Nova Y. Payton appeared on the Washington area theater scene in her Helen Hayes Award-winning turn as Motormouth Mabel in Hairspray at Signature Theatre. Since then she has appeared in three…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:51PMAccording to the Daily Mail, Tony-winner Donna McKechnie will bring her show Same Place Another Time, to the The Crazy Coqs cabaret at the Brasserie Zedel at Piccadilly, April 2-6, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:44PMAfter a sold out run off-Broadway last fall, Christopher Durang's new comedy, "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" has opened on Broadway.
SOURCE: NY1 at 11:41PM Written by Paulanne Simmons Barb Jungr, a British singing sensation who frequently tours the U.S. made a one night stop on March 13 at Birdland (315 W 44 Street), where she san…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:19PMChurning Chekhov into modern-day chuckles is the essence of Christopher Durang’s slight and happy diversion, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.”
Seen Off-Broadway at Lincol…
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According to the Daily Mail, Max Irons, Sam Claflin, Douglas Booth and Robert Pattinson are in negotiations to appear in the film version of Laura Wade's play Posh for Blueprint Pictures. Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52PMI've mentioned before the League of Independent Theater Meet the Candidates 2013 event which brought together 20-odd candidates to debate areas of arts policy as pertains to a specific …
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 10:46PMAccording to the Daily Mail, Harry Hill and Steve Brown's 16 million dollar new musical X Factor -- It's Time To Face The Musical has been given the go-ahead by Stage Entertainment and Simon…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:39PMAsk people what super power they could have and flying wins out just about every time. Well, you don't have to be super human to soar, as NY1's Stephanie Simon found out visiting the set of …
SOURCE: NY1 at 10:21PMKritzerland has announced a new limited edition cast album, the first-ever CD release for A TIME FOR SINGING, Original Broadway Cast Recording, with Music by John Morris and Lyrics by Gerald…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13PM2013's Broadway drama continues to unfold surrounding the musical REBECCA. According to The New York Times, the publicist who formerly represented REBECCA, Marc Thibodeau, has asked the Stat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:05PMChristopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike opens tonight, March 14, at Broadway's Golden Theatre, on the heels of its sold-out premiere at Lincoln Center. Directed by Nicholas …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01PMChristopher Durang’s play “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” opened March 14 at Broadway’s John Golden Theater following an Off Broadway run at Lincoln Center Theater, where the s…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMChristopher Durang’s “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” a comedy starring David Hyde Pierce and Sigourney Weaver, opened Thursday on Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PM"I am a wild turkey," says Kristine Nielsen's Sonia with wretched despair, but you can't immediately tell who gets the Chekhovian in-joke in Christopher Durang's wonderful new comedy, Vanya …
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X Factor — It’s Time To Face The Musical!, created by Harry Hill and Steve Brown, has been given the go-ahead by joint producers Stage Entertainment and Simon Cowell’s comp…
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 08:59PMPitched as Oscar Wilde’s most famous play, and one of the most popular romantic comedies in the English language, The Importance of Being Ernest proves itself to be all that and so much mo…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:50PMDunstan theatre, AdelaideHaving played recently in London, where it got the garlic and crucifix treatment by the critics, Nosferatu has chased the sun to the Adelaide festival. This version,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:44PMSigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce and Kristine Nielsen star as dysfunctional and hilarious siblings in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Find out if this trio won over our Word of Mouth…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:30PMAfter the former publicist for the troubled musical seeks dismissal of a lawsuit against him, the producers respond with details of phony emails sent to warn a potential investor.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:18PMThis week, our critics enjoyed composer and musical director Gregory Nabours' 90-minute musical The Trouble With Words (Coeurage Theatre Company at the Unknown Theatre) as well as a quartet …
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 08:11PMIn the new musical "Hands on a Hardbody," cast members must keep one hand on a pickup truck during almost the entire performance.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 08:10PMDisaffection is rarely as affecting, or as funny, as it is in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:01PM“If everyone took antidepressants, Chekhov would have had nothing to write about,” Sonia tells her brother Vanya in Christopher Durang’s hilarious yet improbably moving play, now bumpe…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:00PMThe spicy, meaty sub is a standout on LeGrand's massive menu.
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Clown Bar Extended!
We completely sold out (like SOLD OUT sold out) our current run but luckily we figured out a way to extend. Clown Bar will now run until April 12. Three …
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 07:49PMThe company of RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA will enter the studio on March 18 to preserve the Original Broadway Cast Recording for Ghostlight Records.
