With strong performances and an intricately detailed stage setting, it is easy to accept the rather fantastical world that the play inhabits, making it an entertaining show overall, albeit w…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 11:54PMA LESSON IN CHARACTERIZATION Carol Kane’s magnetic performance turns Craig Lucas’s dramatically thin comic thriller The Lying Lesson into compelling entertainment. Ms. Kane plays Bette D…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:52PMTonight on the American Idol the top 10 perform for the judges and America's vote. They sang the songs of past contestants.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30PMKaren Stanion was last seen at Provincetown Theatre in Cape Cod, where she won rave reviews for her “powerhouse” portrayal of Jane in Meryl Cohn’s sold out hit Reasons …
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 11:15PMThe Motor City of the ’60s was famous for three things: cars, Motown and riots. The last two figure prominently in Dominique Morisseau’s endearing new play, “Detroit ’67” — we’…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:12PMThunder, lightning: A star deserves a grand entrance, and Bette Davis gets one in Craig Lucas’ new two-hander, “The Lying Lesson.”
The show zooms off to a dramatic start when an older…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:11PMTruth to tell, “The Lying Game” is an odd duck of a play — and an inedible one at that.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PMAnnie Baker’s up-close portraits of ordinary people have earned her the label of master miniaturist. She remains true to form when it comes to the intimacy in her acutely observed and affe…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM
THE STUDIO THEATRE ANNOUNCES ITS 2013-2014 SEASON AND NEW PLAY COMMISSIONS - British Invasion Festival celebrates UK writers under 40 - Michael Kahn directs at Studio for the first time - …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:49PMAN OPERATIC DEATH IN VENICE A storm blackens the skies, casting a shadow on the land. The citizens and soldiers of Venice sway with anticipation, waiting for their mighty general to triump…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:49PMAussieTheatre spoke with Owain Arthur, the Welsh actor starring in international hit One Man, Two Guvnors. It’s a rare thing for a play to capture the hearts and minds of audiences around …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:09PMCross-Stitch is a Metro Arts initiative aimed at providing opportunity for emerging Artistic Directors to develop their craft, and this year’s art party was curated and hosted by Lisa Fa�…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:07PMThree Blighty hits and a couple of Broadway shows are on the bill for the Ahmanson’s next season.
SOURCE: Variety at 10:01PMThe schedule for the 2013-14 season at the Ahmanson Theatre has been unveiled.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00PMIn “The Lying Lesson,” a new play by Craig Lucas, Bette Davis goes into semi-hiding in a Maine town in 1981 and meets a young woman who may not be as innocent as she seems.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PM"Loosen your seatbelts, it's going to be a dull night," Margo Channing might say as she swills a martini in preparation to see The Lying Lesson at Atlantic Theater Company. For the uninitiat…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMClassic Stage Company presents a freshly conceived staging of Passion, the 1994 Tony-winning musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. Based on the 19th-cen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00PM
The Drilling Company, Off Off Broadway
By Adrienne Urbanski
BOTTOM LINE: This play succeeds in being immensely funny thanks to a gifted cast as well as a clever script.
As a born an…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:57PMThe 2013-2014 Center Theatre GroupAhmanson Theatre season was announced today by CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:50PMWhether it’s an intensifying appetite for novelty, a newfound embrace of boldness — or maybe an increase in spinach consumption — something has gotten into the theater makers who are d…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:48PMNEW YORK (AP) — Sometimes it's better to leave your first childhood crush in the past, or you may spoil lovely memories.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:33PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Sometimes it's better to leave your first childhood crush in the past, or you may spoil lovely memories....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:32PMTony Award winning playwright Richard Greenberg's new play, Breakfast at Tiffany's began previews at the Cort Theatre 138 W 48th Street on March 4, 2013. Directed by Sean Mathias, the show w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:27PMTREASURE ISLAND A NEW MUSICAL set to sail at Arkansas Rep on March 8, 2013. Featuring a book by Brett Smock and Carla Vitale and music and lyrics by Corinne Aquilina, the show is directed a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:25PMPolitical intrigue is the order of business in Long Wharf Theatre's production of Ride the Tiger, by William Mastrosimone, directed by Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:07PMFasten your seat belts: Craig Lucas has written a divertissement. “The Lying Lesson” takes place in an empty house in a remote seaside town in Maine and begins in a booming, crac…
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00PM
According to a Tweet by Variety, NBC is moving Smash to Saturdays at 9 p.m. beginning April 6, from the series' previous slot on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. The network will run the season's remaini…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:55PMPlaybill's weekly recap, with notes and comment, of the latest episode of the NBC musical drama series "Smash," about the dreamers behind Broadway musicals. Here's a look a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:42PM(Photo by Jenny Graham. Pictured: Naomi Wallace. This essay was originally published in the January 2013 issue of AMERICAN THEATRE.) On resistance, hospitality and new writing for the Americ…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 07:29PMThe struggling NBC drama Smash is searching for an audience on a new night. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Broadway-themed show will be “relegated” to the Saturday nigh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:08PMNBC is shifting around some pieces on the schedule board this spring, including the demotion of “Smash” to Saturday as part of the net’s shift to an all-reality Tuesday lin…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:06PMFeaturing New Songs By Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong"Paper Bullets,” the world premiere rock adaptation of “Much Ado About Nothing” featuring new songs by Green Day&…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:06PM
Misunderstood scientist drinks a potion, seemingly “morphs” into raving lunatic, goes on murderous spree, lusts after sexy brothel worker, reverts to his “normal” mild-mannered self,…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:52PM“The (*) Inn” is a century-old tempestuous Yiddish drama that the adventurous Target Margin Theater has revived at the Abrons Arts Center.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:50PMBy Bill Hirschman Another option has emerged for the future of the Coconut Grove Playhouse — a partnership among Miami-Dade County, Florida International University and GableStage to o…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:46PMSet for 2013-14: 'Harmony,' 'The Sunshine Boys,' 'Peter and the Starcatcher,' 'The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess' and the Queen musical 'We Will Rock You.'Fanilows, your wait is finally over. …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:30PM54 Below, a venue dubbed “Broadway’s nightclub” and located near Times Square, is putting its own spin on an “American Idol” and other competition shows. Starti…
