The Old Globe presents the world premiere of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, a new musical comedy with book by Robert L. Freedman, music by Steven Lutvak and lyrics by Freedman and L…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58PMA new production of the 1977 Tony Award®-winning Best Musical about America’s favorite orphan and her beloved pooch, Sandy.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 08:43PMRuth & Augustus Goetz’s timeless New York story of society, status and the true cost of love. Jessica Chastain starred in the title role.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 08:42PMAfter more than 25 years, the Suffolk Theater is open again for business, transformed into a performing arts center that some hope will be the anchor for a downtown revival.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:15PMIsn’t it crazy when someone tells you about a fantastic lunch place in your area and you find out that it’s been quietly operating for several years? Open weekdays, healthyca…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:09PMHave you seen our video interview with the fabulous Mitchell Butel? AussieTheatre’s Ben Neutze chats with the star about his role in Opera Australia’s Orpheus in the Underworld, current…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:00PMBy now, everyone knows that Seth Rudetsky wears many hats on any given day — actor, columnist, comedian, author, radio personality, accompanist, performer! Now it's time to add "playwright…
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Big day on Barbara Walters’s “The View”: I can tell you exclusively that the likely new member of the panel is Brooke Shields. Sources say Barbara Walters really wants her.…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 07:39PMLittle Dorothy Gale didn't take just one trip to Oz, so why should we?-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 07:36PM“Make ‘em laugh, Make ‘em laugh, don’t you know everyone wants to laugh?” sang Donald O’Connor over 60 years ago in Singin’ in the Rain. Well, few people on the planet know how…
SOURCE: cititour.com at 07:06PMGuild Hall, the visual and performing arts center on eastern Long Island, recently honored the recipients of the 28th Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards John Alexander for Visua…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PMEven if Marilyn Maye didn’t ask the audience to shout a hearty “Hallelujah” during her rendition of Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler’s joyous “Get Happy,” part of her extraordinary n…
SOURCE: cititour.com at 07:05PMCapital Stage founding artistic director Stephanie Gularte announced Friday that she will leave the theater after its 2013-2014 season. Capital Stage board president Cliff McFarland said the…
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Internationally acclaimed actress Helen Mirren’s performance as The Queen in the world premiere of Peter Morgan’s THE AUDIENCE, directed by Stephen Daldry, will be seen by …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:56PMAs the lights come down on another busy week on Broadway, we’ve learned a ton of crazy new lessons from our favorite stars. From Amanda Seyfried needing years of voice lessons to Skyla…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:51PMKa-Tet Theatre Company is pleased to present the Chicago premiere of SMUDGE by two-time Emmy Award-winning writer Rachel Axler, directed by Allison Shoemaker, playing May 25 – June …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:41PMAbout Face Theatre celebrates its 17th year with a three-ring party of colossal entertainment and excessive elegance at WONKA BALL 2013: CIRCUS MAXIMUS on Friday, April 26, 2013 at 8…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:36PMBroadway In Boston and Producers Broadway Across America - Beth Williams Howard amp Janet Kagan and Barry Brown have announced that tickets for the upcoming Boston engagement of the highly a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:31PMThe Oregon Shakespeare Festival has made an art of retooling its leadership.
"My Fair Lady" is presented in a fairly minimal but still solid fashion by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
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SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 06:24PMThe acclaimed revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood closes the case on March 10, but the madcap Dickensian musical will live on forever with the show’s Broadway cast album. S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:13PM(L to R) Claire Calnan, Lauren Vandenbrook & Kawa Ada (photo: Joanna Akyol) A Play of Ice and Fir€ by Beat RiceLast summer, Iceland won the NOW Audience Choice Award, when it…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:10PMHolland Taylor returns to Broadway as feisty Texas governor Ann Richards in the new solo play Ann. Hear from Taylor, her director and her many famous friends about what makes this show speci…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:08PMIt’s more than just a history lesson, it’s an inside look at a small group of people who changed the world. Hear star Nathan Lee Graham explain why Hit the Wall is more than you …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:05PMSee What I Wanna See – a brilliantly colloquial title for this sharp thinking person’s musical – is as smart and entertaining as it is artistic and serious. (read more...)
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Brought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, March 8, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway The gorgeous Patina Miller is our Leading Player.�…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:58PMThe Read-Throughby Stuart Munro@StuartMunroTOHello friends! It’s time once again to pour yourself a glass and join me as we experience the newest episode of Smash.A lot happens this week, …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:54PMA new musical, “First Date,” will be making its way to the Longacre Theatre this summer, producer Junkyard Dog Productions announced earlier this week.