SOURCE: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 07:38PMFRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLARE DE LUNE (SIDEWALK STUDIO THEATRE): 100% – SWEET SWEET Both actors are in tune with the play, really working most successfully in the second act. Michael She…
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:18PMThe British are coming in the next Ahmanson season, but so is Porgy and Bess...Matthew Arkin of SCR's The Whale offers his tips for gaining hundreds of pounds...Dany Delany in The Parisian W…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:12PMBroadwayWorld's Randy Rainbow was there for the special event and he takes you inside with performers Jeremy Jordan, Jonathan Groff and more. Check it out below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00PMIt has taken 30 producers to bring Christopher Durang’s six-character, one-set comedy “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” to the Great White Way, and all I can say is God…
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CATCH ME IF YOU CAN – “Montage” (March 2013 – Pantages Theatre) Based on the hit DreamWorks film and the incredible true story that inspired it, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN i…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:55PM Reviewed by Susan Hasho There are different kinds of dynamite cabaret performances—Janet Planet’s is a quiet, stealth firework. Her self-possession and humor and mus…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 06:49PMTony and Emmy Award winner Leslie Uggams will present a special performance of her acclaimed one-woman musical autobiography Uptown Downtown at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem on Monday, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45PMFrom Hobart to Launceston, Queenstown to Swansea, Tasmania’s International Arts Festival, Ten Days on the Island, truly is a unique celebration of creativity and community. Bethany Simons …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:42PMTender compassion and wicked wit come to CENTERSTAGE as the world premier of Marisa Wegrzyn’s Mud Blue Sky rounds out the remainder of their 50th Anniversary Season. In this funny new pl…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:32PMPaige is a lovely delightful, vibrant and superb cabaret performer. Her connection with the audience is strong and genuine.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:28PMTo commemorate its sesquicentennial, BAM Brooklyn Academy of Music commissioned BAM150, a feature length documentary conceived by award-winning director Michael Sladek that weaves together t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PMTweet(This is another guest post by Ryan and is his own personal opinions. Not the opinions of BroadwayReviewed.com). This is by far the funniest parody I have seen! Disney has a habit of su…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 06:10PMAngela Lansbury stopped by Bish's Biz to chat about the production and you can check out what she had to say below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:09PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, March 14, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway RT @jeremyshamos: Starting tech today w/ @Jud…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:08PMNEW YORK (AP) — To get his latest gig, Phish founder Trey Anastasio successfully wooed Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright over a plate of enchiladas.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:08PMGo behind the scenes with Hands on a Hardbody star Keith Carradine, who stars as contestant JD Drew in the high-stakes new musical. Hear the true story behind the intense endurance contest, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:02PMOur staff picks the best things to do for the week ahead.
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Heralded playwright Horton Foote, born March 14, 1916 would be 97 years old today. His play The Trip to Bountiful starts previews on Broadway March 30, 2013 and official opens April 23, 2013…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:56PMHugh Dancy is a serial killer-hunting badass in NBC’s new TV thriller Hannibal. The Broadway vet stars as an FBI agent taking on the infamous criminal mastermind. The newly released tr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:53PMGAME OF THRONES Breakout star Emilia Clarke discusses her role in the new Broadway adaptation of Truman Capote's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S as well as her role as dragon queen in the HBO fantasy…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:50PMGhostlight Records has announced that the company of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella will enter the recording studio this coming Monday, March 18, to record the Original Broadwa…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:45PMSmash darling Megan Hilty dropped by VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live to dish about her recent sold-out Carnegie Hall concert, her debut solo album It Happens All The Time and, of course, h…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:43PMAlex Wyse Bare, Triassic Parq, Lysistrata Jones performed 'The Man That Got Away' from A STAR IS BORN at Broadway Sessions on January 24th, 2013. Watch him sing below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:42PMIn this jam-packed episode of The Princess Diary, Cinderella star Laura Osnes offers an exclusive interview with Santino Fontana’s pet fish, a look at backstage planking, Ann Harada…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:42PMGreg Kalleres, whose play “Honky” opens at Urban Stages on Thursday, wonders what word best pushes white people’s buttons.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:40PMA legend and her charming squire: that would describe Liza Minnelli and Alan Cumming on Wednesday evening at Town Hall.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:39PMThe trailer for the new agriculturally-inclined new 3D animated feature film Epic has been released, featuring The Voice talents of LES MISERABLES star Amanda Seyfried, as well as recent two…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:37PMMekhaye, in Yiddish, means something that gives zest to life, a very great pleasure, and Paramount Theatre's production of Fiddler on the Roof qualifies on all counts.
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:33PMThis is a middling play -- if you see it you’re not sorry but you don’t need to see it. Gurney is very talented at engaging the viewer with recognizable character types involved in conte…
SOURCE: Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 05:30PMPowerful puppets tell a powerful story in "War Horse."