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:24PMRandy Danson, who plays the villainous Madame Morrible in Wicked, invites us into her dressing room to see her “groovy lady,” royal pet portraits and a special gift from Tony-win…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:15PMGet a sneak peek at Encores! presentation of the superhero musical It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman. See stars Edward Watts, Jenny Powers and Alli Mauze…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:11PMSilence! The Musical star Sean McDermott shares the inspiration behind the Silence of the Lambs parody Silence! The Musical and why audiences can’t get enough of this outrageous show.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:08PMFor the last three years Phoenix Theatre Ensemble has produced an ongoing series featuring productions of ancient Greek tragedies — one each year — featuring largely the same cast and cr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:06PMTake a trip to the vice principal's office with The North Pool playwright Rajiv Joseph. The mysterious two-person drama, now playing at the Vineyard Theatre, tells the intense story of a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:05PMA world premiere by Edward Albee and the U.S. bow of the new title by Caryl Churchill are among the notable additions to Off Broadway’s 2013-14 lineup. Albee play “Laying an Egg,” set …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:01PMIs Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession about prostitution and hypocrisy, mothers and daughter, or all of the above? It's themes and some personal parallels are revealed by director Robin Larsen …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:00PM
Food For Thought Productions, the award-winning theatre, opens its new season at the Players 16 Gramercy Park South on March 20th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:59PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, March 13, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway RT @BetteMidler: @ILLEATYOULAST is not about …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:59PMEight-time Oscar winner Alan Menken has written songs for some pretty bizarre characters over the years, including singing candlesticks (Beauty and the Beast), crabs and seagulls (The Little…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:56PMThe San Francisco Symphony’s musicians are on strike, leading to the cancellation of Thursday’s scheduled performance of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony and the first in a series o…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:48PMThe cast and creative team met the press earlier today, and BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there to chat with them about the show. Check out what they had to say and catch a performance p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:47PMWhen Bill and Hillary Clinton went to a Broadway show this week, they were part of a star-studded entourage — including actress Meryl Streep.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 05:32PMLES MISERABLES movie musical Breakout star and Broadway regular Aaron Tveit reveals his favorite TV shows, as well as his excitement about his new USA series GRACELAND in a new interview.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:30PMHow can a family redeem itself in the aftermath of a scandal? What does it take to forgive and be forgiven? What is it like to suffer for another’s sins? Those are the timeless themes …
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:29PMIn case you missed the Encores! concert version in 1998 or the 1995 Goodspeed Opera House mounting in Connecticut, Musicals Tonight!’s bare-bones concert presentation delivers a respec…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:22PMSome relics of the past are best left moldering in the attic. Such a dusty curio is “Loud Speaker,” John Howard Lawson’s frantic 1927 burlesque of American politics, presen…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:16PM“The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night-Time,” a play adapted from the novel about a boy who appears to have Asperger’s syndrome, has opened at the Apollo Theater in London.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:15PMStage and screen star Lee Pace reveals his annoyance with facial hair - mutton chops, specifically - as part of his role in Terrence McNally's THE GOLDEN AGE, as well as thoughts on his role…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:14PMPaulo Arrais, Lia Cirio in Wings of Wax. Photos: Rosalie O'Connor"All Kylián," the current offering from Boston Ballet (at the Opera House through this weekend) may not tell the …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 05:11PMA new web series, Dates, Mates amp Clean Slates, features Julie Kotarides A Chorus Line, Surf and Stephanie Gibson Spamalot, The Addams Family, and the upcoming RH's Cinderella.. It's a sket…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:10PMTony Award nominee Douglas Sills, Paul Anthony Stewart and Christina Bennett Lind will star in the Long Wharf Theatre world-premiere production of William Mastrosimone's new politic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:09PMTero Saarinen Company‘s completely sold-out performance for Nordic Cool 2013 at The Kennedy Center was unlike anything I’ve ever seen. With artistic direction, choreography, and …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:04PMBlack theater is my life. I am the managing producer of MPAACT (Ma’at Production Association of Afrikan Centered Theater), a company that solely produces new work by playwrights of the Afr…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PMEpisode Thirty-two: Romeo and Juliet YouTube Fireside Chat Since our February and March… and April newsletters revolve around Romeo and Juliet, we thought it appropriate to do a YouTub…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PM
On this week's super-stuffed episode of The Broadway.com Show, our plucky staff gives you the scoop on Sarah Jessica Parker's theater return, Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:58PMMatt Lauria, who stars as Davis in Really Really, dropped by our studio to answer fans’ questions. Hear the romantic story of how he met his wife at 16, Kevin Spacey’s best caree…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:55PMHot on the red ruby slippers of OZ THE GREAT amp POWERFUL's massive box office haul last weekend - to the tune of 80 million - Disney is moving ahead with a reimagined, 3D, live-action BEAUT…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:49PMIf you live in New York, chances are you have seen signs about teen pregnancy plastered across the city. My (least favorite) features a sad-eyed child next to the copy, “Honestly mom…cha…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 04:48PMChristopher Durang, of all unrepentant scamps, was inducted into the very upright Theater Hall of Fame in January. And now, with a cast including Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce, he h…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 04:45PMAre you Broadway’s biggest fan? Prove it! If you can convince us of your undying love for all things Broadway, we’re sending you to the craziest, silliest and, let’s face i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PM“The Drawer Boy” by Michael Healey looks in on the lives of two aging friends who share a farmhouse in the Canadian countryside, and a stranger who comes to live with them.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:32PMOriginally published on NewYork.com View this story online At these interactive shows, audiences don’t just passively watch—they’re part of the action. Whether it’s diving in…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 04:30PMThe national tour of Wicked will have two new leading ladies running the Emerald City as Jennifer DiNoia and Hayley Podschun take over the roles of Elphaba and Glinda, repectively. The actre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:18PMThree New York high schools are among the groups competing to rebuild and renovate their performing arts facilities as finalists in this year's "Smash" "Make a Musical&quo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:15PMI really, really, really, really liked this play. And it is really, really, really, really L-O-N-G. Because Annie Baker is such a good writer, I am pretty certain that the length of this p…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 04:06PM
