccording to Deadline, Tony award-winner Jeffrey Wright has been tapped to take on a series regular role on the upcoming season of HBO's BOARDWALK EMPIRE.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PMMelinda Doolittle performed 'Home' from THE WIZ at Broadway Sessions on January 24th, 2013. Watch her sing below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:44PM(photo by David Bukash)Let's Make the Audience SingCute, but not what you might call “high art.”by Spencer Malthouse@S_MalthouseIn a first-time pairing, Pacific Opera Victoria and The Be…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:44PMSteppenwolf Theatre Company's 2013-14 season in Chicago will feature the world premiere of The Qualms, a new play about partner-swapping among friends, by Clybourne Park Pulitzer Prize w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PMTony Award winner Cady Huffman, Jenni Barber and Andrèa Burns complete the Broadway cast of the new Douglas Carter Beane play The Nance, starring Tony winner Nathan Lane, which will d…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:43PMFew names in the history of theater are more respected or considered so revolutionary as Sir William S. Gilbert & Sir Arthur Sullivan. Frustratingly however, over time, their works have …
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 04:41PMAs young Lysander doggedly pursues an uneven romance in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," he sagely observes, "The course of true love never did run smooth."
Sacramento Theatre Company's pro…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 04:34PMThe new documentary Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me will have its world premiere at New York's Tribeca Film Festival. Directed by Chiemi Karasawa, the doc follows Broadway legend Elaine Stritch…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:32PMAn extended look at the action-packed new USA drama series GRACELAND has just been released, featuring LES MISERABLES star Aaron Tveit and current SMASH guest star Daniel Sunjata in lead rol…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PMEver wonder what Hands on a Hardbody star Jay Armstrong Johnson does during his downtime? He’s hanging out backstage, drinking coconut water, chowing down on cough drops and doing yoga…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:24PMThe Collegiate Chorale announces Song of Norway by Robert Wright and George Forrest on April 30, 2013 at 630pm at Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Avenue, NYC. Tickets are on sale at www.carnegiehall.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:19PMTen Chimneys Foundation announces its 2013 Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Master Class with Academy Award nominee, six time Golden Globe winner, and five time Emmy Award winner Alan Alda serving a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:16PMTony Award winner Alice Ripley, who was last seen Off-Broadway in Wild Animals You Should Know, will play Manhattan's Cutting Room March 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:15PMLetting go. At some point we all face this monumental task in order for our lives to move forward. In Gift Theatre’s production of Vigils by Noah Haidle (which I last saw almost 8 ye…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:09PMIt 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 04:04PMIt's an epidemic! Suddenly everyone you've ever heard of seems to be coming down with the Broadway itch. Movie musical veteran Amanda Seyfried (Les Miserables, Mamma Mia!) wants to try her …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:04PMGood news! In conjunction with the release of our new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube we are Bear Manor Media’s Author of the Week! (…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:00PMAt 10 p.m. on a Friday night in a private room on the 14th Floor of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital on 68th and York Avenue, my mother was lying in her bed hallucinating, in that dream space p…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:00PMThe hit series "Glee" continues its fourth season. Here is a first look at upcoming episodes titled "Feud" (March 14) and "Guilty Pleasures" (March 21).
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The sixth concert of Le Salon de Musiques’ 3rd season, to be held this Sunday, on March 10, 3013, will feature Ravel’s Piano Trio in A minor, Debussy’s Cello Sonata in D minor and Viol…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:51PMNew photos of Mad Men stars Jon Hamm, John Slattery and Rich Sommer have emerged from on location shooting for Season Six of the hit period AMC drama series.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:51PMIt's been a heck of a year for Mickey Sumner, who has completed five forthcoming movies, appeared in Showtime's The Borgias and now co-stars with Carol Kane in The Lying Lesson, the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:44PMMarilyn Maye Starts Wowing the House at 54 Below Tonight: Johnny Carson called her “Super Singer” and presented her on his The Tonight Show a record-breaking 76 times!