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:30PMFrom the songwriters of Bye Bye Birdie, It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman, a satiric musical look at the DC Comics hero, ran for 129 performances on Broadway in 1966. City Center …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:29PMHow do we define ourselves – by inclusion or exclusion? By what we have an affinity for or by what we have an aversion to. I have to admit that I am one of those people who can identify …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 05:27PMA week has been added to the run The Flick, Annie Baker's study of boredom, yearning and dysfunction in a crew of New England movie-house workers, now playing to April 7 at Off-Broadway&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:21PMStage and screen star Dallas Roberts makes a memorable appearance in this Sunday's highly-anticipated new episode of the mega-hit AMC horror series THE WALKING DEAD, a new clip reveals.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:20PMBrenda Didier, who last fall directed and choreographed a smash hit production of “Smokey Joe’s Cafe — The Songs of Leiber and Stoller” at the Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre storefront,…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:16PMThe musical’s touring production travels with more than 500 flashy ensembles created by the same designers who won an Oscar for the 1994 movie. “The costumes really are their own charact…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:14PMYesterday, it was reported that screen and stage star Kristen Bell would be re-teaming with VERONICA MARS creator Rob Thomas in pursuing a feature film adaptation of the quirky Cult action s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:05PMOn April 5, singing-dancing-comedienne-actress Bette Midler will make her highly anticipated return to Broadway in the one-woman show, I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers, starring as…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:05PMBroadway.com took a trip to New 42nd Street Studios on March 14 to meet the gifted team behind the world premiere of Colm Tóibín's religious drama The Testament of Mary. To…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:01PM“If you know the beginning well, the end will not trouble you” —African Proverb To write about the vitality and agency of the state of black theater is quite a task because I find no u…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PMI taught week-long playwriting workshop at a school last month and at the end one of the teachers asked if I wanted the students to fill out a feedback form. The end of an intense week is no…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PM
“Grey Gardens” the musical, based on the true story of the mother-daughter Beales, starts previews at ACT Theatre on March 15, 2013.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 04:59PMSummertime Entertainment has signed a distribution deal with Clarius Entertainment for the 3-D animated musical film "Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return" — the feature …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:56PMDid you spend the day eating boring foods that do not have delectable names like "key lime" and "coconut cream" and, um, "chicken pot"? If you did, don't worry. You did not miss the entiret…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:56PMSome things are absurd. I am frequently accused of misogyny; what nonsense! For me, there is nothing more beautiful in the world, and thus more sacred, than a beautiful woman. True, this exc…
SOURCE: John Simon at 04:54PM::STOP PRESS:: Company has been extended thru Sunday April 28, 2013, at 3pm. Previously reviewed: Hello readers! Last week my theater review for the LA Weekly was of Stephen Sondheim’s…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:51PMI was watching SMASH last week as any theater person who cares about our industry(and NBC’s attempt to put us in the spotlight) should. Although SMASH sometimes takes liberties with the r…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 04:49PMGreen Day front-man Billie Joe Armstrong will write original music for Rolin Jones' new contemporary adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing, titled These Paper Bullets, which will debut at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:45PMDress Circle Publishing DCP - the premiere publisher of theater-themed novels - held a launch party for Broadway producer Ruby Preston's newest novel STAGED on March 12 at historic theater r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:39PMTituss Burgess, Corey Cott, Rebecca Naomi Jones and Caissie Levy are among the performers who will take part in Broadway Sings Stevie Wonder, featuring new arrangements of songs from Grammy …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:33PMBroadway regulars Raul Esparza and Hugh Dancy appear prominently in the new trailer just released for NBC's upcoming thriller series HANNIBAL, based on the novels of Thomas Harris.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:32PMThe children’s book series Bunnicula has been given a delicious new musical adaptation at the DR2 Theatre. Star Prescott Seymour gives us the dish on this funny, frightening and family…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:26PMJOE'S PUB AT THE PUBLIC welcomes SMASH star MEGAN HILTY on April 23 for two sets at 730 PM amp 930 PM to celebrate the debut album IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME PortraitSony MasterworksColumbia Re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:26PMTony Award nominee and four-time Olivier Award-winning actress Fiona Shaw will star in the Broadway world-premiere stage adaptation of Colm Tóibín's recent novella The Test…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:26PMThe new Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella will have its magic preserved with a cast recording. On March 18, the original Broadway cast will enter the studio to crea…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:26PMTony Award nominee and four-time Olivier Award-winning actress Fiona Shaw will star in the Broadway world-premiere stage adaptation of Colm Tóibín's recent novella The Test…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:26PMHunter Foster, Keith Carradine, Allison Case and the talented cast of Hands on a Hardbody are vying for the piece of the American dream: a fully loaded red pickup truck! Directed by Neil Pep…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PMAccording to the New York Times, Broadway veteran and Green Day member Billie Joe Armstrong is set to write songs for 'These Paper Bullets' at Yale Repertory Theater. The show, which is a ro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:19PMAmerican Idiot fans, book your tickets to Connecticut! Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong will compose new songs for the world premiere of These Paper Bullets, a play by Rolin Jones (Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:18PMThere’s no name more synonymous with window shopping on Fifth Avenue than Holly Golightly, the goodtime girl at the center of Truman Capote’s classic novella-turned-movie Breakfa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:10PM"Smash" star Megan Hilty will celebrate the recent release of her debut album, "It Happens All the Time," with concerts April 23 at 7:30 PM and 9:30 PM at Joe's Pub.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:06PMIrish novelist Colm Tóibín is no shrinking violet. On a dinner-date in Dublin, the author pitched a new play he was writing to two longtime-collaborators, the actress Fiona Shaw and the di…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:04PMThe company of RODGERS HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA will enter the studio on March 18 to preserve the Original Broadway Cast Recording for Ghostlight Records. The Broadway premiere of the belov…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMArtistic Director George Mount announced the two comedic and two dramatic plays that will make up the Seattle Shakespeare Company's 2013/14 season.
Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing will…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:03PMTony Award nominee Colman Domingo's Wild With Happy will be presented as part of the 2013-14 Baltimore Centerstage season, which will also include Marcus Gardley's dance of the holy …
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Apparently, Sleeping Beauty is all about vampires. Tony Award-winning British auteur choreographer Matthew Bourne (Edward Scissorhands) has reimagined the Tchaikovsky ballet based on Charles…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:41PMA night spent at a honkytonk bar, listening to a has-been country singer hardly sounds like a meta outing.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:40PMAcademy Award-winning composer Alan Menken wrote original songs for last night's episode of the ABC comedy THE NEIGHBORS. In the episode titled 'Sing Like a Larry Bird', after seeing a Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:39PMThe director of “Ann” reveals his staging secrets Phone calls are not inherently interesting on stage, especially when we only see one person talking. If the writing and acting a…
SOURCE: TDF at 03:35PMIt's a comment on the reality of 21st century theater that Ketti Frings' Look Homeward, Angel, her Pulitzer Prize-winning 1957 stage adaptation of Thomas Wolfe's beloved autobiographical nov…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:35PMHere’s a great Video of the Week. It’s Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins singing the Kina song “Girl From the Gutter.” Her intro to the song is pretty amazing. Enjoy!