“First Date” i…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:51PMHands on a Hardbody officially rolls into Broadway on March 21! Check out interviews with director Neil Pepe and choreographer Sergio Trujillo about their vision for the new musical, rehears…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:45PMBite the apple one last time with Flashdance vlogger Rachelle Rak! Sas wraps up the video series in Fort Lauderdale with a rockin’ bar performance and a lesson in glitter application. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:37PMCheck out highlights from 'The TRL Generation Broadway Loves Britney' concert, which took place on Sunday, March 3rd at the Canal Room, starring Corey Cott, Taylor Louderman, Jason Gotay, Em…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:35PMPaying homage to one of the greatest movie musicals of all time, What a Glorious Feeling comes to Theatre at the Center April 25 through June 2 at 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, with a press …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:34PMWhat Clive Davis wants, Clive Davis gets. Tony-winning director Bartlett Sher is now confirmed to helm the producer's upcoming Broadway revival of My Fair Lady, according to Showbiz411. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:31PMThe Music Box Theatre will soon be home to the American Repertory Theatre production of Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's Pippin, directed by Diane Paulus. The cast met the press earlie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27PMExposed: Drew Gasparini in Concert, featuring the music of songwriter of Drew Gasparini, whose music has been featured on the second season of NBC's "Smash," will be held March…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:26PMPace University will recognize the musical contributions of composer Jule Styne with a night of performances based on his music.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:25PMPaper Mill Playhouse has announced the cast for Thoroughly Modern Millie, winner of the 2002 Drama Desk and Tony Award for Best Musical. This effervescent musical romp will feature Ashley Ka…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:19PMTony winner Kristin Chenoweth has canceled her U.K. concert tour at the last minute. The actress was set to launch the tour on March 11 at the London Coliseum. No exact reason for the c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:13PMThe director and four of the actors who shook up the LA small theater scene in 2002 with a rough and raw production of Trainspotting, the play about Scottish heroin addicts in the '80s, are …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:07PMWelcome to the circus! A new revival of Pippin is heading to Broadway, and on March 8, Matthew James Thomas, Patina Miller and the high-flying cast met the press. Thomas, Miller, Terrence Ma…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PMKokandy Productions proudly announces its first two-show season featuring “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea”, April 12 – 28 at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2636 N. Southport Ave. and…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:02PMTony and Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth's U.K. concert tour, which was scheduled to begin March 11 at the London Coliseum, has been canceled.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:02PMWe’ve added a new feature to our website that will help you save a few trees. Now when you order a printable PDF or Photocopy License of one of our scripts, you’ll be offered the…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMAussie Theatre’s Dione Joseph recently enjoyed a conversation/story swap session with Yorta Yorta man Jason Tamiru. Stories are the backbone of the Indigenous community so any conversation…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:00PMTony winner Betty Buckley and cast members from The Charing Cross Theatre's current production of Jerry Herman's Dear World will offer talkbacks following the March 11-12 performance…
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The Den Theatre is pleased to present its first-ever public dance performance: REPURPOSE by Mary Tarpley, a collection of dance pieces inspired by existing art, playing one weeke…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:52PMMarcus Youssef (photo: David Cooper)A Very Personal StoryEngaging Actor and Musician Son Share Pain by David C. JonesMarcus Youssef is a big hearted and affable man and a great storytel…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:52PMReed Birney, Billy Crudup, Peter Dinklage and Myra Lucretia Taylor will take part in free performances of Stand by Me: The Reliable Plays, a series of one-acts written by children, April 4&n…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:51PMHaving trouble keeping up with all the Broadway Buzz? Streamline your Broadway news to the most popular articles each week with our new ‘Broadway News Review.’ Incorporating last…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:50PMThe first-ever Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning musical Pippin, starring Patina Miller, Matthew James Thomas and Andrea Martin, will begin Broadway previews March 23 at the Music B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PMUPDATED: According to an announcement from Speckulation Entertainment on March 8, Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth's United Kingdom concert tour has been cancelled. The press release sta…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:48PMFour renowned achievers will be honored for their lifetime accomplishments with the 34th Annual Common Wealth Awards of Distinguished Service. The awards recognize individuals who have enric…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:46PMBeethoven, Brahms and Berg complement each other with Robertson.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:45PMKristin Chenoweth's 2013 UK tour dates have been canceled by the tour's promoter in London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Cardiff.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:40PMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E1kuonAwLE Greta chats with Laws of Motion actor David Tompa about working under the Artists Collective Policy. 3 Tips from David Tompa for Actors Working Und…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 04:36PMGreat news…we have teamed up with the Tricycle theatre to give you the opportunity to win a pair of tickets to see Paper Dolls. A new play with music telling the extraordinary true st…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:34PMNew plays, musicals and revivals are busting out all over New York stages this season. Use Time Out New York's guide to spring theater to keep up with the big openings.
SOURCE: Time Out at 04:34PMBroadway and Hollywood actress Frances Conroy has revealed exciting new details about her role on the upcoming third season of the mega-hit FX horror anothology series AMERICAN HORROR STORY,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PMNick Di Gaetano, Katie Swift ©Andrew AlexanderA HROSE by any other nameHROSES: An Affront to Reason is refreshingly different by Valerie Cardinal When HROSES: An Affront to Reason…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:31PMAccording to Showbiz411.com, Clive Davis announced during a reading for his book at the 92nd Street Y last night that his top pick Bartlett Sher has signed on to direct the 2014 Broadway rev…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:30PMIrvington High School’s version of the Washington Senators, with Johan Buchen, as Joe Hardy, in the foreground. Photo by Peter D. Kramer/The Journal News. In “Damn Yankees,”…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 04:27PMActress Holland Taylor's portrayal of Ann Richards, the brassy blue governor of the red state of Texas, made its Broadway debut Thursday at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:18PMThe Soul 70's Super Jam will return to Detroit's historic Fox Theatre featuring The O'Jays, The Whispers, The Stylistics and The Enchantment on Saturday, May 4 at 8 p.m.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:13PMfrom left to right: Toshik Bukowiecki, Nick Sepi, Alan Penty (photo credit: David Lowes)The 39 Steps: A Hilarious 1930's Radio Play Brought to LifeYou'll Laugh, You'll Cry, You'll Go H…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:13PMGenre-bending musical artist Yoko Ono has agreed to allow NBC's The New Normal to feature one of her deceased husband's most beloved and cherished songs in the season finale of the freshman …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:12PMDana Delany, Steven Culp, Linda Gehringer, Rebecca Mozo and one actor to be announced will star in the South Coast Repertory world-premiere production of The Parisian Woman by Beau Willimon,…
