Make peace! Not war! Harmony and understanding! It’s all about flowers and love! It’s a live “be-in” at The Lyric Opera House in Baltimore this weekend as The 2013 National Tour of H…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:38PMGielgud, LondonWell, I didn't believe in it but I was seduced by it. At least for a while. The Audience – the first surefire, unstoppable hit of the year – has been created to disarm all…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMIt's her lack of vanity as much as her ability that makes Helen Mirren such a popular starShe does not believe in God and dyed her hair pink for the Baftas. Uniquely, she's played both Queen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMLinbury Studio theatre, LondonLast month, Cassa Pancho, the founder and director of Ballet Black, went to Buckingham Palace to collect the MBE she'd been awarded in the New Year honours list…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMButetown, Cardiff"People think we're pirates but we're actually poets." Welsh Somalians living in Cardiff's Butetown – the docks area once known as Tiger Bay – wanted to show the truth o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMHampstead, LondonWilliam Boyd is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter. Until now, though, he had never written a play. To get himself started, he decided, as he put it, to "stitch toge…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMOctagon, BoltonWalter Tull (1888-1918) was "the first black outfield footballer to play in the old First Division in England" and, later, a second lieutenant in the Special Reserve of office…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMOctagon, BoltonWalter Tull (1888-1918) was "the first black outfield footballer to play in the old First Division in England" and, later, a second lieutenant in the Special Reserve of office…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMIt's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up. Today's photos feature Andrew Keenan-Bolger's last SIP with the cast of NEWSIES before he m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:04PMTo play one British monarch named Elizabeth may be considered fortunate; to play two looks like calculation. When Helen Mirren followed her portrayal of Elizabeth I in 2005 with Elizabeth II…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
Musical Theatre lovers in the DC area were given a big treat on this past Thursday evening when Elaine Paige made an appearance at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia, as part of her first…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:42PM54 Below welcomes Marilyn Maye in the debut of her new show 'MAYE-DEN Voyage' for a two-week engagement, continuing this weekend and March 12-16, 2013. BroadwayWorld has a preview of her sho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:31PMBroadway and TV veteran Valerie Harper has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. The actress received the tragic news on January 15th and has as little as three months to live. The 73-y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:23PMWhat Time Is It, Mr. Fox? will perform at Dixon Place for a CD release musical circus will include boylseque, animation, trapeze, and videos all illustrating the lyrics a…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:12PMA Slow Journey to Realization: Michael Healey's The Drawer Boy: Michael Healey's The Drawer Boy by the Oberon Theatre Ensemble is the fourth most-produced play in America and up until now ha…
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RECOMMENDED Sherry (Jessica Saxvik), the ninth victim of serial killer The Marrying Man (Robert Montgomery), attempts to distract her assailant with a series of stories that sample numerous …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:26PMThe 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. Check out a photo of cast mem…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMWhat the Body Does Not Remember, essentially the debut work of the choreographer and the company Ultima Vez, established Belgian choreographer Wim Vanderkeybus as a major force when it was f…
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Jeremy Denk at the keyboard - yes, this is a typical pose, and yes, it's a bit much.Yesterday I considered the case of Hilary Hahn, a brilliant violinist who seemed to only find her voice wh…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 04:44PMA Man with his Musicby Jim Murchison@JimMurchison As the play begins we see a very large unfurnished foyer, with a chair and a record player tucked downstage right representing an apartment,…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:29PMIt’s been a long, long time since a locally-produced musical has thrust inside an audience’s collective chest to touch its heart like Actors' Playhouse’s triumphant production of In Th…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:21PMActors’ Playhouse at the Miracle theatre has announced four of the six shows for the 2013-2014 coming season in Coral Gables.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:18PMArlin Dixon, Matthew Gorman (photo by Scott Gorman)Boxed InConfusion mars a potentially thrilling eveningby Stuart Munro@Stuart MunroTOArlin Dixon’s debut play Eirlys & Eckhart purport…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:17PMGAY ABSTRACTION For years, Ken Roht has proved himself to be one of the most inventive theater practitioners in Los Angeles. His avant garde works include the renown 99 Cent Only shows, whic…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:15PMForget, for the moment, all you know about quantum physics. It’s history that matters in Copenhagen, Michael Frayn’s Tony Award-winning, World War II drama. Make that revisionist history…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:03PM
NY1's Frank DiLella recently traveled to check out a new staging of David Henry Hwang's play "Chinglish," as the play is being performed in Asia for the first time.