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:21PMAN AMERICAN STORY for ACTOR AND ORCHESTRA, will feature a post-show talk-back discussion with creator, composer and star Hershey Felder and Dr. Daniel W. Stowell, Director and Editor of The…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:15PM An expanded live music component with concerts by Lydia Loveless, Corey Harris, Pontiak and a Funk Rock Soul triple bill with the funky METERS, Greyboy Allstars and JC Brooks &…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:13PMRenowned conductor and arranger John Wilson and his The John Wilson Orchestra will release their second album, Rodgers
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:13PMPenumbra’s first show in its home space in more than a year celebrates survival with style.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:10PMWeinstein Gallery showcases a retrospective of classic photojournalism by W. Eugene Smith.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:09PMMarty DeRosa Talk Hard, Chicago’s hit late-night, uncensored talk show is proud to welcome Marty DeRosa, the host of the popular podcast Wrestling With Depression, to The ComedySport…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:01PMRECOMMENDED The early works of Andrew Lloyd Webber incorporated rock and pop idioms into the Broadway musical that, taken with the punchy lyrics of his early partner Tim Rice and a through-c…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:00PMKate Hodge and David Andrew MacDonald will co-star in the Cleveland Play House production of David Lindsay-Abaire's Tony Award-nominated drama Good People, which will begin performances …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM
SILENCE! The Musical is adding Sunday performances beginning this weekend, kicking off its new Spring schedule. Following the announcement that SILENCE! would be ending its long run at the e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMPrepare ye! Broadway vet Corbin Bleu has been added to the cast of One Life to Live's online resurrection, according to Deadline.com. Production on the soap opera is expected to res…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:58PMBuffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE) announces Ben Werling will join the cast of BTE’s upcoming production of Christopher Trumbo’s “Trumbo – Red, White & Blacklisted” directe…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:57PMFrom Misha Berson, Seattle Times theater critic: A memorial service will be held for Julie Young Denninghoff at 11 a.m. Saturday (March 16) at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…
SOURCE: blogs.seattletimes.com at 02:56PMDavid Henry Hwang was on the Leonard Lopate Show to discuss his play, "The Dance and the Railroad," at the Signature Theatre Company. He also told us what he's a fan of -- teen pop music, an…
SOURCE: WNYC at 02:56PMTimeLine Theatre Company, dedicated to presenting plays inspired by history that connect to today’s social and political issues, announces its four-play 2013-14 season: Lorraine Hansbe…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:54PMIt's a big week for the religious crowd. Yesterday Francis was plucked from House of Cards Argentina and declared, via smoke signals, the new Pope. Mazel tov, Francis! And over at the Kenned…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:54PMNext Theatre Company is proud to announce the final performance of their 2012-2013 season, Jessica Blank and Eric Jensen’s The Exonerated, directed by Cat Miller, and co-produced with t…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:52PM Save the date for Theatre Seven of Chicago’s fifth annual gala, the NEIGHBORHOOD BALL on Saturday, April 13, 2013 from 7 pm – midnight at the historic Swedish American Museum, …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:50PMWriters’ Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce the 2013/14 Season. The work next year includes multiple premiere productions that…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:47PMWSC Avant Bard has made some changes to its Season Schedule and will be performing at Theatre on the Run and Catholic University’s Callan Theatre. Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:46PM Written by Paulanne Simmons Although Julie Halston’s show at Birdland (315 West 44 Street) was titled “Classical Julie,” even those familiar with the work of this comedie…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:45PMClassic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, announced today that their critically-acclaimed new production of Stephen So…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:45PMJulie Felise Dubiner is one of my heroes. I first heard about her advocacy, fantastic dramaturgical skills, and undeniable sense of humor in 2003 from a friend who had been her intern. I loo…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 02:42PMLydia Mokdessi talks to Rashaun Mitchell about his new show "Interface" at The Baryshnikov Arts Center.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 02:35PMDeadline reports that Corbin Bleu has joined the cast of the revived daytime drama ONE LIFE TO LIVE. The 'High School Musical' star will portray Jeffrey King, described as 'a young reporter …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:35PMStamina, guts and passion are what define this company right now, and those key traits are front and centre in this heart-stopping production
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 02:34PMBroadway diva Megan Hilty (9 to 5, Wicked) will take her powerful vocal chops to Joe’s Pub for a special concert celebrating the release of her debut album, It Happens All The Time.