With the release of a new digitally remastered Blu-ray Disc and a 40th anniversary to celebrate, the cast of director Bob Fosse's 1972 feature film version of "Cabaret" met the media. Revamp…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:58PMThe company of the second North American tour of WICKED is will welcome Jennifer DiNoia as Elphaba, Hayley Podschun as Glinda and David Nathan Perlow as Fiyero on Wednesday, April 3 in Roche…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:56PMAdding to its previously announced production of Larry Kramer’s “The Normal Heart” starring David Cromer and directed by Nick Bowling, TimeLine Theatre Company has added two more prod…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:47PMFilming on Season Two of NBC's musical dramedy series SMASH wrapped late last week and a group shot of the cast and crew has now been posted online.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:40PMLast week a Bolshoi dancer confessed to ordering a vicious attack on the company's director. His colleagues aren't convinced. Judith Mackrell reports from St Petersburg on the in-fighting an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:30PMLife-size puppet makes you want to feed him a carrot.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:29PMStage and screen star Kristen Bell has agreed to reprise her celebrated role as the titular heroine of the spy-themed VERONICA MARS universe in a new feature film adaptation should the filmm…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:25PMACTING ON THE POLITICAL STAGE “Another play about Chekhov?” I thought as I settled into my seat for Neva, written and directed by Guillermo Calderón. Contemporary theater ofte…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:25PMWriters’ Theatre in Glencoe has announced their 2013-2014 season, including a classic play, two Midwest premieres, an American premiere and a world premiere. From September 3 to November 1…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:24PMAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, John Stamos has signed on for a 'major role' in USA's sports-themed series NECESSARY ROUGHNESS.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PMYou’re invited to take a first look at Truman Capote’s BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S on Broadway! Directed by Sean Mathias, Breakfast at Tiffany’s will officially open on Wednes…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:17PMIt’s impossible not to smile when soaking up the glorious music emanating from a handful of accomplished musicians, playing a mere few feet away. You smile when Phillip Levy on Violin, pla…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:16PMWith the Occupy Movement arising in the wake of the financial crisis, finally calling attention to income disparity and economic inequality, we’ve become familiar with the idea of the …
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 03:07PMRatings of the second season of NBC's "Smash," the Emmy Award-winning musical drama about the creation and inner workings of a Broadway musical, increased following the March 1…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:07PMDeadline reports that Amy Ryan has signed on for Alejandro Gonzalez-Inarritu's upcoming Broadway-themed comedy BIRDMAN.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PM
Arkansas Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Treasure Island — A New Musical. Sole female aboard the ship, Kristy Cates (Wicked on Broadway), takes readers behind the scen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:58PMThe company of the second North American tour of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman's Wicked will welcome Jennifer DiNoia as Elphaba, Hayley Podschun as Glinda and David Nathan Perlow a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:55PMOh what tangled webs we weave when we practice to deceive. Shakespeare may have said it but he never said what would happen if you tried to untangle all those lies. A truly uproarious chaoti…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:49PMThe new Broadway production of ANNIE, the Tony Award®-winning musical, and ELENI’S New York are excited to announce a partnership featuring an exclusive line of Eleni’s playfully unique…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:47PMThe March 13 episode of the ABC sitcom "The Neighbors" — the series about an average human family moving into a New Jersey community populated by quirky aliens — includ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:45PMMaybe I’m just in a cranky mood. Because I’ve seen nearly
two dozen show so far this calendar year and I can count the ones I’ve liked on
one hand, with a few fingers left over.
…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 02:45PMGrowing up in Missouri, the death of a friend inspired Jules Willcox to follow her heart into theater. Now Willcox is playing Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice, who dies and must then choose between an …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:41PM"Catch Me if You Can" arrives at the Pantages without the star energy of its original Broadway leads.
SOURCE: Variety at 02:39PMIt’s been nearly seven years since Rufus Sewell created the role of a Czech grad student in Tom Stoppard’s Rock ‘n’ Roll, a performance that earned him an Olivier Awa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:32PMCory wears a jacket and shirt by Marc Jacobs and pants by Fendi.
"Every suburb in the Midwest looks the same -- when you drive down the main strip, every possible chain is on it and Walmar…
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 02:30PMFINDING YOUR TRIBE Theatre of Identity, aka Social Issues Theatre, is a fascinating phenomenon: this genre promotes a particular people’s cultural identity and invites members of that …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:25PMChiemi Karasawa first encountered Elaine Stritch [editorial note: if you are not familiar with Elaine Stritch, please hit pause on reading this article and watch this, this, and this] when s…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:24PMKate Fry will star as Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" as part of the 2013-14 season at Writers' Theatre Chicago. Kimberly Senior will direct the new production of the famously passionate drama…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:18PMJermyn Street, LondonCan you imagine a serious play about religion enjoying a two-year West End run today? That, however, is what happened to Graham Greene's debut play in 1953. Watching its…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:17PMRatings from last night's episode of SMASH titled 'The Fringe' are currently up 0.93 in 18-49, 2.9 million viewers overall 0.1 of a point or 13 percent versus last week's official-national 0…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:07PMGood news for Smash! The March 12 episode of NBC’s musical dramedy scored a slight ratings bump after posting several weeks of less-than-smashing numbers, reports TVLine.