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:42PMAll right America, break out those lighters and get ready for a little "Bohemian Rhapsody." The popular West End musical We Will Rock You, which features the songs of Queen, will l…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:40PMThe Vineyard Theatre's annual gala celebration, honoring the institution's 30th anniversary, will be held on March 18 at The Edison Ballroom. Hosted by Colman Domingo, the event will…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:33PM"Call Me Adam" chats with actor, writer, and comedian Robert Whul about his new play "HIT-LIT," playing Queens Theatre from March 7-17, starring and writing the smash hit HBO show "Arli$$,"…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 03:30PMHe's new to the SLSO, but not to St. Louis.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:29PMBroadway is buzzing with the start of the spring season, and so are theater companies across the country! In this installment of Broadway.com's Countrywide Guide, we shine the spotlight …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:25PMJames Franco is finally going to make his Broadway debut. The Oz the Great and Powerful star is planning to play George in a Broadway revival of Of Mice and Men, he revealed during a visit t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:20PMACT Theatre has chosen UW professor Mark Jenkins’ play, “Red Earth, Gold Gate, Shadow Sky,” as this year’s New Play Award winner. The play will be workshopped in July at ACT (two fre…
SOURCE: blogs.seattletimes.com at 03:16PMMary Testa will star in the York Theatre Company's free developmental reading of Howling Hilda, a new musical by Anne Berlin and Andrew Bleckner.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PMLast night on the “Colbert Report,” hunky actor James Franco told the host he’d be performing in a yet-to-be-announced Broadway revival of “Of Mice and Men.” Th…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:07PMWhat could a 19th-century Swedish play have to say about 21st-century South Africa? Plenty, says Yael Farber, whose hit adaptation of Miss Julie is about to open in LondonYael Farber has jus…
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NEW YORK (AP) — In the six decades he's been choreographing, Paul Taylor has never shied away from dark themes. Even his funnier works often have sinister undertones; he has tackled war, v…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:57PMThe company of A CINDERALLA just celebrated their opening with the Gypsy Robe ritual with the company's recipient Linda Mugleston. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the event and brings you full…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMSometimes, a project comes along that is so cynically lowbrow, it boggles the tortured mind.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:54PMBefore dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko emerged as the self-confessed ringleader of the brutal acid attack on the Bolshoi Ballet's director, he starred in a fictional show of clashing testosterone …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:50PMRoundabout 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 02:50PMPilot season is in full swing as another Broadway alum has signed on to join the television party. Recent Picnic performer Ben Rappaport (who made his Broadway debut in the show) is set to l…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:47PMAre critics' eyes smiling for "Katie Roche"?
SOURCE: stagegrade.com at 02:46PMCulturebot's Buck Wanner speaks to Israel-based dance artist Dana Ruttenberg whose film "Private I's" is showing this week at LaMaMa as part of a program titled “Contemporary Israeli Dance…
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 02:44PMTwo-time Tony nominee Alison Fraser will star in the off-Broadway mounting of Wendy Beckett's Love Therapy. Directed by Evan Bergman, the play will begin performances April 20 at the DR2…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:44PMThe music has no soul. Alt-J isn’t “the new Radiohead.” They’re “the new Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.”
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:43PMIn a major show of good faith toward the new American play, four of eight productions in the Tony Award-winning Denver Center Theatre Company's 2013-14 subscription season will be world …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PM"Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me," the new documentary about the Tony Award-winning stage veteran, will premiere as part of the Tribeca Film Festival this April.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PMWith a score of jazz, ragtime, gospel and blues, the European premiere of THE COLOR PURPLE will be directed by John Doyle Road Show at the Menier Chocolate Factory, adapted for the stage by …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:39PMFollowing its critically acclaimed Broadway run, AstonRep Theatre Company is pleased to present the Chicago premiere of the Tony Award-nominated Best Play NEXT FALL by Geoffrey Nauffts,…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:36PMAre critics praising "Jesus in India"?
SOURCE: stagegrade.com at 02:35PMMichael Bloomberg LOVES to issue a good proclamation. Foursquare, The Muppets, Gossip Girl…they've all been on the mayor's list of things to honor with official "days" and ambassadorships.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:34PMMichael Bloomberg loves to issue a good proclamation. Foursquare, The Muppets, Gossip Girl…they've all been on the mayor's list of things to honor with official "days" and ambassadorships.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:34PMHere are cancellations of performances we have received so far. We will update the list as information comes in. -Arena Stage has rescheduled today’s matinee of Metamorphoses to Wednes…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:33PMTaboola Home/Section Front Player Stopped by Harrison High School yesterday to catch a bit of rehearsals for “Crazy for You,” which runs March 14 to 17. I found musical director …
SOURCE: The Journal News at 02:32PMGood news for arts groups with something to say, but nowhere to say it: Seattle Theatre Group, with Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods announces STG’s Nights at the Neptune: A People�…
SOURCE: blogs.seattletimes.com at 02:32PMNow in a recent interview with Vulture, Fey's husband, Jeff Richmond revealed 'It's actually becoming a thing We're taking meetings with people I've profiled Broadway folks, who are talking …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:32PMToday is the 100th anniversary of the release of The Rural Third Degree, Edgar Kennedy’s first confirmed appearance in a Keystone film. While he does play a Kop in this film, the abov…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:28PMAre critics on board for "The Dance and the Railroad"?
SOURCE: stagegrade.com at 02:27PMAre critics peering into "Isaac's Eye"?