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:32PMFollowing a 25-week national tour, the new revival of Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse's Jekyll & Hyde will arrive on Broadway in April. Aaron Ramey, who plays "General Lord …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PMThe company of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella will enter the recording studio March 18 to preserve the Original Broadway Cast Recording for Ghostlight Records. A spring release i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMLaura Osnes’ silver-voiced Cinderella will be immortalized in an original Broadway cast recording. Osnes, co-star Sanitno Fontana and the cast of Broadway’s Cinderella will relea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:29PMBroadway.com is every stage fan's go-to source for the hottest news, interviews, opinionated features, video clips and lots more. In case you missed anything, click below to catch up on …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:25PMPleas from actors and artistic directors to politicians to protect Britain’s rich local theatre heritage from cuts have largely fallen on deaf ears in recent months.
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:19PMPleas from actors and artistic directors to politicians to protect Britain’s rich local theatre heritage from cuts have largely fallen on deaf ears in recent months.
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:19PMSeattle Rep, currently staging David Lindsay-Abaire’s popular play “Good People,” is offering a Dollar Store Deal for patrons. Starting Wednesday, the theater is making 25, $1 tickets …
SOURCE: blogs.seattletimes.com at 02:18PMNBC has announced that “Smash” will move from its Tuesday night timeslot to Saturdays for the remainder of the show’s second season starting April 6. The show’s ratings have been str…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 02:13PMMarch 14, 2013By Patricia BlaufussPublic Relations ManagerSo much rich history. So little blog space. Where to begin to write about a very special place that has a storied past o…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 02:13PMRussell Crowe singing like Elmer Fudd? Hugh Jackman struggling with high notes? Anne Hathaway doused in mud? Welcome to the warped and hilarious mind of Gerard Alessandrini’s Forbidden…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:11PMThe acclaimed concert “Ghetto Tango,”, co-presented by The National Yiddish Theatre – Folksbiene and the Museum of Jewish Heritage, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage — A L…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:10PMThe 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 Reineke�…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:09PMSince Pope Francis, seemingly a warm, likable man, began his papacy with a little self-deprecating joke about how the cardinals had to look "to the ends of the Earth" to find the new Bishop …
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In celebration of Liza's birthday, the duo joined forces last night at The Town Hall to sing familiar songs from 'Cabaret' and Liza dipped into her repertoire of signature songs known the wo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:59PMIs autism a disability or just a difference? It's one of the questions raised in Ken LaZebnik's play about two young people who fall in love. Both of them are on the autism spectrum. Jacquel…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:58PMStep inside the world of Lanford Wilson’s acclaimed play The Mound Builders with Zachary Booth, who stars as passionate archaeologist Dr. Dan Loggins in the captivating new revival at …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:57PMThis post has been updated. It's a big week for the religious crowd. Yesterday, Francis was plucked from House of Cards Argentina and declared, via smoke signals, the new Pope. Mazel tov, …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:55PMThe first New York revival of the Tony-winning musical Passion has extended for a second and final time off-Broadway. The Classic Stage Company production, starring Tony nominees Melissa Err…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PMAtlantic Theater Company celebrated the opening of playwright Craig Lucas' world premiere production of The Lying Lesson on Wednesday, March 13 at the Linda Gross Theater. The com
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:53PMA central figure in more than 25 pantomimes, Paul Critchlow was also a hero of the fans who flock to The Rocky Horror Show, in which he played the part of Riff Raff in a...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:52PMClassic Stage Company's acclaimed, jewelbox-size revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Passion will get four additional performances Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PMThis item from Christian Amato The historic Players Theatre, in the heart of Greenwich Village, is accepting short play and musical submissions for the June Festival competition. This June…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 01:51PMBattersea Arts Centre, LondonIt's done with sound rather than smoke and mirrors. But the result is certainly unsettling in David Rosenberg and Glen Neath's 50-minute piece, played out in pit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:49PMThe 2013-2014 season at Los Angeles’ Ahmanson Theatre will feature “The Sunshine Boys,” starring Danny DeVito, Barry Manilow’s “Harmony” and “We Will Rock You.” The season wa…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 01:48PMLast May, newspaper people across the metropolitan area lost a treasured colleague with the passing of Bob Heisler, a former editor at The Journal News, Newsday, The New York Post and the Ne…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 01:42PMThe alien-themed ABC sitcom The Neighbors is a lot like Broadway: everything is whacky, nothing is ordinary and, of course, anything goes! So, we're surprised it took the show's crea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:29PMA 1-day intensive in CHICAGO with Moon Fool APRIL 14th ONLY WHAT: ACT physical theatre training in Musicality, Movement and Text WHO: Led by emerging UK director, Anna-Helena McLean assiste…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:28PMEclipse Theatre Company is immediately seeking an arts organization to share their rehearsal/office space in Ravenswood/North Center. 1600 sq. ft. Office/Rehearsal space, storage and large c…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:22PMIn celebration of Liza's birthday, the duo joined forces last night at The Town Hall to sing familiar songs from 'Cabaret' and Liza dipped into her repertoire of signature songs known the wo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMBeta blockers are a useful tool in combating stage fright, but caution is needed.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:20PMNathan Lane and director Jack O’Brien discuss the set and costume design for The Nance on Broadway. Douglas Carter Beane‘s The Nance recreates the naughty, raucous world of burle…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:12PMStage and screen favorite Carol Kane takes on the juicy role of Bette Davis in Atlantic Theater Company's premiere production of Craig Lucas' two-hander The Lying Lesson. Part c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:11PMEMI Classics has announced the second album from world renowned conductor and arranger John Wilson and The John Wilson Orchestra, entitled Rodgers amp Hammerstein At The Movies . The album, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01PMThe 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 01:00PMThe Gallery at Archer, in conjunction with The Craig Krull Gallery, presents: #three The art of three Los Angeles women, on exhibit from March 15th—April 5th, 2013. A compelling new exhib…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:00PM