The episod…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PMI’ve alluded in the past to the swinging ’60s era when Wonder Woman lost her powers and became a karate-chopping adventurer in the mod mode of Emma Peel. But that summary doesn’t even …
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:05PMLet the Battles begin! Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, a new musical inspired by the album from Grammy-winning band The Flaming Lips, could be heading to Broadway, according to The Los Ange…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:01PM
Antonio Pappano claims that 'they are weaker in their bodies or don't care' and are too ready to pull out of productionsYoung opera stars are too ready to pull out of productions because of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55PMFinnish choreographer Tero Saarinen seems obsessed with light and darkness, and it’s no wonder. Helsinki swings between extremes of light, with its midday nightfall in winter and midnight …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:52PMEvernote got hacked last week. To explain: Evernote is an app that lets you capture text and pictures from the internet, organise them into ‘notebooks’ and save these to the clo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:45PMJenna Fischer and Leslie Bibb are among the four-actor cast of the world premiere of the latest play by Neil LaBute, “Reasons to Be Happy.” Both Fischer (“The Office”…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:43PMAccording to TMZ, Ed Asner, who most recently appeard on Broadway in GRACE, was taken to the hospital yesterday in Gary, Indiana during a performance of FDR. The 83-year-old, was 15 minutes …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:40PMThere is a new production unlike anything people have ever quite experienced currently playing at The Barrow Street Theatre in New York. Being profiled in a theatrical exploration for the fi…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 01:38PMFull casting has been announced for Joe Gilford's Finks, a fictionalized account of the life of his parents, actors Jack Gilford and Madeline Lee Gilford, which will begin performances March…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:38PMMCC THEATER Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director has just announced that Leslie Bibb Iron Man, ABC's 'GCB' and Jenna Fischer NBC'…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:35PMUsing the words of real people, this one-woman show illustrates how human activity is damaging the natural world, writes Griselda Murray Brown
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:32PMTony Award winner Idina Menzel will return to Fox's "Glee" this season, reprising her role as Rachel Berry's mother, Shelby Corcoran.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:32PMA heavy-hitting lineup — Amy Ryan, Kate Burton, and Denis O’Hare — will give two performances of “Selected Shorts on Tour: Tales of Springtime, Sex & Baseball’’ June 8 at the Bos…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:31PMSybil Christopher, founder of Bay Street Theatre as well as mother of Kate Burton and former wife of Richard Burton, has passed away at the age of 83 in Manhattan. Christopher was born Sybi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:29PMFor those who may have missed Tony winner Lea Salonga's sold out opening act for this year's Lincoln Center presents 'American Songbook' and her highly praised performance as 'Mother' in the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:27PMTheatregoers attending performances in the West End tonight (13 March 2013) are advised to check with box offices before travelling due to a power cut that has affected shows - including Mat…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:25PMThe Haymarket, Basingstoke: This show, inspired by Lucy Clifford's 1882 story Wooden Tony and based on themes surrounding autism, represents an exciting change of direction for busy Ham…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:24PMAdam MacDonald, a former controller of daytime programming at both ITV and Channel 4, has been appointed as the new director of Sky1. He replaces Stuart Murphy, who has been handed an expand…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:24PMExamining the human mind is one of the most fascinating and complex things, and one that benefits from a creative approach. Dissolve, created by theatre company Awkward City and currently on…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:21PMDeadline reports that Arian Moayed has joined the cast of NBC's upcoming drama pilot BELIEVE from J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuaron. Cuaron and Mark Friedman penned the script for the drama whi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:17PMThe Queen’s Theatre was my first experience of the stage, regularly accompanying my family to the various pantomimes and children’s shows with a great deal of excitement each time I step…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:17PMBette Midler, currently in rehearsals for her return to Broadway in I’LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS, is featured in the latest issue of Vanity Fair, on stands now. Midler, playw…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:14PMVancouver Opera presents Mozart’s opera with Musqueam words, totems regalia and reworked libretto
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 01:14PMLONDON (AP) — The music director of London's Royal Opera House says modern-day singers lack commitment and stamina compared to previous generations of performers.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:13PMAs Leslie Jordan’s latest comedy routine begins, the big question that can seemingly only be answered through one man’s anecdotal reflections is, “Do gay men really become their mother…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:12PMOscar and two-time Tony nominee Amy Ryan is the latest funny celeb to join Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu's Broadway-themed comedy Birdman, according to Deadline.com. Ryan will share the sc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:09PMIt’s not often that I venture into the commercial West End. I prefer to seek solace in London’s diverse ‘Offies’, where you don’t have to remortgage your house in order to pay for …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:08PMRobin Howard Dance Theatre, London: It's been said that greed is the greatest obstacle to success, right after selfishness and fear. Or is it, as Darwinist thinkers suggest, simply …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:04PMThe 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 01:00PM
The Korean theatrical impresario Chunsoo Shin is one of the lead producers behind a plan to bring the sci-fi musical Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots to Broadway, according to a report in the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PMEd Asner, who was seen on Broadway earlier this season in the drama Grace, was hospitalized after becoming ill during a performance of his one-man show, FDR, March 12 in Gary, IN.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57PMThe Royal Ballet’s 2013/14 season will include a new full-length work from artistic associate Christopher Wheeldon, which will be based on Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. It will run …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:55PMNow according to the Evening Standard, John Profumo will only be a small part of the new musical. In fact, the relationship between showgirl Christine Keeler and Profumo will make up only 'a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMSignature Theatre (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) is pleased to announce the seven productions for the 2013-14 Season at the company’s Frank …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:44PMThe Broadway premiere of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's Cinderella opened on Broadway March 3. In celebration of the musical, Playbill.com looks at various performances from …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMThe actress will mark her New York stage debut in the play alongside Leslie Bibb.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:36PMOn Twitter Watch, Holland Taylor wrote ' President and Secretary Clinton pay a visit to see Holland Taylor in ANNPLAY'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:35PMKaren Cartwright, you glamorous minx! First you fight tooth and nail (polish) for the part of Marilyn Monroe, and now you're considering throwing it all away? Things were looking good fo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:34PMHow do you distil the best of the globe's theatre, music and dance into 17 days - before shipping it over to the southern hemisphere?