SOURCE: stagegrade.com at 02:22PMAt least two of the three women who make up DOMA Theatre's Dreamgirls dreamed of being in the show as they were growing up. Now it's opening in the intimate Met Theatre, with Tyra Dennis, Co…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:11PMDeadline reports that Academy Award winning actress Barbra Streisand has signed with UTA to represent her as an actress, director and producer. In addition, UTA will take on her film and tel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06PMThere ain’t no party like a Rock of Ages party, and on March 5, Kate Rockwell, Joey Calveri, Adam Dannheisser, Tony LePage and the cast of the hit ‘80s rock musica…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:04PMOn March 5, the cast of the five-time Tony Award nominated Broadway musical Rock of Ages celebrated breaking into the Top 50 Longest Running Broadway Shows in History surpassing Dreamgirls, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:03PMNBC's SMASH fell in ratings again last night, dropping 22 percent- a new series low for the show. The musical drama, which aired 10-11pm, brought in 2.6 million viewers overall and a 0.72 r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:01PMThat's Officer Lynch to you! Glee and upcoming Annie star Jane Lynch has signed on to lead FOX's new animated series Murder Police, according to EW.com. Lynch will star as a detectiv…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:01PMYou’re invited to join Suzan-Lori Parks from the lobby of The Public Theater for Watch Me Work which will be livestreaming for the peer-produced, open-source #NEWPLAY TV project. The…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:00PMWhat do you get when you put Sarah Paulson and Danny Burstein the same room? Stage magic! The duo happily celebrating their opening night in Talley’s Folly, the treasur…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:00PM“My name is Knott. Doug Knott. And I am the last of the Knotts.” With that plainspoken declaration, “Last of the Knotts” begins its idiomatic trek inside the psyche o…
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This week's full-to-the-brim episode delivers everything from Jesse L. Martin getting it on to ScarJo's all-girl band. Tune in for Kinky confessions, unanimous love for bad girl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:57PMThis news is totally fetch! Vulture.com caught up with Jeff Richmond (Tina Fey’s husband, who is scoring the upcoming Mean Girls musical), and he spilled a ton of details about the Pla…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:52PMOn Monday, March 4, 2013 Young Audiences New York celebrated 60 years of providing arts education programs to students in grades pre-k through 12 across all five New York City boroughs at it…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:49PMPeople have a lot to say about 27-year-old playwright Paul Down's Colaizzo's New York debut, Really Really, which has extended its run at MCC Theater through March 30. And when they're talki…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:49PMCasting has been announced for the Off-Broadway production of Wendy Beckett's new play, Love Therapy, which will begin previews at the DR2 Theatre April 20 prior to an official opening A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PMWe Will Rock You, the U.K. jukebox musical that utilizes the songs of the rock band Queen, will launch a North American tour this October in Baltimore, MD.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PMMOSCOW (AP) — A Russian ballet star who has danced the roles of violent and powerful historical figures at the Bolshoi Theater has confessed to organizing the acid attack on the theater's …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:45PMIf you missed the 1991 off-Broadway premiere of The Old Boy (named one of Time magazine’s best plays of the year), you’ve got a new opportunity to savor A.R. Gurney’s singu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:43PMDo critics think much of "Much Ado About Nothing"?
SOURCE: stagegrade.com at 01:43PMBook us a trip to Chicago! Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Norris and Tony nominee Pam MacKinnon are set to return to Steppenwolf for the world premiere of Norris' play The Qualms. MacK…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:39PMInto the Woods Showcases Shenandoah Talent Stephen Sondheim’s musical Into the Woods, must pose a tempting challenge for directors. The musical interweaves the plot lines of four familiar …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:36PMThe Mint Theater Company performs “Katie Roche,” the third play by Teresa Deevy it has revived in recent years.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:33PMMusic industry executive Clive Davis was on the Lopate Show recently to talk about his five decades working with everyone from Aretha Franklin and Carlos Santana to Patti Smith and Lou Reed.…
SOURCE: WNYC at 01:33PMAn accident at the G Live theatre venue at Guildford in Surrey claimed the lives of Trevor Grills, a member of Fisherman’s Friends, a ten-man singing group, and their manager Paul McMullen…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:28PMMark Rylance (Jerusalem) has teamed up with wordsmith, surrealist, and Duluth prose poet Louis Jenkins (A Prairie Home Companion) to write Nice Fish, which hosted a cast and creative team me…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:25PMMoods of dark and light highlight unusual show which wraps this weekend at DC's Source.