Luba Mason, Peter Simon Hilton and John Scherer will appear in the Engeman Theater production of late playwright Marc Camelotti's Tony Award-winning farce Boeing Boeing, which will take …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PMReviews appear in The Suburbanite and other North Jersey Newspapers.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 12:53PMAn oldie but goodie, The Lion King continues to wow audiences of all ages. The cast is impressive and CityBuzz sat down one-on-one with Alton Fitzgerald, the actor who plays Mufasa.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45PMBroadway’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 12:45PMOh this can't be good. NBC has announced that the theater-themed drama "Smash" is continue its remaining episodes on Saturdays beginning April 6th. While this is an unfortunate sign that the…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:43PMBehold, "an enchanted world of shape and space" awaits you in the soon-to-be-former home of multiple Tony Award-winning director and producer Harold Prince (Evita). This, according to realto…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:37PMThe New York premiere of Finks, based on the true experiences of Jack Gilford and Madeline Lee Gilford and the Blacklist of the 1950s, will begin performances March 28, prior to an official …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PMCome back Friday to fill out our beverage bracket for a chance to win dinner for two at Llywelyn's Pub.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:30PMThe New York City Center Encores! production of It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman will play the famed Manhattan venue March 20-24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMThis recording from January 2010′s Black Playwrights’ Convening starts with a reading performed by Jennifer L. Nelson of “New Black Math” by Suzan-Lori Parks. You can…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:25PMThe Broadway premiere of Christopher Durang‘s frothy Chekhov-inspired comedy, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, starring Sigourney Weaver, Kristine Nielsen and David Hyde Pierce, of…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:23PMSHOCKED AND AMAZED CARNIVAL SIDESHOW FEATURING THE NEW YORK VARIETY ALL-STARS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS FROM DC’S CHEEKY MONKEY SIDESHOW OF THE FORMER PALACE OF WONDERS —Fire eating, s…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:19PMWhat a night! Tony-winning pals Liza Minnelli and Alan Cumming took the stage at Town Hall on March 13 for the first of two cabaret-style concerts, and the crowd went wild. The stars swapped…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:17PMDue to overwhelming demand, Off-Broadway's hit comedy How To Be a New Yorker is adding an additional performance to its weekly playing schedule on Thursdays at 7:30 PM beginning tonight, Mar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMOPENING ACCOMPLICE. Metropolis Performing Arts Centre presents a comic murder mystery. Directed by Robin M. Hughes. Previews March 15-16. Opens March 17. Thu, 7:30 pm; Fr, 8 pm; Sat, 7 pm; S…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:16PMAt least the first half hour is, and that’s all the New Improved Duchess and I could stomach, before grabbing our coats and stomping out of the cinema muttering dark promises of reveng…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:10PMTomorrow will mark the release of Episode 7 of the web series It Could Be Worse, created by Rock of Ages co-stars Mitchell Jarvis and Wesley Taylor, who also stars as Jacob Gordon. If …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:08PM– On Monday, March 18 at 7.30 p.m., The Shakespeare Theatre’s “Expert Witness” series will feature a Watergate investigator, an actor, a lawyer, a U.S. Senator, and a former cand…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:07PMThe Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection has been donated to the Library of Congress, and, in celebration, the LOC, in conjunction with daughter Dena Kaye, has planned a special evening hon…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:06PMAge & Hometown: 37; Laie, HI
Current Role: An inspiring performance as Norma Valverde, who relies on her faith in the Lord to win a new pickup truck in Hands on a Hardbody.
Aloha!&…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:01PMPlus, details about St. Louis' big St. Patrick's Day weekend events.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:00PM
A slew of stage stars including Caissie Levy, Newsies’ Corey Cott and Hands on a Hardbody’s Jay Armstrong Johnson will lend their talents to Broadway Sings St…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:59AMSuperman finds his Lois Lane Joining Edward Watts Superman in the New York City Center Encores production of It's a BirdIt's a PlaneIt's Superman will be Jenny Powers as Lois Lane and David …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:58AMTrainspotting star Kevin McKidd has joined 51 Moray-based artists and arts professionals who have signed an open letter to Moray Council, arguing for a rethink of the recently announced 100%…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:58AMIt’s been a rough week for Karen Cartwright on Smash. Not only does she have to deal with the news that her TV show is being moved to the entertainment purgatory that is Saturday night…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMBroward Center for the Performing Arts in association with DreamChild Productions will present bare, the pop opera by Damon Intrabartolo and Jon Hartmere — which was recently re-envisi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMMusicals Tonight! will continue its ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway standbys, understudies and alternates with its next edition of At This Performance, which will be presented Ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52AMAs the second half of the 2012-13 Broadway season shifts into high gear, Playbill.com offers a selection of Playbill covers for several current and upcoming productions, including Rodgers &a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMAndrew Lloyd Webber is celebrating his anniversary in style! In honor of the composer’s 40 years in show business, London TV station ITV is throwing him a party, according to The Sun. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:44AMTickets went on sale to the general public this morning for The Book of Mormon, and within minutes, the flood of ticket seekers crashed the Kennedy Center’s site. (It’s still not…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:43AMPilobolus Dance Theatre will present two new works with collaborators Trish Sie and Penn & Teller , when it plays its annual four-week run at the Joyce Theatre 175 Eighth Ave. at 19th St…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:43AMWith the play “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” opening on Broadway, a new generation is being drawn to the allure and mysteries of Holly Golightly.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:41AMIn "The Sapphires," "Bridesmaids" star Chris O’Dowd plays the music manager of four Aboriginal teens who aspire to sing to American troops.