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(photo credit: Guntar Kravis)Lear-ing at the ExperienceText falls by the waysideby Jason BookerDirector Philip McKee’s Lear, offers a modern take that contemporizes and creates a visceral …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 03:57PMBroadway and Hollywood crossover star Stanley Tucci is among the actors featured in a new batch of posters released in advance of the film sequel THE HUNGER GAMES CATCHING FIRE, coming out l…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:55PMIt didn’t sound too promising: a cabaret-style revue satirizing Bravo’s prolific “Real Housewives” franchise set in a quaint village in Upstate New York. How much mat…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:53PMCasting has been announced for the La Mirada Theatre's upcoming production of the Tony-winning musical Spring Awakening, which will begin previews March 21 prior to an official opening t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:49PMHolland Taylor just took her first official Broadway bow in ANN, a new play written and performed by Taylor, which opened last night at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMThe turntable on which Sweden’s Royal Dramatic Theatre places its stage version of “Fanny and Alexander” is an apt visual clue to director Stefan Larsson’s elegant production — a b…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:47PMCLICK HERE TO GET 50% OFF FOR ALL REMAINING PERFORMANCES OPRING AWAKENING AT OLNEY THEATERE CENTER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 10TH USE DISCOUNT CODE DCMTA Spring Awakening plays through …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:45PMBroadway stars always let loose at MCC Theater’s Miscast Gala. This year, celebrated Phantom of the Opera star Sierra Boggess helped audiences imagine what it would soun…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:44PMTHE PLAY ABOUT A TRIAL ULTIMATELY BECOMES A TRIAL TO WATCH Stephen Adley Guirgis’ The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a courtroom drama set in Purgatory where the guilty or not guilty verdi…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:43PMWell it doesn’t get any more charming than this. Even without a prince who carries that particular moniker. This prince (Santino Fontana) is named Topher, short for Christopher. And he,…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 03:42PMRita Wilson will make her debut at the new Manhattan nightspot 54 Below beginning April 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:37PMOpening night of Breakfast at Tiffany’s is inching closer and closer, but you don’t have to wait until then to get a glimpse at this gorgeous new Broadway adaptation of Truman Ca…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:36PMBefore she wowed America and landed in second place on TV singing competition The X Factor, 13-year-old Carly Rose Sonenclar honed her belting chops in Broadway musicals like …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:30PMHARRY POTTER star Emma Watson lights up the screen in the flashy and intriguing new trailer for Sofia Coppola's recent history-based feature film THE BLING RING.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:25PMRobert Sean Leonard (Born Yesterday), Tony Award winner and former House star, is set to star in an upcoming Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's production of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:25PMEverybody say yeah! The cast of two popular Broadway musicals will head into the recording studio in the coming weeks to lay down tracks for forthcoming cast albums. Masterworks Broadway wil…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:21PMPatricia Finn-Morris is simply marvelous in the title role of Steel Beam Theatre's newest production. The 2008 comedy by Steven Dietz follows the inner yearnings of middle-aged Becky that, a…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 03:18PMIn Bruce Norris’ Pulitzer prize-winning play "Clybourne Park," resentment and racism chafe at the thin veneer of polite pleasantries.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:10PMHere’s some aca-awesome news: Pitch Perfect star and Broadway alum Skylar Astin is in talks to star in the TBS comedy pilot Ground Floor, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Ground…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:07PMMusic of Rutter and Brubeck included in 2013-14 season that starts in October.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:06PMAbout five years ago, "Fela!" fell into Michelle Williams' orbit.
SOURCE: The Berkshire Eagle at 03:02PMEach Friday David Singletary takes Broadway fans through the most fun and important events of the previous week! Have something you think belongs in our next weekly round up? Email us! Spott…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 03:01PMHIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK Holland Taylor takes a bow, Broadway gets Miscast, PHANTOM gets a new Chrsitine, and so much more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00PMEmmy winner Holland Taylor (The Practice, Two and a Half Men) wrote and stars in Broadway’s Ann, a solo piece celebrating the life of the late Texas governor Ann Richards. Taylor&…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:00PMThe cast of the upcoming Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson's classic musical Pippin offered a preview of the musical on Friday, March 8 at Manhattan Move
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
Lincoln 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 02:46PM(POSTED BY DOUG GEORGE) ¿Columbinus¿ will have the family of Isaiah Shoels in its audience next Friday, March 15.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:45PMWell, hello again, “Dolly!” It has been nearly 50 years since Carol Channing and a dazzling cluster of high-stepping waiters found their footing in the pre-Broadway tryout of a shaky new…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:42PMMatthew Paul Olmos has already won the lottery of playwriting and is now ready to cash in on his winnings. Last year, in honor of La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club's 50th season and the orga…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:41PMNew BroadwayWorld.com Poll - Is CINDERELLA a New Musical or a Revival
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:35PMOff-Broadway's insanely productive March will soon crash into the annual April madness on Broadway, which ends with the cutoff for Tony eligibility on the 28th.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 02:33PMThe three actors entrusted with introducing local audiences t o the work of the much-heralded young playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney sit in the back room of the converted church that is home…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:29PMA list of theater auditions for Northeast Ohio
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 02:25PMThe Music Box Theatre will soon be home to the American Repertory Theatre production of Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's Pippin, directed by Diane Paulus. The cast features Matthew Ja…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:24PM Reviewed by Karen Feld If you haven’t seen Marilyn Maye perform, join the crew on her MAYE-den voyage at 54 Below. This octogenarian is the ultimate entertainer who has perfe…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:24PMA century after ‘The Rite of Spring’ was first staged, Clement Crisp recalls talking to Dame Marie Rambert, who danced in the premiere
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:23PMPhilip Himberg tells a remarkable tale of strangers in a troubled land, of makeshift family and unexpected tenderness, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:22PMGlee has returned to the airwaves and brought their 500th song with them! The episode kicks off are very sweetly with Will and Emma singing and dancing (on the ceiling and walls) in a black …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 02:20PMAs promised, the Mayor’s proclamation that “March is Cabaret Month” made its star-studded debut Wednesday. Its formal reading, dramatically enhanced by a bevy of performers, took place…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:17PMYou can imagine the scene in thousands of family rooms: "Mom and Dad, I want to major in comedy." Silence. "Comedy? Not on our dime, you don't."
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:17PMOn this week's Show People with Paul Wontorek, 21 and Over star Skylar Astin chats about backstage shenanigans during Spring Awakening and the perfect projects for his many famous co-sta…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:10PMIt is unbelievably hard to get into drama school in the UK. About 4,500 young people apply every year, pay a fortune to be seen for about 90 seconds (which is outrageous, but that’s a diff…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:09PMWhat a Glorious Feeling, an homage to one of the greatest movie musicals of all time, will have its Chicago premiere at Theatre at the Center beginning April 25 and running through June 2. A…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:08PMThe sweet, successful musical “First Date,” a hit coproduction of ACT and 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, will be on a Broadway stage this summer.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 02:03PMThe outgoing chief of the Royal Opera House on what Britain is teaching Brazil about art and culture – and the role of dance in development
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:02PMIn this week's edition, we caught up with Celina Carvajal, who is starring as 'Nicola' in Kinky Boots- currently in previews at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Opening night is set for April 4, 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMOne of Poland's hottest political topics – abortion and the Catholic Church – drives 22-year-old Anna Wakulik's extraordinary three-hander.