The Adelaide Festival aimed to answer that conundrum thi…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:33PMPlans to create a modernised £6.5 million theatre in Bognor Regis have been given the go-ahead by a local council committee. Proposals to increase the seating capacity of the Alexandra Thea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:30PMYou can find Alan Bennett two ways on London stages: He’s a character in a double bill starring Alex Jennings (“Hymn” and “Cocktail Sticks”) and the author of “People,” starrin…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:29PMIt doesn't matter if a participatory show has fine ideals or is brilliant behind-the-scenes. What counts is the workI can only ever review what I see. I can't review intent, and I can't revi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:28PMThe 2013-2014 season at TimeLine Theatre is taking shape. As previously announced, its opening production will be a revival of Larry Kramer’s landmark AIDS drama, The Normal Heart,” star…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:24PMAccording to TMZ, Ed Asner, who most recently appeard on Broadway in GRACE, was taken to the hospital yesterday in Gary, Indiana during a performance of FDR. The 83-year-old, was 15 minutes …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PM“Edward Albee’s Laying an Egg,” a new play by the Tony Award-winning writer, will have its world premiere this summer at Signature Theater – one of several productions that the compa…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:20PMSignature Theatre has announced the seven productions for the 2013-14 Season at the company's Frank Gehry-designed Pershing Square Signature Center 480 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:19PMVeteran actor and director Jack Warren has taken the helm of a show he knows inside and out--literally.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:18PMTony Award winner Mary Zimmerman's acclaimed production of Metamorphoses plays DC's Arena Stage 10 years after its Broadway premiere. Cast member Geoff Packard (Candide) shares a recent two…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16PM By Linda Amiel BurnsHost Scott Siegel scores again with The Broadway Musicals of 1961 as part of his Broadway By The Year Series at The Town Hall."The Broadway Musicals of 1961&quo…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:15PMWho'd have thought that a show logo that features a red pickup truck would be so closely associated with one of the greatest American musicals? Not that it doesn't make sense, literall…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:11PMRecently, when friends ask me what collection I am working on and I give my answer — "The Mikhail Baryshnikov Archive" — I've been receiving unexpected reactions. Every…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 12:08PMThe Signature Theatre Company will premiere seven new plays in the 2013-14 season. The shows include Laying an Egg (a world premiere by Edward Albee), August Wilson’s How I Learned Wha…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:02PMThe future of troubled venue Artsdepot has been secured, after it entered into a long-term partnership with dance school London Studio Centre. From September this year, London Studio Centre …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PM
A new musical about a not-so-traditional barbershop quartet penned by the head writer of “The Cosby Show” and the writer of "Freud's Last Session" will open the 2013 season at Goodspeed …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:54AMThis week, Broadway stars are spreading their wings and bringing their unique talents to a city near you! Our Countrywide Guide spotlights Tony nominee Tracie Bennett in L.A., Broadway fave …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:50AMSignature Theatre, the Off-Broadway company known for focusing on one playwright-in-residence per season, as well as works by alumni writers and a unit of new playwrights, will produce an &q…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AMIdina Menzel has more than just a Broadway return up her sleeve; the Tony winner is scheduled to reprise her role as Shelby on an upcoming episode of Glee, The Hollywood Reporter confir…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMNew York Theatre Workshop has announced three of its selections for the company's 2013-2014 season, which will begin with Broadway actor Kyle Riabko (Spring Awakening, Hair) starring in What…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:47AMPolitics and theatre united March 12 at the Vivian Beamont Theater when former U.S. President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AMThe Office alum Jenna Fischer will be in good company when she makes her stage debut in Neil LaBute’s Reasons to Be Happy. The previously announced actress will be joined by screen sta…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:31AMTony nominee Arian Moayed signed a deal to play a hit woman's right-hand-man in the NBC pilot Believe, according to Deadline.com.
Believe is a new drama series from J.J. Abrams and Al…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:25AMName: Andy Nogasky Hometown: Greensburg Pa, a great little city outside of Pittsburgh Education: BA from Bucknell University (Degrees in Theatre, Art & Art History), MFA from Rutgers Uni…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:24AMSignature Theatre Company's 2013-2014 season will consist entirely of New York premieres from playwrights Edward Albee, Martha Clarke, Will Eno, David Henry Hwang, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Re…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:23AMYou’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 11:17AMAlex Hanna, Louisa Krause, Matthew Maher and Aaron Clifton Moten are featured in The Flick, Annie Baker's new Off-Broadway play that reunites her with director Sam Gold. Playwrights Hori…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMThe Resolution: Be it resolved that the Creative Cities theories serve to reinforce dominant class structures. The Context: The emergence of the Creative Economy and Creative Class (vi…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:13AMShould more show creators be contractually obligated to write digital versions of story lines to extend the action?