SOURCE: Variety at 11:36AMThe Cutting Ball Theater unveils a new translation of Eugène Ionesco's The Chairs that can be hard to sit through.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:35AMAtlanta's Alliance Theatre, recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award, will produce the new works Harmony – A New Musical, written by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman, and Tappin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AMNBC's Smash, an ambitions drama about the making of a Broadway show, has been bumped from its Tuesday slot, creating space for the network's hopeful new dating show Ready for Love. What's le…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:26AMToday in 2002, Sweet Smell of Success opened at the Martin Beck Theatre now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 109 performances. Created by Marvin Hamlisch music, Craig Carnelia lyr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:25AMArt and Science, written by James Wesley and directed by Antoinette DiPietropolo, stars Tony nominee Tony Sheldon Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Tony nominee John Tartaglia Avenue Q, Shr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:25AMSamantha Barks, Kimberley Walsh, Tim Minchin and Nicole Scherzinger are among the performers who will take part in an ITV show celebrating the work of Andrew Lloyd Webber. Andrew Lloyd Webbe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AMTheseus Productions, LLC and Theater of the Stars has announced that the musical Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story will hold an open casting call in select cities for the role of 'Buddy Holly' i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMMickey 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 11:21AMJames Corden, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Burton and Simon Cowell were among the guests at last night's special 'Red Nose Day' gala performance of THE BOOK OF MORMON, now in previews at the Pr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:19AMLos Angeles’ Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre has announced the lineup for its 2013-2014 season, which includes the Barry Manilow musical Harmony, a production of Neil S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:16AMIn conjunction with the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play by Bruce Norris, "Clybourne Park," which New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre is producing later this spring, the theater is …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:15AMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, Andrew Lloyd Webber is at work on a project with former Pussycat Doll and X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger, TV personality and producer Simon Cowell an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:14AMCenter Theatre Group's 2013-14 season at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles will feature the U.S. premiere of Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths in the London production of Neil Simon&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMCircus favorite Bello, famous for daring antics and his signature skyscraper red hair (standing one foot high) -- who’s often referred to as the Don King of Clowns, has his own show.
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 11:07AMIt’s time for another round of Anablog – a weekly series introducing the artists of Analog.
But before we get to the pleased-to-meet-you’s, can I just brag a little? Is .…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 11:00AMThanks to the glorious thing that is cable television, I watched one of my favorite 80s movies over the weekend . . . Wargames . . . starring none other than Nice Work if You Can Get It’s …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMSybil Christopher, who died last week in New York at 83, was a noted theater producer and the founder of Arthur, a Manhattan hot spot that attracted a ritzy celebrity clientele during the 19…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM
Center Theatre Group's 2013-2014 Ahmanson Theatre season will feature Broadway hits and theater favorites. Kicking off the season will be (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) and Tony Award …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:58AMEncores! continues its 20th anniversary season at New York City Center with the 1966 comic book inspired musical It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:56AMAtlanta's Alliance Theatre, recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award, has announced the 201314 Season for the Alliance Stage, Hertz Stage and Theatre for Youth and Families series.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:53AMKerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs
Kerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:50AMThis is a busy theater weekend in Chicago. Playwright David Auburn's "Proof" comes home to Hyde Park after 13 years, and at the Goodman Theatre, William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:50AMNINA METZ reviews "The TomKat Project" at The Playground Theater ★★★★ and "Kill Shakespeare" at Strawdog Theater ★★½
NINA METZ reviews "The TomKat Proje…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:48AMThe Tony Award-nominated Best Musical Sweet Smell of Success opened March 14, 2002. Playbill.com looks back with performances from the show's stars, John Lithgow, Brian d'Arcy James …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMOthello, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield, produced by Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, directed by Carmen Kahn, featuring Forrest McClendon, J Hernandez, Lauren Sowa and Eleni Delopolous
SOURCE: Philly.com at 10:41AMJohn Carter is a DC area playwright last seen in NYC at the New York International Fringe Festival. Two of his earlier plays are published on Indie Theater Now. Here’s info on his la…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 10:30AMA little over a year ago, I sat down for some lunch with David G. Shultz who told me about a play that he wanted to do. When I looked at the subject matter, it looked very familiar to me...