SOURCE: The Washington Times at 01:23PMIn RITA MORENO A Memoir Celebra Hardcover March 2, 2013, 26.95, Moreno shares her remarkable story for the first time. With candor, humor, and real insight, Moreno opens up about her tumult…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMTony nominee Bobby Cannavale and director Doug Hughes take us back to the golden age of Hollywood as they talk about the brand new Broadway revival of the movie star drama The Big Knife.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:20PMTwo-time Tony Award winner Nathan Lane (The Addams Family, The Producers) and the cast of Douglas Carter Beane's The Nance met the press on Wednesday, March 6 at their Lincoln Center
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:15PMTwo-time Tony Award winner Nathan Lane (The Addams Family, The Producers) and the cast of Douglas Carter Beane's The Nance met the press on Wednesday, March 6 at their Lincoln Center
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:15PMSteppenwolf Theatre Company Artistic Director Martha Lavey announced today the 2013/14 Subscription Season, including two world premieres, an American premiere and two Chicago premieres. …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:11PMAcademy Award nominee James Franco plans to star in a Broadway revival of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. The actor shared the news on the March 5 episode of "The Colbert Report.&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:09PMThe popular Sound Opinions at the Movies series continues with a screening of Wattstax, the 1973 Mel Stuart documentary chronicling the legendary Stax Records-sponsored Watts Summer Musi…
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Valerie Harper, who played Rhoda Morgenstern on television's "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its spinoff, "Rhoda," has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:57PMArtist Doug Ischar will lead a gallery walk-through atThe Renaissance Society on Sunday, March 24, at 12 p.m. Ischar will talk about the current exhibition at the museum, a solo photogr…
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SOURCE: Vulture at 12:51PMSean Hayes' first outing as a guest star on Smash didn't help attract any new viewers. As the show's latest musical Liaisons entered the picture, the fifth episode…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:50PMSean Hayes' first outing as a guest star on Smash didn't help attract any new viewers. As the show's latest musical Liaisons entered the picture, the fifth episode…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:50PMThe Irish Repertory Theatre's Donnybrook!, the Johnny Burke-scored 1961 Broadway musical about the code of masculinity in Ireland, will play an additional four weeks, now to April 28, th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:49PMRatings of the second season of NBC's "Smash," the Emmy Award-winning musical drama about the creation and inner workings of a Broadway musical, continue to decline.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:47PMClwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold: Frank doesn't have a book-lined study, he has a book littered study. The walls are bare in Max Jones' impressive circular design, instead there are piles …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:45PMVineyard Theatre's annual Gala, this year celebrating the institution's 30th Anniversary, will take place at The Edison Ballroom 240 West 47th Street on Monday, March 18, 2013 beginning at 6…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45PMMTV announced the categories and nominees for the '2013 MTV Movie Awards', honoring the actors and films that enthralled and electrified audiences this year. Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chasta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45PMVirginia’s Signature Theater will stage an adaptation of the 1985 novel that also spawned the 1988 film, but at this point “Wind Beneath My Wings” won’t be part of the score.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:40PMGate, LondonBruce Norris has won golden praise with Clybourne Park and The Pain and the Itch at the Royal Court. Now the Gate has had the wit to revive an earlier piece, written in 2002 in t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:39PMLincoln Center Theater will present The Nance, a new play by Douglas Carter Beane to be directed by Jack O'Brien. The production will begin previews on Thursday, March 21 and open on Monday,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:37PMOn the 12th of April 1865, Confederate guns opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, thus beginning the bloodiest battle in American history. The Civil War remains this nation’s …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:31PMJames Franco stopped by last night's THE COLBERT REPORT on Comedy Central to promote his upcoming film 'Oz the Great and Powerful.' In the interview, the actor revealed that he will soon be …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:31PMThe guilty pleasure that is Smash delivered some major drama on the March 5 episode "The Read-Through," and the result is... everyone’s mad at everyone! It turns out that som…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:27PMCelie is heading to London! Tony winner John Doyle will helm the European premiere of the hit musical The Color Purple at the Menier Chocolate Factory. The production will begin performances…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:25PMThe CD release of an international studio recording of Bobby Cronin's The Concrete Jungle will be marked with a concert at London's St. James Theatre March 24, with cast members who …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22PMHelen Mirren as the Queen, directed by Stephen Daldry: this is not so much a drama, more a theatrical event, writes Ian Shuttleworth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:19PMAmerican playwright Bruce Norris’s unflinching play bubbles with anger at a society unable to learn from the Vietnam war, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:17PMWell, we meant to take a couple of months off, but we ended up taking a year. That’s how it flies sometimes in this cockamamie chicken coop. Anyway, we’re back with our old schoo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:16PMRoundabout 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 12:14PMNBC's SMASH remains the most upscale drama on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox so far this season in its concentration of adults 18-49 living in homes with 100K incomes.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMOlivier and Oscar winner Rachel Weisz will make her Broadway debut, the actress confirmed on the U.K. morning show "Daybreak."