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:12AMRock of Ages, the worldwide smash hit that features a raucous mix of 28 eyebrow-scorching tunes, is playing at The Venetian Don't miss your chance to party like a rock star with the most bit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMNEW YORK (AP) — The upcoming season at the Signature Theatre will be a fertile one — with new works by David Henry Hwang, Will Eno, Martha Clarke and the much-anticipated world premiere …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:10AMGloria Hope Sher, a Broadway producer who scored a success with the musical Shenandoah, died on March 9 at The Haven in New York. She was 85.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09AMPlaywrights Horizons opened its production of Annie Baker's new play, The Flick, on Tuesday, March 12 with a post-performance celebration at the West Bank Café. Directed by O
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:07AMActor Tony Lo Bianco brings his critically acclaimed one-main show about Fiorello H. La Guardia to New York for a limited engagement.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:05AMWriting comedy is hard, but Monday night, Woolly Mammoth pulled off a smart, funny show to present its 34th season with company member Emily Townley (Tryst, Bright New Boise, House of Gold…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:04AMBroadway’s Best Shows is hunting down the best Broadway-related snaps you created for our newest series: Broadway Photo of the Day! Living in a world in which our daily lives are flood…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:03AMPlaywrights Horizons World Premiere of The Flick, a new play by Obie Award winner Annie Baker Circle Mirror Transformation at PH, The Aliens, her recent adaptation of Uncle Vanya, opened las…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMBette Midler, currently in rehearsals for her return to Broadway in I'LL EAT YOU LAST A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS, is featured in the latest issue of Vanity Fair, on stands now. Check out her sp…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMRemember that time I said we’d have 10 Finalists for the Macbeth Associate Producer Scholarship? Well, because we received an inbox-clogging several hundred applications, I’m mo…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMKerry Ellis and Rory Taylor will star in the upcoming U.K. 20th anniversary concert tour of “Rent.” The tour kicks off April 25 at the Opera House in Manchester, and will continue throug…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 11:00AMSometimes it's fine to be invisible, but it's surprising how much a little bit of lipstick can go a long way to change how people perceive you when you want to be noticedI don't know about y…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00AM
The audience at Ann certainly got their money’s worth on March 12: In addition to enjoying Holland Taylor’s acclaimed performance as former Texas Governor Ann Richards, they coul…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:58AMPlaywrights Horizons World Premiere of The Flick, a new play by Obie Award winner Annie Baker Circle Mirror Transformation at PH, The Aliens, her recent adaptation of Uncle Vanya, opened las…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:57AMNEW YORK — The upcoming season at the Signature Theatre will be a fertile one — with new works by David Henry Hwang, Will Eno, Martha Clarke and the much-anticipated world premiere of E…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:57AMThe Acting Company will present a benefit staged reading of Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman's Stage Door March 18 at 7 PM at the Ailey Studios Joan Weill Center for Dance.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMAs his work has provided inspiration to me before, so is it now; above a montage by Paul Cava, whose work is being celebrated in For Love, an exhibition at the jdc Fine Art gallery this mont…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 10:56AMMany of our favorite Broadway stars are about to head down the yellow brick road...and straight into movie theaters! The 3-D animated musical film Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return (form…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:55AMYoung Vic, London: Fevered Sleep's work defies easy categorisation. The thought-provoking Above Me The Wide Blue Sky, a multi-disciplinary performance that bears witness to the importan…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AMLeicester Square, London: Leslie Jordan became a household name in the UK through his occasional appearances on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace. In 2011, Jordan brought his one-man show, My …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AMKlea Blackhurst, Jessica Grové, Seán Martin Hingston and more star in The York Theatre Company' production of Happy Hunting — part of the Winter 2013 Musicals in Muft…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMWhen the New York-based band Balkan Beat Box, founded by a trio of Israeli ex-patriot musicians, returns to Washington for a one-night stand Tuesday, March 19 at the 9:30 Club, they'll bring…
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 10:46AMJohn Logan's new play I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers will begin previews April 5 prior to an official opening April 24 at the Booth Theatre starring Bette Midler.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMAndrew Lloyd Webber may have another musical in the works with some big names attached Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger have reportedly been at work on a secret project with the composer.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMGet back to work! Three-time Tony nominee Alfred Molina is in talks to star as a domineering boss in the new comedy pilot Assistance, based on Leslye Headland’s off-Broadway play of th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:35AMLast autumn, the Barbican played host to Mademoiselle Julie, a French production of Strindberg's 1888 classic that turned the play into a chicly timeless existential conflict.
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:34AMNEW YORK - What would happen if a pretty, educated, secular journalist experiences a horrible breakup, finds herself broke and ends up living with a jujitsu-practicing atheist rabbi in a cha…
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 10:32AMJenna Fischer, best known for playing the role of Pam for nine seasons of NBC's The Office, is set to make her professional stage debut in MCC Theater's production as of Neil LaBute's Reason…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:31AMActors employed on a touring musical are owed thousands of pounds and fear they will not receive full payment after it emerged the show’s producers have a history of not paying performers …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:30AMThis week's retro Wednesday post is all about helping people at events. Enjoy. Excelsior! January 12, 2009 Be a lifeguard not a shark Come on. Admit it. At one point in your life, you probab…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMA powerhouse. Packs a punch. Profound. These are some of the words used to describe Jason Robert Brown's musical tour de force, The Last Five Years. Jamie and Cathy both si…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 10:25AMEmmy Award-nominated "The Office" star Jenna Fischer, Josh Hamilton, Leslie Bibb and Fred Weller will be part of the world premiere of Neil LaBute's Reasons to Be Happy Of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMDana Steingold, who received a Connecticut Critics Circle Award for her performance as Little Red Ridinghood in Westport Country Playhouse ’s “Into the Woods,” will be in…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:23AMIt’s great to have Courtney B. Vance back on Broadway in the starry ensemble of Nora Ephron’s Lucky Guy. Vance received Tony nominations for his first two Main Stem performances,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:22AMNEW YORK — The Juilliard School in New York City has received a $10 million gift that will endow its new four-year graduate program in drama.The donation will support instructional costs a…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:22AMDespite rave reviews for its leading lady, Tony winner and Olivier nominee Betty Buckley, The Charing Cross Theatre production of Jerry Herman's Dear World will end its run March 16 rath…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AMLONDON (Reuters) - One of the world's leading opera conductors, Antonio Pappano, on Wednesday criticized singers for pulling out of productions too easily, saying at times this was due to il…