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Tony 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 01:57PMGet your Brazilian flags out. In the Heights, the 2008 Tony Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist will be translated into Portuguese for its first Brazilian production. The production wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:54PMIn college, Zach Appelman heard voices. And they convinced him that he was on the right track. They came to him through speakers and ear buds: the honeyed sounds of great Shakespeareans, act…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:49PMThesis: The American Theatre Movement has had a tendency to define itself partly by what it is not – distancing itself from community theatre and mere entertainment. This distancing sh…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 01:48PMThe performer in repose.Artistic affinity is both a fact of life and an utter mystery - and much on my mind of late, as last weekend's Celebrity Series performances by violinist Hilary Hahn …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 01:43PMMasterworks Broadway will release the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the new musical Kinky Boots.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:37PMBy Bill Hirschman Often, a review starts with a recapitulation of the momentous issues raised by the opus and perhaps giving a nod to its social and artistic context. Not this time. Tragedy …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:29PMDirector Stefan Larsson and this astonishing ensemble from Stockholm’s Royal Dramatic Theatre, visiting briefly as part of the Nordic Cool Festival, have created a moveable feast. Fann…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:28PMSenior Natalie Burke of Yorktown plays “Babe” in The Kennedy Catholic Players production of “The Pajama Game.” Tonight’s opening night performance will go on. P…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 01:20PMTwenty-five years after her first disastrous prom night, Carrie, the Broadway musical flop about a tormented girl with telekinetic powers who destroys her high school, makes its high school …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:16PMThe Place, LondonTen years after his first Scottish Dance Theatre commission, Montreal-based Victor Quijada has returned with Second Coming – aptly titled not just as his second company pi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:15PMOn May 1, 2004, 37-year-old actor Tristan Sturrock (Broadway's Brief Encounter) suffered a 10-foot fall that left him paralyzed from the neck down. Now, almost ten years later, Sturrock has …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:02PMOn the occasion of International Women's Day, a baker's dozen of women in LA theater comment on their hopes for LA theater in the coming year. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:01PMFinborough, LondonI am delighted to see that JB Priestley is back in fashion. But even if this "immoral comedy" from 1933 doesn't seem as restlessly experimental as Cornelius, revived at the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMThe 'Cosby' star and Tony-winning stage actress will be directing August Wilson's play 'Joe Turner's Come and Gone' at the Mark Taper Forum.Phylicia Rashad, who became a TV star 30 years ago…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00PMFor the actress, its allure is the challenge of playing a great classical part plus the chance to work with playwright Neil LaBute, who adapted Strindberg's work. She makes her L.A. stage de…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00PM
Cirque du Soleil's touring production of TOTEM is settling down in New York's Citi Field for a month this spring. Though performances don't begin until March 15, the Cirque du Soleil village…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:57PMWhatsonstage.com Award-winning comedy The Ladykillers has confirmed it will return to the West End in the summer, opening at the Vaudeville Theatre on 29 June 2013 following the current UK t…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:50PMThe cast of Kinky Boots is getting ready to strut into the studio as the rocking new musical will release a cast recording in May. With a book by Harvey Fierstein and direction and…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMBroadway's Jeremy Jordan and Cheyenne Jackson teamed up for an unlikely duet at the 2013 edition of MCC Theater's Miscast, an annual event which places performers in roles they would…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:44PMWhen 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 12:42PMPodcast With RICHARD WHITE from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. Musical theatre icon Richard White discusses the new production of JEKYLL & HYDE as well as his incredible career including voic…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:41PMSexy relationship comedy The Banana Monologues is set to play off-Broadway's Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row this summer. The production will begin previews on June 13, and officially …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:39PMThe complete cast has been announced for the London revival of Peter Nichols’s Passion Play, which begins preview performances at the Duke of York's Theatre on May 1. The show will…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:39PMSubmission Almost Away Part DeuxNot so fast now. Or as my dad would say to us kids, "Hold your horses."I thought I had finished my Inkwell submission. But no. I haven't.Why?The fine print, m…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 12:38PMA TDF gala celebrates an essential man in TKTS history We all know TKTS is a place to buy discounted theatre tickets, but in the 40 years since it was created, it’s also become an emot…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:35PMIn the corporate world, employees leaving a job are asked to sit through a sometimes grueling "exit interview" about their time at the company. Although that concept doesn't ex…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:34PMJust announced – Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years will replace Crime of the Heart in Signature Theatre’s spring lineup. Aaron Posner will direct the intimate two pe…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:33PMDETROIT (AP) — For Berry Gordy, conquering Broadway is the next — and by his own admission, last — major milestone of a magical, musical career.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:32PMRevivals of Kay Mellor’s A Passionate Woman and William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale have been added to the Sheffield Theatre Company's 2013-14 season…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:30PMDETROIT (AP) -- For Berry Gordy, conquering Broadway is the next - and by his own admission, last - major milestone of a magical, musical career....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:30PMA host of Broadway stars including Laura Osnes, Rob McClure and Laura Benanti will unite at Carnegie Hall for the New York Pops’ 30th Birthday Gala on April 29…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:29PMHampstead theatre, LondonWilliam Boyd has fused two Chekhov stories from the 1890s, A Visit to Friends and My Life, to create a new play. The result is inevitably something of a hybrid: neit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:27PMProspect Theater Company presents its inaugural “Prototype Production” with performances of Death for Five Voices, an original musical drama inspired by true events in the life o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23PMStephen Unwin has announced he is to step down as artistic director of The Rose Theatre in Kingston. Unwin will continue at the Rose until January 2014, before leaving to “pursue other…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:17PMLet's see what the critics had to say...