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the Internet, is excited to announce a new feature to its comprehensive regional coverage - the Featured Regional Theater of the Week Each week…
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The 2013-14 season of Victory Gardens Theater — the Tony Award-winning Chicago company devoted to new works, many from its own Playwrights Ensemble — will include the co-world-pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMIn spite of its success, the director has declined the chance to direct another Bond film, citing theatre projects as a prioritySkyfall director Sam Mendes has confirmed he won't be returnin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:53AMLAByrinth Theater Company, a staple of downtown New York City culture, has announced the works to be presented at its NEWYORKNEWYORK Festival. The festival will be held from March 18-24 at …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:53AMSteppenwolf Theatre Company Artistic Director Martha Lavey announced today the 201314 Subscription Season, including two world premieres, an American premiere and two Chicago premieres. The …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:52AMRoundabout Theatre Company celebrated the opening night of its off-Broadway revival of Lanford Wilson's Talley's Folly on Tuesday, March 5. The drama, directed by Mic
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:49AMThe Menier Chocolate Factory is to stage the European premiere of The Color Purple musical. It will open at the Southwark venue on July 5 and run until September 14, with press night on July…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:48AMFor Peet's sake, that's impressive multitasking. While Amanda Peet has been practicing law on "The Good Wife," the 41-year-old actress has also been fine-tuning her first play, "The Commons …
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:40AM“The Audience” is a sort of starched-bosomed nanny of a play, offering the artistic equivalent of nursery food and equally digestible history lessons.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:36AMThe Menier Chocolate Factory will present the European premiere of The Color Purple, directed and designed by Tony winner John Doyle, currently represented Off-Broadway with the acclaimed re…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMIndependent producers secured 99% of the drama hours available through the BBC’s Window of Creative Competition initiative, a report has revealed. The WoCC was established in 2007 to ensur…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:33AMSubmission Almost AwayI've been working on my Inkwell submission for a while now. It takes a "a while" because when a submission requires that playwrights write responses to questions I take…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 11:27AMThe 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 11:27AMDeadline reports that Broadway's Ben Rappaport will star in the upcoming TBS pilot DO IT YOURSELF. The actor will join previously announced cast members Bill Engvall, Melora Hardin and Ryan …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:25AM“I HATE social networking media even more than yucca fries! … I communicate every day with dozens of people I’ve never met. Meanwhile, real friends never call…People beg you to…
SOURCE: wowOwow at 11:21AMStephen Daldry's production of The Audience starring Helen Mirren premiered at the Gielgud Theatre last night (5 March 2013, previews from 15 February).
Peter Morgan's play sees Mirren repri…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:20AMOld Hats stars Bill Irwin and David Shiner will keep clowning around off-Broadway for an extra four weeks! The clowning duo’s newest show has received a third Broadway e…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:17AMFresh from her run in Broadway’s The Heiress, Jessica Chastain is already eyeing a new, high-flying movie role. The two-time Oscar nominee is in talks to star as Jane in a new film reb…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:11AMLast night on American Idol, the top 10 girls laid down the law when they performed for the first time for America's vote.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:10AMOff-Broadway's Signature Theatre is adding four weeks to the run of its world premiere, Old Hats, the praised new clowning revue-with-music by Bill Irwin and David Shiner.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMEmmy winner Valerie Harper has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and reportedly has about three months left to live, according to People.
The iconic TV actress—who orig…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:08AMLondon’s Southbank Centre is to bring its Festival Wing out of the 1960s and into the 21st century with a £100m overhaul that marks the “final piece in the jigsaw” in the transformati…
SOURCE: The Independent at 11:05AMThe Oscars may be over, but the Les Misérables movie isn't finished storming the barricades! The awards season favorite wracked up three MTV Movie Award nominations on March 5, in…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:04AMSignature Theatre is pleased to announce an additional four-week extension for the world premiere of OLD HATS, created and performed by Tony Award winners Bill Irwin and David Shiner, with m…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:01AMBelfast City Council is to increase its spending on the arts by 27% after agreeing a £4.1 million funding package for more than 50 companies and venues as part of a new three-year support p…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:01AM 1. When you type “Man–” into Youtube on my computer, this video comes up. That’s how often I listen to it. Mandy Gonzales the amazing singing “Rainbow Hi…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 11:00AMUnder the direction of Mr. Mendes, "Skyfall" -- which featured an Academy Award-winning title song performed by Adele and a regrettable title -- sold more than $1.1 billion in tickets worldw…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:00AMThere’s something you never thought I’d say, right? Well, I didn’t. But Gary Emmanuel, who happens to be one of the brilliant lawyers that made my crowd-funded Broadway pro…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Today is Lou Costello’s birthday. Readers of Chain of Fools and this blog know I’m not the hugest Costello fan. I find his personality abrasive and don’t see that he brin…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:54AMStage and screen star Valerie Harper, most recently on Broadway in a Tony-nominated turn in Looped, has terminal brain cancer, according to People magazine.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMNot even a nervous guide dog on opening night can halt the irrepressible momentum of the National's runaway hitPlanning only gets you so far. After more than 100 performances as Francis Hens…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:47AMWhen 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 10:41AMThe Amanda McBroom Project, which will feature a rotating cast of 30 women singing the songs of Amanda McBroom, will be presented March 8, 9, 15 and 16 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMRoundabout 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 10:32AMRoundabout 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 10:32AMI’ve been taking advantage of a snow day to catch up on my reading, including blog reading. I know this is another Seth Godin post, but bear with me because it connects to the last pos…
SOURCE: creativeinsubordination.org at 10:31AMIn this week's Retro Wednesday post, we go back to 2009 for some email answering tips. Enjoy. Excelsior! April 28, 2009 Email air hockey Email piles up faster than students at a rush matinee…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMThe five-time Tony Award-nominated musical Rock of Ages - which in its record-breaking fourth year on Broadway has celebrated its one-millionth customer, its 1500th performance and seven Box…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:28AMOscar and Grammy-winning composer Stephen Schwartz celebrates his birthday March 6. In honor of the musical theatre songwriter, Playbill.com looks at various performances from his musicals a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMTo understand where Danny Kaye stands in the current cultural pantheon, know that 29-year-old Daniel Walshaw had never heard of the entertainer before he was chosen to curate the multimedia …
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 10:16AMLater that evening, the public was cordially invited to the after party and encore performance at Industry Bar. At 11 PM, the divas took to the stage to do another set of rafter shakers join…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMBroadway's Caissie Levy makes her NYC cabaret debut at 54 Below on Sunday, March 10 at 930pm Enter here for your chance to win a pair of tickets and 25 each towards food and beverage for Cai…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMJohn Pascoe production, soprano Patricia Racette, put the 'grand' back in Grand Opera.