SOURCE: NY1 at 03:30PMMegan Hilty, the Broadway and television actress-singer whose volcanic voice is one of the primary reasons to watch the NBC musical series "Smash," made her Carnegie Hall debut Mar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PMHaving made a specialty out of playing athletes, Ansa Akyea steps up as barrier-breaking baseball great Jackie Robinson.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:00PMEveryone needs a shoulder to cry on. Or is a stiffer upper lip what's required? When John Major starts blubbing, the Queen resorts to her patent-leather handbag, whisks out a hankie and flut…
SOURCE: The Independent at 03:00PMThere should be no need for a company called Ballet Black, just as there should be no need for all-female political party shortlists. But there is, and for two reasons: to offer a platform f…
SOURCE: The Independent at 03:00PMOpera lovers around the world next week will experience the periodic glories of""Francesca" -- possibly for the first time -- when it is telecast as part of the series "T…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 03:00PM
Parkside Lounge, Pipeline Theatre, Off Off Broadway
By Regina Robbins
BOTTOM LINE: Both clown lovers and clown skeptics will find themselves giggling at this comedy, set in an underw…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:39AMCollege dance concerts are always a fun place for brushing up on modern currents in the art, but spring semester programs are often a pure delight. They represent the culmination of eight mo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:32AMChange is the only constant in life. Just ask Tevye, the philosophical milkman at the center of “Fiddler on the Roof,” that masterpiece of a Broadway musical fast approaching its half-ce…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 11:28AM Tickets are selling FAST for our upcoming performance of MADAMA BUTTERFLY & MISS SAIGON!The performance is TOMORROW, Sunday, March 10th at 4:00pm @ Strathmore! Do…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:19AMInspired by Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun (which coincidentally is running through April 7 at Boston's Huntington Theatre Company), Clybourne Park is Norris' not-so-sunny view of …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:18AMThe View might be fairly close to filling one of its vacant co-host positions. Following the news that both Joy Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck would be departing the long-running ABC daytime…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMToday in 2008, In the Heights opened at the Richard Rogers Theatre, where it ran for 1184 performances. In the Heights is a musical with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by …
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Name: Amy StaatsHometown: Boston MA, but I moved to Charleston, SC when I was 2, and then to Green Bay, WI when I was 4, and the to Sacramento CA when I was 7 so who really knows. Education:…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 10:59AMYou may not like the four Hollywood sleazeballs at the center of David Rabe's play, but the rich, multi-layered (and profane) dialogue makes these characters complex and fascinating.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:58AMA TRUE SPRING FLING Returning to new glory and restoring golden memories after many happy visits to Chicago, Alvin Ailey Dance Theater just unleashed an unprecedented two-week, three-program…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:49AMIt’s that time of week again: time for Washington Blade’s “Best of” nominated cabaret series La-Ti-Do! Guest performers: David Landstrom, Samantha Keogh, Shayna Blas…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:34AMOn March 8, 2013, The New York Pops continued its 30th season with an evening of swinging favorites in Luck Be a Lady Megan Hilty Sings Sinatra and More. Music Director and Conductor Steven …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:25AMThe 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 yester…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMSMILE, AND SMILE, AND BE A VILLAIN Since civilization stopped executing them outright, the notorious have always had the fallback of a second act as freakshow attractions. From 1883 well i…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:00AM
Today is the birthday of the great American actor Edwin Forrest (1806-1872). How amusing to note that his birthday is a just a few days away from that of his arch-nemesis William Macr…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:39AMThe Broadway Blog sent contributor Lindsay B. Davis to Lincoln Center for a Texas treat. Lindsay is an arts/culture journalist, actress, playwright and director. She resides in New York Cit…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:36AMJason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Years has replaced the previously scheduled Crimes of the Heart at Signature Theatre. The production, directed by Washington ’s own Aaron Posne…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AMTo go along with today's extensive InDepth InterView with comedy legend Joan Rivers, enjoy two exclusive clips from tonight's episode of JOAN amp MELISSA JOAN KNOWS BEST on WE TV at 9 PM.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:26AMToday is the birthday of the diminutive silent comedian Bobby Vernon (1897-1939). A second generation actor, he began his career in vaudeville as an understudy to the teamn of Kolb and Dill.…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:18AMLanford Wilson’s Talley’s Folly is a small play in almost
every way. It’s a two-hander and all the
action takes place on a single set, a rundown boathouse near a farm
in Lebanon,…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:18AMToday we are talking to a veritable legend in her own time - arguably the most influential and recognizable female stand-up comedian of all time, the one and only Joan Rivers. Opening up and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #130: Eddie Foy (for more on this major show business figure see my earlier post). In 1964 Bob Hope, who’d played Foy in the classic 1955 fi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:00AM