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:17PMIf you do PASSION correctly – meaning the way that Stephen Sondheim envisioned it – your audience will applaud only once the entire night. That will happen at the end of the show, after …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:15PMDegenerate Art Gallery (DAG) has officially launched its campaign on Kickstarter.com to raise funds for its very first physical art show in Chicago. With a goal of $6,000 to be raised in jus…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:11PMAs the audience filed into the Sprenger Theatre at the Atlas Performing Arts Center at INTERSECTIONS, Helanius J. Wilkins was already nonchalantly performing upstage, facing away from the au…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:05PMEven if you didn’t catch it off-Broadway the first time around, there’s a good chance you spent a good part of the past decade listening to The Last Five Years cast recording and…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:04PMTony Award-nominated playwright Douglas Carter Beane, who has two shows on Broadway this season, Cinderella and The Nance, will chart his own personal journey in the theatre for his next dra…
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Were you in awe of Helen Mirren? Did you enjoy the site-specific De Gabay? Let us know what you thought of the shows you saw this week?Every week we roundup a selection of the reviews and co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:59AMMarch 13 at 6 p.m.Chase Auditorium, 10 S. Dearborn St. What does it mean to be a creative professional in Chicago? And what should the city be doing to leverage its creative resources? Rick …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 11:59AMThe Stephen Sondheim Theatre Box Office 124 W 43rd St will open on Monday, March 11, 2013 at 10am for the upcoming Broadway revival of Horton Foote's beloved classic, The Trip to Bountiful, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMIbsen's Hedda Gabler changes her name and moves to Edgbaston, Brighton is all about the Bard, and Judi Dench brings fairytale magic to LondonScotland and Northern IrelandThis week at the Tra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:56AMWhen Cinderella’s royal stars Santino Fontana and Laura Osnes host an Oscar nominee and Emmy winner backstage, they bring out the big guns: Ella’s glass slippers. On March 7, Sal…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:53AMBig-voiced Broadway leading lady Caissie Levy is making her 54 Below debut with her one-night-only concert With You on March 10. The show celebrates the release of Levy’s freshman…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:50AMThe box office for the Broadway production of Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful, which will begin previews March 30 the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, will open for business March 11 at 10…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:48AMOn March 7, Glee celebrated songs from the film (as well as their 500th song). The episode centered mainly on the musicals numbers, so the plot was thin: Will tried to get Emma back, the New…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:46AMCinderella didn't quite get the fairy-tale ending she might have hoped for when the Rodgers & Hammerstein show named after her opened on Broadway on March 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AM25 Saints - Pine Box Theater Company at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. is offering $15 industry tickets for performances Monday, March 11th @ 8pm, Saturday, March 16th…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 11:41AMTony winner Robert Sean Leonard will star as one of literature’s most beloved characters, Atticus Finch, in the Regent’s Park staging of To Kill a Mockingbird. Helmed by Regent&r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:39AMThe Rose Theatre Kingston has announced that artistic director Stephen Unwin will step down in January next year.
Unwin, who has been with the venue since it launched in 2008, is leaving to…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:37AMDouglas Carter Beane transports audiences back to 1930s burlesque with his latest work, The Nance. Hear how this dangerous love story offers more than meets the eye and why Nathan Lane …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32AMAlvin Ailey American Dance Theater will combine contemporary pieces with the landmark 'Revelations' at the Music Center.Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to the Music Center in Apri…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:30AMEW reports that TV and Broadway star Valerie Harper will appear on the March 11 broadcast of the Syndicated show THE DOCTORS to discuss her recent cancer diagnosis.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMMeet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Holland Taylor's Ann.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AMTony winner Mark Rylance will star as Thomas Cromwell in the BBC’s TV adaptation of the bestselling novel Wolf Hall and its sequel Bring Up The Bodies. The project is just on…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AMBristol Old VicShakespeare with puppets? Of course it's been done before, but not with some of the same team behind the National Theatre's mega-hit, War Horse. But, although puppets of many …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMIn tour-de-force performances, James McAvoy is a war-traumatized Macbeth and Kate O’Flynn is a girl aching to flee her bleak home town in “Port.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:04AMLonging, starring Iain Glen and Tamsin Greig and John Sessions, premiered at Hampstead Theatre last night (7 March 2013, previews from 28 February).
Directed by Nina Raine (who also helme…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:02AMJason Robert Brown's two-person song cycle, The Last Five Years, will replace the previously announced Crimes of the Heart this spring at Virginia's Signature Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AMIt’s trivia week here at the Producer’s Perspective! Yesterday a Sondheim stat and now take a look at this: We all know that print advertising is on the decline, right? Well, c…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMQuick Hits Two one-actor shows have been added to this month’s calendar in the last few days, one about noted Floridian Zora Neale Hurston and the other about Nazi hunter Simon Weisenthal.…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:00AM“First Date,” a new musical that premiered recently in Seattle, will move to Broadway this summer. The musical first appeared at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, and will begin Broadwa…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 11:00AMGhostlight Records will digitally release the original Off-Broadway cast recording of Fancy Nancy The Musical, the children's show currently running at Vital Theatre Company, March 12. T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 382013.
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Signature Theatre has just announced the addition of the acclaimed musical The Last Five Years to this spring's programming. The production, directed by Washington's own Aaron Posner, will r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:57AMIn order to highlight what I find interesting in the digital media space, I've created a new Tumblr page.
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 10:56AMHolland Taylor's Ann celebrated its opening night on Broadway this Thursday at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre. Benjamin Endsley Klein (The Coast of Utopia) directs Holland Taylor …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:56AML. Frank Baum wrote 14 Oz-inspired novels. The Wizard of Oz, only the tip of the iceberg. Sam Raimi went back to the beginning. Result: a $200-million 3D-fantastical prequel.