SOURCE: The Washington Times at 10:10AMThis summer the Menier Chocolate Factory will stage the European premiere of the Broadway musical version of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple, Whatsonstage.com ca…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:02AMNew York's Rattlestick Playwrights Theater will present the Los Angeles premiere of Slipping, written and directed by Daniel Talbott, which will begin previews April 4 at Elephant Stages…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AMLondon’s Southbank Centre has unveiled designs for a multi-million pound transformation of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery complex. The Festival Wing, as it …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMMarty Thomas Presents DIVA celebrated the release of the long-awaited debut album, with a release concert and party. The concert was held on March 4 at New World Stages. Check out even more …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMI’m sure many people can relate to that scary moment when you look into your past yearbooks and see what you looked like 5, 10 or maybe 15 years ago! Well, we decided it would be entertain…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AM“Viva Forever!” the new musical featuring songs of the Spice Girls is eyeing a Broadway run. The production has been playing at the Piccadilly Theatre in London’s West End since Novemb…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMPlans (marketing plans, business plans, etc.) are useless. Yet, you must plan. Let me explain both those statements. It is cliche, but true, no plan survives contact with the real world. At …
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 10:00AMHere is the third in a continuing series that celebrates the Broadway musicals of 10, 20 and 30 years ago. To see the the others in the series, click on the "Back in Time" tab at the t…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 10:00AM
BroadwayWorld is thrilled to present its latest feature series The Performer of the Week Get to know these amazing talents as they share a bit about themselves, their work and life Today, we…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:58AMName: Steven ManuelHometown: Houston, Texas Education: BFA in Theatre Design/Technology from the University of Evansville Favorite Credits: Co-Founder of Sans A Production; Costume Coordinat…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 09:58AMSecond episode of my web series Compulsive Love is here! Watch it on Koldcast or Blip or Daily Motion or Boomtrain or Youtube&nbs…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:58AMWhich super-awesome stage headliners will answer your questions next on the big gray Broadway.com couch? The Last Five Years stars Adam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe! The duo will fall in love&mdas…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:57AMFans of Anton Chekhov will be thrilled to see that the famous Russian dramatist is getting a revolutionary update in the Public Theater’s English language premiere of Neva. Writer…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:56AMAnyone who's been reading my column knows that my daughter HATES princesses. I don't blame her. The Disney merchandising machine has taken over most kids' lives to the point where it's oft…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:54AMFestival Theatre, Edinburgh: Large in scale but intimate in feel, director Anna Linstrum's new touring production of High Society bursts onto the stage with a spring in its step. Here, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:49AMEmmy Award winner Holland Taylor steps into former Texas governor Ann Richards’ shoes as her self-penned, one-woman play Ann opens on Broadway on March 7. Directed by Benjamin End…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:43AMThe Vineyard Theatre's production of Rajiv Joseph's new play The North Pool opens March 6 at the off-Broadway theater. Starring Stephen Barker Turner and Babak Tafti, the drama will …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:42AMEvery show ends sometime (unless you're Phantom), so before the cast takes their final bow, there are a few things we want to know. Jessie Mueller made her Tony Award-nominated Broadway deb…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:38AMWhat a dichotomy of emotions this play elicited. Superb acting and what I suspect is superb direction in what just might be the most self-indulgent, childish, selfish play I've ever pa…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 09:34AMThe newest solo recording from Broadway actress Christiane Noll, which is entitled "Christiane Noll Gifts: Live at 54 BELOW," is now available on the Broadway Records label.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:32AMRemy Zaken and Gabriel Violett, who were both seen in the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening, will offer (re)Introducing Remy & Gabe March 18 at the Laurie Beechman Theater in N…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMTheatre for the New City, Lesser America, Off Off Broadway
By Brett Epstein
BOTTOM LINE: An astute script, fine direction and stellar performances make Trevor must-see New York theat…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:28AMI’m taking a sidestep from Chicago Theater Week to offer you a review round-up of Rodger’s + Hammerstein’s Cinderella. I’m guessing the nomenclature has somethin…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:25AMIt’s been more than a decade since Kristin Chenoweth last sang before a London audience, though she performed two years ago at a private dinner hosted by the Obamas in the presence of …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:22AMHere is a new article from Peter Filichia’s column on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday.‘ It’s an honor being allowed to bring Peter’s column every week t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMGentrification. For so long it’s been the elephant in the room. Everyone in the city sees it happening. They watch as neighborhoods transition from bodegas to trendy coffee shops. They see…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