SOURCE: Reuters at 10:19AMAloha! Here we are with this week’s Vaudephone! And a worthy one it is, containing as it does the great Lady Aye (for more info on this interesting performer go here). Please note the …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:16AMBroadwayWorld 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 10:13AMNEW YORK—The upcoming season at the Signature Theatre will be a fertile one—with new works by David Henry Hwang, Will Eno, Martha Clarke and the much-anticipated world premiere o…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 10:08AMNEW YORK (AP) -- The upcoming season at the Signature Theatre will be a fertile one - with new works by David Henry Hwang, Will Eno, Martha Clarke and the much-anticipated world premiere…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:07AMThe “Made Here” project includes Web video intended to inform and inspire performing artists in New York City.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:02AMBette’s back on the boards, in the new one woman show I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers. Bette Midler, a fabulous one-of-a-kind herself, will transform into anothe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:02AMJust keep showing up. That’s the advice I’d get over & over from teachers & colleagues when I started to pursue an acting career after college. And so I did. Then, several years …
SOURCE: StageSource at 10:00AMStarting tonight, Walker Jones will join the cast of the second North American tour of “Wicked” as the Wizard. Jones will make his debut when the musical opens at the Ovens Auditorium in…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net 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 10:00AMIndependent producers Jiles King, Jonathan McCrory, and Anthony McDonald met with Broadway producer Ron Simons, to talk about black theater on Broadway. Anthony McDonald: What is your defini…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:00AM
TweetI was looking for another version of Brotherhood of Men from How to Succeed in Business Without Even Trying when I came across a super bowl ad where CBS did a parody of the showtune and…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 09:57AMFiled under: Contemporary Variety, PLUGS Tagged: Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, Slipper Room
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:51AMComposer-lyricist Scott Alan and singing actress Caissie Levy (Ghost, Hair) will join forces for two concerts next month at The Cabaret at the Columbia Club in Indianapolis.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMRiverside Theatre will conclude its current season with the audience-friendly musical comedy Grease, which will run April 11-May 4 in Vero Beach, FL, on the Stark Stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:34AMJames Levine, returning as the Met's music director after an extended absence due to health issues, will conduct Verdi's "Falstaff" and Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte."
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:30AMThe theater producer has profited from the growing popularity of American-style musicals in Korea and hopes to become a major Broadway player.His offices in Seoul are nearly 7,000 miles from…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:30AMThe West End's Shaftesbury Theatre is to undergo a major redevelopment, with planning permission granted for a new flytower to be installed at the Grade II listed theatre, and extra dres…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:20AMApollo, LondonSimon Stephens' clever adaptation of Mark Haddon's bestselling novel about a teenage boy with Asperger's syndrome is like a cute dog that leaps up and wants to lick you all ove…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:17AMApollo, London Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:17AM3rd episode of my web series Compulsive Love is here! Watch it and previous episodes on Koldcast or Blip or Daily Motion or Boomtrain or&nb…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:15AMThe Juilliard School in New York City has received a $10 million gift that will endow its new four-year graduate program in drama.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 09:06AMNBC Announcer: “And next week, the twist that no one. Saw. Coming.” I hope you’re not referring to Karen quitting Bombshell for Hit List and Ivy rejoining as Marilyn, NBC A…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:00AM
"I'm on the left; Matt Steiner is on the right."
Stan Richardson
Hometown: St. Louis, MOCurrent Town: NYC Q: Tell me about the new Representatives show.
A: O H…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 08:49AMActress Anna Deavere Smith led a reading of Janet Langhart Cohen’s play “Anne & Emmett,” an imaginary conversation between Anne Frank and Emmett Till, at a private event in New York on…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 08:42AMNEW YORK—The Juilliard School in New York City has received a $10 million gift that will endow its new four-year graduate program in drama.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:42AMGoodspeed's 2013 Norma Terris Theatre Season will feature three musicals a not-so-traditional barbershop quartet entertains in The Fabulous Lipitones a marvelous summer musical yet to be an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:41AMMark Arends' multimedia show for young people Something Very Far Away::E8831339068261 is returning to the Unicorn Theatre in May following a UK tour.
The show, which premiered at the Unicor…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:40AMCraig Lucas’ The Lying Lesson, starring Emmy winner Carol Kane and up-and-coming actress Mickey Sumner, officially opens at the Atlantic Theater Company Mainstage on March 13. Dir…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:38AMKerry Ellis (the first British Elphaba in Wicked who later reprised the role on Broadway) and Rory Taylor (runner-up in ITV's "Superstar!" contest to find the lead for last yea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:25AMKerry Ellis (the first British Elphaba in Wicked who later reprised the role on Broadway) and Rory Taylor (runner-up in ITV's "Superstar!" contest to find the lead for last yea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:25AMGuest contributor Scott Redman has musical theater flashbacks as he reviews the CD release of “Bombshell,” the show within the show from NBC’s Smash. He also gives us a sne…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:24AMCopyright, union restrictions and creative license concerns are just a few of the hurdles brands face when thinking of ways to extend storylines or showcase behind-the-scenes activities thro…
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 08:22AMThe long-running campaign to overhaul the way in which child performers are licensed has suffered a huge setback after the government dumped plans to streamline legislation. Current child li…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:21AMRaymond Cusick worked first as a scenic artist and then as a scenic designer for the Peter Haddon Company while they performed weekly repertory at Wimbledon theatre, south-west London, from …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:17AM By Karen Feld Pop culture critic Scott Siegel opened the time capsule last evening at The Town Hall in another of his on-going Broadway By The Year productions. This tim…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 08:07AMIt really says something about a play when, of two characters - a woman who talks a lot and a skinny dog who sleeps a lot - we identify more readily with the dog. What it says, I'm not quite…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:05AMIt used to be that when a Broadway show booked an out-of-town tryout, it actually went out of town. Not anymore. The world premiere of Rialto-targeted musical “Honeymoon in Vegas” premie…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 13 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMBack 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 'caps here or on…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 08:00AM