Was hoping to catch some video of these breakdancers but a second later a cop came in and the kids stopped right away. But I accidentally caught this cool moment. I’ve always wanted to…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:55AMToday is the birthday of Ella Ewing (1872- 1913) A native of Gorin, Missouri, her growth spurt began when she was nine and by the time she stopped growing she was 8′ 4.5″ tall. (…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:49AM By Karen Feld It’s difficult to enjoy a show regardless of the performer at the Cutting Room. Although the club’s new owners have renovated the property, it reminds me of a…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 07:43AMArt vs. commerce. God-given talent vs. time-honed craft. Easy laughs vs. hard tears. Brain vs. libido. This week’s episode of Smash brought several of the stage’s favorite philos…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:34AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 9 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
Gemma Bodinetz, artistic director of Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, tells Natasha Tripney why the city’s cultural heart beats so strongly despite the cuts
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:27AM'The course of true love never did run smooth," Shakespeare wrote in A Midsummer Night's Dream, an "I love you, I hate you, I love you" theme that also runs through nearly eve…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:20AMOh yeah, we're still covering off-off-Broadway -- Trevor deserves a larger venue (and much larger audience) pronto . . . I'm looking at you, Second Stage! And rogerandtom breaks the fourth w…
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 01:11AM“I used to wonder where the stars go, well now I know, so I’ll tell you.” The lyric from “The Stars Fell On California” from Helen Reddy’s 1981 album, Play Me Out was a …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:02AMPeter And Alice | The Long Life & Great Good Fortune Of John Clare | Paper Dolls | Curiosity Shop | Refugee Boy | Heather GardnerPeter And Alice, LondonMichael Grandage's West End season ope…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMJohn Adams has reworked his Passion/oratorio, Peter Sellars staged it and Gustavo Dudamel really brings it to life."The Gospel According to the Other Mary" is now another "Other Mary," the "…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00AM
Tonight, March 9 7 pm, as part of Symphony Space's The Music of Now Series, pianist Anthony de Mare returns to the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre for the second installment of Liaisons Reimagining …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe award-winning New York Theatre Barn is partnering with Brooklyn-based choral ensemble Choral Chameleon to produce the world premiere production of Tamar of the River Oratorio for two nig…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMLongtime 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 12:30AMAn audacious four-hour stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s Oscar-winning feature film – Fanny and Alexander by Stockholm’s Royal Dramatic Theater highlights the Nordic Coo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:28AMCrescent City SaintCharPo sits down with famed Roman Catholic Nun Sister Helen Prejean on the eve of L’Opéra de Montréal’s production of the critically-acclaimed opera Dead Man Walking…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:05AMHow Do You Do That Voodoo That You Do So Well?by Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreHow did you learn that?You know, THAT. That THING that you do on stage, or on the page, in front of the mic, under …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMTHE NEW THEATREby Joel Fishbane@joelfishbaneIn a recent article on Slate.com, tech writer Samuel Abramson reports the following anecdote: His professor read a paper that invalidated what he …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMThe Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights opened on Broadway March 9, 2008, at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. In celebration of the production, Playbill.com takes a look back at In the Hei…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's weekly planner reminds you that Holland Taylor inhabits Ann Richards' Texas… Liza Minnelli celebrates her 67th birthday on stage… Tracie Bennett reunites…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWhen the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe New Group's production of Jonathan Marc Sherman's Clive, about a songwriter living in New York City in the '90s, plays its final performances March 9 at 2 PM and 8 PM at The …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's series features actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they're looking forward to and more. Here, via email, we hear from singing…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOlivier winner Elaine Paige, who played Carlotta in the Tony-nominated Broadway revival of Follies, makes her Town Hall concert debut March 9 at 8 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA long-dormant Long Island movie house reopened March 2 after refurbishment. The Suffolk Theater, built in 1933, will be home to plays, films, concerts, parties and special events. Playbill …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHolly Golightly, American literature's enigmatic party girl of Truman Capote's novella "Breakfast at Tiffany's," comes alive in a new memory-play adaptation by Richard …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOn March 9 at 7 PM pianist Anthony de Mare returns to Symphony Space's Peter Jay Sharp Theatre for the second installment of Liaisons: Reimagining Sondheim from the Piano.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1856 Comedian Eddie Foy is born today. He'll star in vaudeville and on Broadway, notably in Mr. Hamlet of Broadway, The Earl and the Girl and Piff! Paff!! Pouf!!!. His son, Eddie Foy, Jr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's series features actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they're looking forward to and more.
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