The full cast has been announced for the new U.K. tour of Ghost the Musical, adapted from the 1990 film "Ghost" with a score by Dave Stewart (of the Eurythmics) and Glen Ballard. P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:52AMIt turns out the weather forecasters had it right. The DC area is in for as much as 8 inches of snow, which is already falling quickly. Some show cancellations are inevitable – Arena S…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:49AMABC News is reporting today that Broadway and TV veteran Valerie Harper has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. According to the report, the actress received the tragic news on Januar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:44AMOld Vic New Voices, the Old Vic’s ever industrious development, creative learning and community engagement department, has just announced its new season of work for 2013. The award-win…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:34AMWell, I guess it’s official:
I am truly not a John Doyle gal. The Scottish- born director has earned all kinds of kudos from critics
(most notably the New York Times’ Ben Brantley)…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:29AMIn the first of our new blog series following two young actors performing in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s summer season, we hear from Daniel Easton as he prepares for the move to St…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:28AMSometimes a play seems to have a mind of its own, and like an independent child, leaves its warm nurturing nest, wins awards across the country, and, in this case, gets turned into a film. …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:25AMIf you’re in Houston next Wednesday, don’t miss Diagilev’s Paris, a concert presented by Da Camera and featuring Sarah Rothenberg and my wife Marilyn Nonken. They’ll …
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:23AMRoyal Shakespeare Company deputy artistic director Erica Whyman has labelled it “shocking” that leaders in the theatre industry are still predominantly male. She was speaking at a forum …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:12AMWill Jessica Chastain be the next Queen of the Jungle According to a report in this morning's NY Post, the Academy Award-nominated actress is considered to be the frontrunner to play 'Jane' …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:01AMBen Brantley on “Money the Game Show” and a revival of “Privates on Parade,” starring Simon Russell Beale.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AMUggggggghhhhhhhhBack by popular demand, Dave (@NineDaves) and I have teamed up to bring you our take on what’s keepin’ it real and what’s faking it each week on SMASH. Follow the …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 08:00AM
Heartless, Sam Shepard’s latest take on the human condition, will be one of five plays at the heart of the Contemporary American Theater Festival’s 2013 Season. Heartless tells the story…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:54AMGrand Theatre, LeedsStory ballets are the bread and butter of Northern Ballet's repertory, and it's easy to see why choreographer David Nixon was tempted by The Great Gatsby. The clothes, th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:53AMThe Southbank Centre is to bring its Festival Wing out of the 1960s and into the 21st century with a £100m overhaul that marks the final step in the transformation of the site.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:47AMGrand Theatre, Leeds: A rhapsody in creams, elegant costumes, divine dancing and the most fitting of music (played live by the Northern Ballet Sinfonia) from Richard Rodney Bennett and other…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:45AMA Class Act, a musical that charts the life and career of the Tony Award-winning lyricist Edward Kleban, will be revived at London's Landor Theatre, beginning performances March 20 prior…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:42AMAssembling a season at the Steppenwolf Theatre involves gathering the input of the large (and widely dispersed) ensemble, and some might describe it as akin to herding cats. But the intrigui…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:38AMI’m unnatturally excited and have my DVR already programmed. TCM is showing Shine On, Harvest Moon at noon today. I’ve seen most of the major vaudeville bio-pics but this one has…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:36AMThe Cloud Atlas star joins a gala performance of The Chapel of Unrest at London's Bush theatreOscar-winning actor Jim Broadbent is returning to the stage for the first time in eight years to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMLONDON (AP) — What is the point of a monarch?
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:26AMThe Keen Company's revival is certainly an example of a sincere effort by A. R. Gurney to show the inevitable shift in the traditional WASP landscape
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:18AMLiss Fain , former Twyla Tharp Dancer, brings to NYC (from San Francisco) her Site Specific, Literate, Interactive World... Immerse yourself.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:16AMH.B. Marinelli (1864-1924) was one of a multigenerational family of performing contortionists (He was born in Germany, although the family is plainly Italian). He took to the stage himself a…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:14AMA comrade of a deceased combatant visits his bereaved family. We know the drill, we know the score of this time-honoured dramatic trope. Don't we?