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 10:54AMTomorrow, March 9, at 2:30pm, The Silent Clowns Film Series will be showing Harold Lloyd’s 1927 feature The Kid Brother plus the 1918 short Why Pick On Me? As always, the screening wi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:52AMStrathmore’s Concert Hall is usually a venue for some of the area’s finest music. But on Thursday night, the conductor’s baton was traded in for human gyroscopes and a troupe of Chines…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:52AMOff-Broadway's not-for-profit Pearl Theatre Company, in the midst of a fundraising campaign, has rescheduled the spring world premiere of Terrence McNally's And Away We Go to this fa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AMThis week's topics Amanda Seyfried, Cast the 2014 Revival of Les Miz, MATILDA Previews, One-Man Shows, Pulitzer Prize Frontrunners, Webber Vs. Sondheim
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:50AMCynthia Hopkins brings passion to the great global question of climate change.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 10:50AMEvents this weekend include performances by Newark students as part of a Playwrights Theater residency
SOURCE: NJ.com at 10:49AMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMRally St. Louis, local artist want voter backing
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:45AMGingerbread Children, a new play by Michael Slade about child abuse and human trafficking, will receive a public reading March 9-10 at the Human Race Theatre in Dayton, OH.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMIt's been a while since I have personally written about a show. Some of you may remember for a brief stint I wrote a column for Broadwayworld called 99 and Under the Radar and I had a strict…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMAnn, actress-writer Holland Taylor's biographical play about late Texas Governor Ann Richards, opened on Broadway March 7 at Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian Beaumont Theater. Emmy Aw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMHolland Taylor just took her first official Broadway bow in ANN, a new play written and performed by Taylor, which opened last night at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AMAn industry reading of the new musical Gumbo, created by composer Brett Macias and book writer/lyricist Christina Quintana, will be presented March 14 at the Riverside Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AMBrian Cox and more complete the cast of Conor McPherson’s The Weir at London’s Donmar Warehouse. The previously announced production will be directed by Josie Rourke. The Weir be…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:17AMANN, a new play written and performed by Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor, opened last night at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street. BroadwayWorld was there …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:14AMBroadway's Jeremy Jordan and Cheyenne Jackson teamed up for an unlikely duet at the 2013 edition of MCC Theater's Miscast, an annual event which places performers in roles they would, in rea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMEmmy winner Holland Taylor stars as former Texas governor Ann Richards in the new solo play Ann. Find out if the new bio-play won the votes of Broadway.com Word of Mouth panelists Anna, Fern…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:11AMArts marketing plans have their purpose, but I have found that having a set of specific marketing principles is much more useful. For example, at my day job, here are our some of marketing p…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 10:10AMTomorrow morning at 6am Eastern, TCM will be showing Naughty Marietta, MGM’s 1935 adaptation of Victor Herbert’s 1910 hit show. Who’s crazy enough to get up at the crack o…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:04AMThere’s an awful lot to like about Tom Morris’s new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and a fair amount that doesn’t quite work. On balance, the show is a grea…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:03AM“Miss Saigon,” “War Horse” and “Mamma Mia!” highlight the upcoming 2013-2014 season of Broadway in Detroit. All touring shows coming through the city will play at either the Fish…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMHeather MacRae and Gay Marshall will join Justin Sayre for the March 14 presentation of The Meeting*, dedicated to late recording star Karen Carpenter, at the Duplex.
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The opening line of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella sets the tone for the majority of the play. When Cinderella, wandering through the misty woods, wistfully sings, “It makes you wi…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:59AMThe top 10 finalists for the new season of "American Idol" have been announced.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:51AMEpic Theatre Ensemble will present Richard III: Born With Teeth, a contemporary take on William Shakespeare's Richard III, beginning April 16, prior to an official opening April 21, at t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AMAnne Hathaway, who starred as the ill-fated Fantine in "Les Misérables," recently won the Academy Award for her heartbreaking performance. In celebration of her award, Playb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:43AMOn Monday, April 29, The New York Pops marks its 30th birthday with a grand gala evening honoring the musical talents of songwriters Frank Loesser and Jule Styne, and the centennial of legen…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:35AMA new programme of bursaries and awards for individual arts practitioners is part of a new “action plan for change”, published by Scotland’s under-fire arts quango, Creativ…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:30AMThe new-immigrant perspective of Teatro Mitote y Cine, visiting from Phoenix, grows from members' life experiences.In "Cada Quien Su Mexicano" (To Each Their Own Mexican), a one-act comedy w…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:30AMThe full cast has been announced for the new production of Conor McPherson's The Weir at London's Donmar Warehouse in April, to be followed in June by the world premiere of McPherson…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26AMTweetI originally told Ryan to write a post about zombies on broadway…I had recommended a few shows about zombies and instead, we got this. Enjoy! When I started watching the video for…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 09:24AMBetty Buckley, currently appearing in London's DEAR WORLD, reunited with some special guests recently her CARRIE co-star Linzi Hateley and lyricist Dean Pitchford. The actress shared the reu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:23AMThis opens today! We’ll see what we shall see! Look for a review here early next week. ’til then here’s my old squib about L. Frank Baum and his creations…. Filed und…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:23AMCasting and further plans have been announced for the 2013 season at U.K.'s Sheffield Crucible and Lyceum Theatres by artistic director Daniel Evans.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AMThe previously announced transfer of Chichester's Minerva Theatre production of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui to the West End's Duchess Theatre has confirmed dates. It will begin …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:19AMOwen Teale, Samantha Bond, Oliver Cotton, Annabel Scholey and Sian Thomas will join the previously announced Zoë Wanamaker in a new West End production of Peter Nichols' Passion Pla…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:13AMRobert Sean Leonard, who last appeared on the West End stage in a 1991 production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town at the Shaftesbury Theatre, will return to London to star as Atticus Finch…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:08AMFor those of us growing up in the Rust Belt, dinner theater was the ultimate all-in-one entertainment option. I would purchase my Prime Rib-Pygmalion combo ticket months in advance, waiting …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:02AM'SCARY MUSICAL The Musical', with Book by Richard Hochberg and Music and Lyrics by Richard Hochberg and Michael Paternostro, will be directed by Daniel Goldstein and produced by Kevin Spirta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMThis week is all about getting in the mood We spent last week cleaning vocals and dance steps, reviewing, and adding new elements to support and enhance the show we had already created. This…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMThe comedy, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” which stars Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce and Kristine Nielsen, will transfer to Broadway with an official opening set for March …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 09:00AMTickets are now on sale at the Marquis Theatre Box Office for Jekyll
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Fridays at BWW mean one thing a recap at-a-glance of this week's most-read stories in our regional markets Take a stroll around the Broadway World to see what made news for the week of March…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:59AMBroadway stars of today will celebrate three Broadway icons of yesteryear — namely, songwriters Frank Loesser and Jule Styne and actor Danny Kaye — at the April 29 gala performan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:59AMFor over 30 years, John Miller has been the musical coordinator on over 100 Broadway productions.The creative jazz musician spoke exclusively to BWW about his earliest days working alongside…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:44AMBasil Kreimendahl
Hometown: Louisville, KY
Current Town: Iowa City, IA
Q: What are you working on now?