The Theatre Lab Open House March 23, 2013 10 am – 12 pm 733 8th Street NW It’s Free!! Join us for a free Open House on March 23, 2013 from 10 am – 12 pm at TheTheatre Lab - 733 …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:52AMThe funny farm meets the loony bin in the zany production of Deranged Durang. Presented at The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Washington, DC; in conjunction with Lala Theatre, thi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:43AMAward-winning puppet musical Avenue Q is returning to the capital in May with a new revival at fringe venue Upstairs at the Gatehouse.The adult Sesame Street-style show, written by Robert Lo…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:40AMAnnie Baker, whose other plays have also been lauded for their informally structured, protracted naturalistic style, may be demanding a lot, especially from one segment of the audience, with…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:31AMSellout show transfers to New York Theater Workshop, marking another coup for the Royal CourtCaryl Churchill's Love and Information is to receive its New York premiere early next year.The pl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:27AMToday is the birthday of Lightning Slim (1913-1974). While cited by many critics as one of the top bluesmen of all time, he has not fared well in the public’s memory, possibly due to t…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:25AMWritten by Paulanne Simmons Tovah Felshuh, an award-winning actress noted for her performances on-Broadway, off-Broadway and on tour, is nevertheless no stranger to Baruch Performing …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 07:13AMMarlon Brando didn't show up to collect his second Best Actor Oscar in 1972 for "The Godfather," sending an actress in his stead to decline as a protest to Hollywood's port…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:03AMSid Owen has pulled out of new musical Carnaby Street and will be replaced by Aaron Sidwell. Writer and producer Carl Leighton-Pope said he was “disappointed that Sid has decided to remain…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:02AM
Today is the birthday of the late Igor Kio (1944-2006), an internationally famous magician with the Russian circus association. A second generation illusionist ( his father was the famous Em…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:47AMThe Traverse Theatre’s co-production of The Salon Project forms part of the 2013 line-up for video on demand site Hibrow. Hibrow was launched online last year and is the brainchild of film…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMJoanna Murry-Smith is set to return to Sydney Theatre Company this season with a brand new play directed by Andrew Upton. Commissioned by STC, Fury runs from their Wharf 1 theatre space. The…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:42AMThe Bussey Building, London: Edinburgh Fringe award-winning comic Adam Riches sold out a five-week run at Soho Theatre last year. So it must make a change to be performing to crowds of about…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMNew Wimbledon, London: After a healthy run in the West End, Broadway and, of course, its original run in Australia, the ultimate road-musical is finally taking a tour of the UK. Based on the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMThe initial production two years ago of Brothers Beckett, an insider’s reportage on Millennial angst, was not an artist’s sketch at the Alliance Theatre Lab. But its current revival feel…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:24AMApollo, London: Luke Treadaway, twists, cries, writhes, fiddles nervously, howls and moves with astonishing fluidity especially in the surreal dream sequences when he is bodily threaded over…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:23AM
In Annie Baker’s “The Flick,” which takes place in the run-down movie theater of the same name, two employees start arguing as they sweep the aisles. Avery declares that there hasn’t…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:47AMSince it's troubled beginnings, *Aspects of Love* has suffered from melodramatic overkill. But as witnessed, if there’s any theater that can make silk from a sow’s ear, it’s Theo Ubiq…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:40AMTonight Craig Lucas’s “Lying Lessons” opens off Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company on West 20th St.– and Bette Davis is back. In this play, it’s the early…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:32AMAs loyal readers of this column know — hi, Mom! hi, Dad! — I’ve taken to dispensing advice about how to improve the new crop of Broadway shows.
And the results, I must say, have been p…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:18AM(photo credit: Lisa Cuscuna)Beyond Wiki and to The ClubDiva Patricia Racette reinventsby Shannon ChristySoprano Patricia Racette has appeared in the most acclaimed opera houses of the world …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMA lovingly shot promo video for Vancouver Opera's revival of The Magic Flute.
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMThe fall 2012 Hartford Stage troupers of the new musical comedy A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder are reunited at The Old Globe in San Diego for the next leg of the praised sho…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLiza Minnelli, who won an Academy Award for her performance as Sally Bowles in the film version of Cabaret, and Alan Cumming, who won a Tony for his work as the Emcee in the Broadway revival…
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 12:00AMThe premiere production of Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright's new play Fallaci, about the last days of legendary journalist Oriana Fallaci, opens March 13, following previews that b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe company of the second North American tour of Wicked welcomes Walker Jones as the Wizard March 13, when the musical opens in Charlotte, NC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1928 It's one for all, and all for almost 10 months of The Three Musketeers. William Anthony McGuire stages his book based on the Alexandre Dumas novel. P.G. Wodehouse and Clifford Grey …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Flick is the newest play by Annie Baker, whose frequent collaborator, Sam Gold, directs the production now running at Playwrights Horizons. Baker and Gold have worked together on her pre…
SOURCE: WQXR at 12:00AMWalking into Bohemian Coffee House on North Charles Street, one may recognize a few faces from around Station North
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMCrisco is somewhere between seductive and revolting. Oozing and plopping to the floor, it is vaguely sexual but almost totally artificial in all its partially hydrogenated glory. It is a mix…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Tuesday, March 12, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMThe Fabulous Lipitones, a new musical comedy about a not-so-traditional barber shop quartet, will be one of three shows in Goodspeed Musicals' 2013 season at the Norma Terris Theatre, th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLaoisa Sexton's For Love, about the sexual adventures of three women in modern-day central Dublin, begins performances March 13 as part of the Irish Repertory Theatre's season in its…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMickey Sumner and Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Carol Kane star in the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony nominee Craig Lucas' "comic thriller,"&n…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNeil LaBute's new play, The Money Shot, billed as "an old-fashioned comedy about real family values, L.A.-style," gets a private Manhattan reading on March 13. Terry Kinne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMother of Invention, which is under the artistic direction of Gina Stahlnecker, presents Look Homeward, Angel — Ketti Frings' acclaimed 1957 play based on Thomas Wolfe's first …
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