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:10AMWondering what to do on a slow Monday night in New York? On Monday, Mar. 4, loyal fans and luminaries of cabaret knew just where to go. They packed The Gotham Comedy Club for the 28th Annual…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:07AMThe play “Lucky Guy,” Nora Ephron’s last completed work, is about a journalist who kept striving to do his best work even as he was dying of cancer. He was her inspiration to do the sa…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:01AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 6 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
It takes fourteen minutes of exposition before the samovar arrives on stage in William Boyd's respectful tribute to Anton Chekhov at the Hampstead Theatre. Birds are tweeting, the teaglasses…
SOURCE: John Morrison at 05:45AMThe 2012 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical was a lush category filled with classic works from iconic composers: Stephen Sondheim’s “Follies,” a new interpretation &l…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:45AMFor a slim book, The Great Gatsby has more plot than you'd think. David Nixon's new production for Northern Ballet races through it, spelling out the ambiguous relationships of F Scott Fizge…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:44AMThe Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel, London: "I'm going to open with a typical folksong from Nairobi," Anna Bergman teases us with a wink and a smile. She then launches into an ec…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:43AMGate, London: Written in the wake of 9/11, Bruce Norris' 2002 play - here receiving its UK premiere - is set in the Midwest in the 1970s and explores similar emotional terrain to Norris…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:35AMGielgud Theatre, London: Oscar-nominated writer Peter Morgan clearly has a thing for the Queen. His hit 2006 film portrayed a royal family at a time of crisis, when the death of Diana threat…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:29AMBy Johnny Oleksinski White planks. What I’m staring at with the mischievous grin of a shifty-eyed child is a field of neatly lined-up boards with both a silver shimmer and the scratched-at…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:05AMRECOMMENDED Two Spanish choreographers fill the Luna Negra Spring program with passionate dancing and theatrical sets: Fernando Hernando Magadan, who treated us to his elegant, athletic and …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AM
Pavel Dmitrichenko has admitted on TV to organising attack on director Sergei Filin as he and two others are detained over the crime
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 04:53AMINTERVIEW: ARTHUR MILNER The Canadian Jewish playwright and theatre practitioner talks to Judi Herman about his play Facts (Finborough Theatre). Set in the West Bank in Palestine and inspire…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 04:46AMAlthough inevitably overshadowed by her husband, the master farceur Brian Rix, the actor Elspet Gray carved a notable career for herself, especially on television. A defining moment in the l…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:26AMClybourne Park won Bruce Norris a slew of awards on both sides of the Atlantic a couple of years ago. His fearless, shocking, very funny response to Lorraine Hansbury's classic A Raisin in t…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:24AMHelen Mirren has returned to the role that won her an Oscar - that of Queen Elizabeth II - in new play The Audience, which premiered at the Gielgud Theatre last night (5 March 2013, previews…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:08AMOne of the things I most enjoy about going to the theatre is a really good opening night, and The Audience at the Gielgud last night was just that: a fascinating play, a brilliant cast, imag…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:08AM
Recently married couple Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley are set to premiere four original plays in rep this month. 'Midtown March Medley,' as the series is called, will feature a comedy music…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMDelaware Theatre Company has announced the cast of Daryl Roth's presentation of LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE, coming to the DTC stage this month.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMBy Byrne Harrison
Scott Casper is a playwright, actor and Artistic Director of taxdeductible theatre. Through The Dare Project (an evening of ten minute pla…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 12:05AMThe Wordless Angelby Christian BainesAfter 14 years as one of Canada’s most successful freelance directors, Jennifer Tarver takes the reigns at Toronto’s Necessary Angel Theatre Company.…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:04AMCALCULATING, BLUNT, DISTURBING AND INTENSE The name Amy Herzog seems to be on the tip of every theatergoer’s tongue lately. Hot on the heels of The Great God Pan, 4000 Miles and After …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:01AMRare has become a phenomenon in the Queen City. After it took off like a comet at last year's Toronto Fringe, it found a home at the Young Centre where, since it opened last month, it has be…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMAndrés Segovia plays the first movement of Torroba's Sonatina: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"The imagination loses vitality as it ceases to adhere to what is real. When it adheres to the unreal and...
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SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMMax Weber: Bringing Paris to New York
At the Baltimore Museum of Art through June 23
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMSeminar, Dead Accounts, American Idiot and Scandalous producer Jeffrey Finn is the 2013 recipient of the Commercial Theater Institute's Robert Whitehead Award, which is presented March 6…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA 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 12:00AMPlaybill has partnered with the Theatre Development Fund (TDF) for a new series called "Theatre Dictionary Term of the Month." Each month, a new theatre term will be dissected and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMichael John LaChiusa's Tony Award-nominated musical Marie Christine, a retelling of Medea set in late 19th-century New Orleans, begins performances March 6 at the 3LD Art & Technolo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA host of theatre artists join forces March 6 at 54 Below to perform the lesser-known songs of Oscar, Tony and Grammy-winning composer Alan Menken.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMStephen Barker Turner and Babak Tafti appear in the New York City premiere of Rajiv Joseph's The North Pool — a drama about tension between a high school principal and a Middle-Eas…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCanadian dramatist George F. Walker gets a major American spotlight with the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) world premiere of his dark comedy Dead Metaphor. Directed by Irene Lewis, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTheir Favorite Things asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
This week we spotlight the choices of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1933 Maxwell Anderson indicts Both Your Houses, a political story at the Royale Theatre. Morris Carnovsky is in the cast of this Theatre Guild production. It will go on to win the Pulitzer P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA young, idealistic, American married couple move to Paris to live together and do good work. But youth and idealism aren’t enough to build a life on in a strange city, unless the foundati…
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