A: A new play, that takes place in Louisville, KY; it's about an unconv…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 08:36AMVIENNA (AP) — The tenor wandered off, the corpse didn't rise as planned, and the lead soprano dissed her own performance. But "Don Giovanni" still managed to go to hell in style.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:32AMVivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center, Broadway
By Bradley Troll
BOTTOM LINE: A humorous and heartfelt triumph by writer/star Holland Taylor.
“I bet you guys remember me just …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:23AMRoyal Court, Liverpool: Long before Scot Williams' new psychodrama reaches its surprising conclusion there's a scene where a character describes the meaning of the word "hope&…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:20AMToday is the birthday of Mickey Dolenz. As everyone who’s anyone knows, The Monkees was not Dolenz’s first starring television series, nor even his longest lasting. No, that was …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:20AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #129 Anna Held (for more on her go here). In the clip below from the movie Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women, Held is played by Barbara Parkins,…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:14AMMATILDA THE MUSICAL is the story of an extraordinary little girl who decides that despite a bad beginning filled with rotten parents, a terrifying school and a vicious head mistress, her sto…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMShoreditch Town Hall, London: A poker-faced receptionist tells everyone to sit down in the grand entrance of Shoreditch Town Hall. She reads the names out, one by one, and you are led into a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMALL NEW POLL! VOTE UNTIL THURSDAY, MARCH 14 AT 7PM!One of the biggest blockbusters in London theatre history is now Broadway's newest musical event! Matilda is now in preview…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 08:00AMAn opera-trained pop singer whose musical repertoire covers 11 languages, Bronx-native N'Kenge is a force to be reckoned with. She performed, solo, at the Commander-in-Chief's Inaugural Ball…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
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SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 07:38AMAfter his recent stint as Richard III the actor Mark Rylance
is to take on another major period of British history in a television
adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s award-winning novels.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:35AMCulture minister Ed Vaizey has claimed that it is “rubbish” to say that the arts are in criris, insisting they are in “rude health”. Speaking at the Local Government …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMJack Thorne's intriguingly titled two-hander (named after a group of large flies, apparently) is set entirely in a bathroom, where a couple spend a day going through familiar routines and sh…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:33AMTexas is noteworthy for two things - the Alamo and Ann Richards who became the 45th Governor of the Lone Star State quite by accident, a twist of fate, her tenacity and hard work ethic insti…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:28AMMASTERWORKS BROADWAY has just announced the signing of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Kinky Boots. Produced by Cyndi Lauper, William Wittman and Stephen Oremus, the album will be re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:25AMMarch is coming in like a lion for Rodgers and Hammerstein. When most people think of Dick and Ockie, they recall their 11 musical properties (or at least five of them). Many may not know or…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 07:24AMRegent's Park Open Air Theatre has announced today that Robert Sean Leonard will play Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, the first production of the 2013 season. The Tony award-winning …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:22AMA post in celebration of Women’s History Month. Carmencita Daucet (circa 1870-1895) was a French native who studied and performed with a troupe of traditional Spanish dancers. Much lik…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:19AMThe Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park has announced that Robert Sean Leonard will play Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, the first production of the 2013 season.
The Tony award-winni…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:14AMHolland Taylor tackles a demanding role with energy and aplomb, and “Ann” is, by all means, worth your vote.
SOURCE: NBC New York at 07:08AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 8 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AMCulinaria stocks a nice selection of ready-made salads.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:00AM
he Vineyard production of Rajiv Joseph's 2-hander is at once both compelling and confusing
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:58AMThis solo show succeeds in some measure as a cornucopia of quotes from its eminently quotable subject, as a testament to Ann Richard's indomitable spirit — and to the fine actor portraying…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:54AMTheatre Royal, Bristol: The creative team that brought War Horse to the stage, director Tom Morris and South African puppet company Handspring, have linked again for this challenging version…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMHampstead Theatre, London: William Boyd's play takes two of Chekhov's later short stories, My Life - one of his longest - and the less well known A Visit to Friends, and fuses them…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:40AMKay Mellor is to direct a production of her own play, A Passionate Woman, starring Lynda Bellingham, as part of Sheffield Theatres’ new season. The season will open with Alan Bennett’s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:25AMGlyndebourne Theatre, Lewes: Ambitious, imaginative and well executed, Imago is Glyndebourne's latest community opera.
Read the full review
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AMRobin Howard Dance Theatre, The Place, London: Scottish Dance Theatre has been making a name for itself as purveyors of quirky, offbeat dance works since its inception in 1986. Finding and h…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04AMShe knew life wasn’t fair and that government should be, deemed herself a “fun” drunk and kept an armadillo paperweight on her desk in the capitol.
That’s how Ann Richards r…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AMCreative juice flows from countless sources. Theater director David Herskovits tapped into it at a Jewish Museum exhibit.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AMTo the kids at the Point community center in the Bronx, “Roll’ em!” has a whole new meaning.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Trafalgar Studios 2, London: A master of dialogue that is both funny and brutally revealing, Jack Thorne is one of the most sharply empathic writers we have in film, TV and on stage today. N…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:54AMOwen Teale, Samantha Bond, Oliver Cotton, Annabel Scholey, and Sian Thomas have been cast alongside Zoë Wanamaker in the forthcoming West End revival of Peter Nichols' Passion Play, which o…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:52AMTristan Bates, London: Building on the fact that Noel Coward, Agatha Christie and Louis Mountbatten separately stayed at the same Devon hotel, Jeremy Kingston imagines them there together, w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:50AMBrian Cox, Dervla Kirwan and Ardal O’Hanlon will star in the Donmar Warehouse’s revival of Conor McPherson’s The Weir. The production, which is directed by Donmar artistic …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:35AMChekhov is amongst that very rare breed of author who is a genius in two distinct forms – the play and the short story. Michael Frayn, not un-incidentally a fine translator of Chekhov, is …
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:34AMMatt Trueman wonders out loud in The Stage this week why so few critics have been published in book form, or anthologised. The answer is twofold: there's no readership, and therefore no prof…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:16AMJoss Whedon and my favorite Shakespeare play? Sigh no more... By Rachel James (Treasurer/Writer) Did anyone else hear the clouds part and the angels sing yesterday as the snow fell? Let me r…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:01AMDon't let Kevin Bridges' TV series What's the Story? put you off: his standup, celebrating the grimness of life, is much funnier Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AM
A Chorus Line – being revived in London – is one of several successful shows that put the focus on theatre itselfReaders and critics are traditionally sniffy about novels about novelists…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30AMArtistic director Daniel Evans has announced further details for 2013, which includes productions of The History Boys, Tim Firth's new musical This is My Family and a major revival of Kay Me…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:29AMI should like to declare a moratorium on all TV dramas concerning the devastating effect the death/disappearance of a young person has upon a small, close-knit and invariably photogenic comm…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:23AMIf only there were more Chekhov! Theatregoers in England, for whom Anton Pavlovich is little short of a god, must have wished this often enough. The handful of great plays come round almost …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:15AM
Of the one-woman-show's star, Holland Taylor: "The physical and spiritual illusion is so masterful that when a huge portrait of the real Richards appears at one point, it feels like a wasted…
SOURCE: Vulture at 01:21AMAt the Broadway premiere of Holland Taylor‘s tour de force performance as Ann Richards in “Ann,” Elaine Stritch confirmed the worst. A New York living legend, Stritch is pa…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:09AMLa Perla Designer on Hot Lingerie Trends
We are behind the scenes at New York Fashion Week in the Big Apple where La Perla is showing off its latest, sexiest lingerie line yet! We catch up w…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMIt’s a fantastic embodiment of a larger than life personality who had some mighty fine things to say, most importantly to have a conscience.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Aardvark Jazz Orchestra turns 40, Mango Blue makes a one-night return, Evan Ziporyn plays Don Byron's new clarinet concerto, drummer Brian Blade arrives with his Fellowship band, and much, m…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:51AMGjenganger deserves praise for the ambitiousness of its undertaking, particularly for a relatively young theatre company. It delves into an array of human conditions in an honest, thought-pr…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:44AMA Chorus Line, the Tony and Pulitzer Prize award-winning musical about Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line opens tonight, March 8, 2013, at Theatre Memphis with a gala ev…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMTonight, March 8, 2013, one of Broadway's favorite leading men, Ryan Silverman, will appear with The New York Pops for Come Fly With Me The Songs of Sammy Cahn. Mr. Silverman has previously …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMEven as his latest book attracts international attention, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright premieres his new play at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. A reporter renowned for his work with Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMEarlier this week, AussieTheatre went inside the Grease audition room to find out more about the search for Australia’s newest T-Birds and Pink Ladies. Over 500 young performers in Melbour…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:15AMFriday March 8, 2013
ATLANTA -- About five years ago, "Fela!" fell into Michelle Williams’ orbit.
SOURCE: The Berkshire Eagle at 12:11AMFriday March 8, 2013
What: "Fela! The Musical." Music by Fela Anikulapo-Kurti.
SOURCE: The Berkshire Eagle at 12:10AMDead Man SingingApproaching a new opera on CDby Gaëtan L. CharleboisI never go to an opera unprepared. I buy a CD, I listen to it over and over again, and study the libretto and the history…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMHome Sweet Homeby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonThere is something about theatre that has always comforted me. I like watching theatre. I have always enjoyed the various jobs I have done r…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AM L. Frank Baum wrote 14 Oz-inspired novels. The classic 1939 film classic, The Wizard of Oz, was only the tip of the iceberg. Director Sam Rami (Spider-Man trilogy) and an assembla…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:01AMIn today's Wall Street Journal I review three shows, the Broadway revival of Cinderella, the off-Broadway premiere of Jesse Eisenberg's...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"A little alarm now and then keeps life from stagnation." Fanny Burney, Camilla...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMThe fall 2012 Hartford Stage troupers of the new musical comedy A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder reunite starting March 8 at The Old Globe in San Diego. Tony Award winner Jeff…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright's new play Fallaci, about the last days of legendary journalist Oriana Fallaci, makes its premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Performances…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIndustry readings of Scary Musical… The Musical! — billed as "The Rocky Horror Show" meets "High School Musical" and "Glee" — are presented M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Urban Stages world premiere of Greg Kalleres' comedy Honky begins previews March 8 Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 86th Street Barnes & Noble hosts the March 8 cast album release event for the new 2012 Broadway cast recording of Roundabout Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of The Myste…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLuck Be a Lady: Megan Hilty Sings Sinatra and More, featuring the "Smash" and Wicked star backed by the New York Pops, is presented March 8 at Carnegie Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1920 Ziegfeld Girls of 1920 enjoys a 78-performance run at the New Amsterdam Roof Theatre. This revue boasts the talents of Fanny Brice, W.C. Fields, and Eddie Cantor.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe legendary music that makes up Broadway's upcoming Motown: The Musical offers audible proof that Berry Gordy's Detroit R&B label is the soundtrack of an American generation. But for Gordy…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:00AM 