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMIn a cabaret show, to take on the songbook and legacy of the formidable, fearless Elaine Stritch, you'd have to be formidable or fearless yourself-or kind of crazy.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:27AME-Perusals from MTI MTI is excited to announce the launching of E-perusals, our newest resource to our customers. Stop waiting for your perusals to be processed and shipped to you. Now you c…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:26AMWhether brightly brimming with optimism or-as in "Born to Be Blue"-telling a tale of woe, Wopat makes it all sound effortless, without artifice, without sweat.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:24AMOff-Broadway's York Theatre Company will present a three-week engagement of I’m a Stranger Here Myself, written and performed by Mark Nadler, beginning April 29 at at 7 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMProposals to ensure fairer treatment of musicians travelling on planes with instruments will be considered by the European Union’s parliamentary body. The proposals are part of a wider set…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:20AMIt was a VIP guest list that few Broadway productions could dream of.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:14AMNew York City Center will present the New York premiere of Matthew Bourne’s acclaimed Sleeping Beauty Oct. 23-Nov. 3 at City Center; tickets will go on sale on March 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AMAlthough its forced exile from its residence at Artisphere compelled WSC to abandon its plan to produce a spring rep series, the company announced today it has resolved, temporarily, its nee…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:05AMToday is the birthday of big band leader Les Brown (1912-2001). Now I like swing music well enough, though it’s not my all-consuming passion. But comedy fans will know why he is on my …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:03AMA former member of the Special Forces, turned stunt man has now forged a career in magic, and his new show has just seen him promoted to the highest level of the Magic Circle achieved by exa…
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:02AMTrey Anastasio of the band Phish prepares for the opening of his Broadway musical, “Hands on a Hardbody.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00AMThe award-winning movie musical "Les Miserables," which co-stars Hugh Jackman and Oscar winner Anne Hathaway, has taken in $148,209,150 domestically and $274,800,000 overseas for a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM
Star Circus Clown Bello Nock Ready to Sock New Victory Audiences By Ellis Nassour
It's Spring. It's annual circus time in New York and …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:53AM Today is the birthday of Chuck Reisner (1887-1962). Originally a boxer, he performed in vaudeville for ten years and was a Broadway lyricist before going out to Hollywood in 1915 to act i…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:42AMThe company of “Seussical” at Blind Brook High School is preparing for opening night. Photo by Peter Carr/The Journal News. If you are crazy for the Gershwin musical “Crazy…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 09:42AM. . . never existed. The days when people had fewer options for their time and attention were not better days for the arts. Easier days, maybe, but not better. The days when you could market…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:40AMChristopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike officially opens at Broadway’s Golden Theatre on March 14. Starring Oscar nominee Sigourney Weaver, Emmy and Tony wi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:38AMArt and Science, written by James Wesley and directed by Antoinette DiPietropolo, begins performances March 14 at the Bridge Theater in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:36AMLindsay Joy Murphy Hometown: Hudson, New Hampshire Current Town: Brooklyn! Q: Tell me about The Rise and Fall of a Teenage Cyberqueen.A: Rise/Fall is the story of a flawed American fami…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:36AMA new campaign, My Theatre Matters, is looking to audiences to speak out – get involved!We haven't always been as good as we might be at arguing for continued investment in theatre, and ab…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMThe SF Jazz Collective seems to embody a generosity of spirit reflecting the vibe of its home base.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:28AMMichael Kahn will make his Studio Theatre directing debut and Stephen King’s bloody thriller Carrie will find its way to Studio’s stage as a musical during its 2013-2014 season, the comp…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:26AMThe songs of composer-lyricist Adam Gwon will be celebrated April 8 at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:25AMHarrison High School junior Lucas Pettinato says he feels comfortable playing a child. More specifically, in “Crazy for You” he plays Bobby Child, the son of a big banking family…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 09:16AMTheater Alliance, in association with Atlas Performing Arts Center, presents Word Becomes Flesh By Marc Bamuthi Joseph/The Living Word Project A limited presentation in association with ATLA…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AMWest Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds: The cast arrive as if they're in transit - striding purposefully on stage with travel cases in hand.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:11AM
As the crowd headed home after Friday night’s superb opening of LA Opera’s “Porgy and Bess,” I stopped by Kendall’s for a drink and ran into John Walz. It didn’t take more than a…
SOURCE: www.fineartsla.com at 08:45AMI am the host and creator and writer and editor of The Lunch and Judy Show. For four years DCMTA’s Joel Markowitz and I have been schmoozing about theatre in DC, Philly, and NYC and …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:33AMFunnymen including Jack Dee, James Corden, Michael McIntyre, Tim Minchin, Simon Pegg and Rob Brydon were among the guests at last night's special Red Nose Day gala performance of The Book of…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:19AMThe U.K. commercial television station ITV1 will film a 90-minute special to celebrate Andrew Lloyd Webber's 40-year career as a composer over the coming weekend, with a transmission dat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:17AMText: “The fact that something is difficult must be further reason for us to do it. It is also good to love; for love is difficult.” ~ Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet Image: Sou…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 08:04AMJennifer Ellison has revealed plans to launch a full-time performing arts college for young people aged 16 to 18. The performer told The Stage she is forming the college following the succes…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 14 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Fevered Sleep return to the Young Vic for the first time since their remarkable 2010 show in which children delivered the verbatim thoughts and feelings of elderly folk who had been interv…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:48AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #461: Clarice Vance (Clara Etta Black, 1870-1961). See my earlier post here for a full biography. Here she singing her 1909 hit “Love Me Lik…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:37AMGatehouse, London: Thom Southerland directs a production which moves itself away from the polite pastiche tag usually attributed towards Denise Deegan's Daisy Pulls it Off for a more de…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMa rather facetious fabrication, or as Lucas call it on the first page of the script, "a damn lie." And since it's a sin to tell a lie, let me say that Craig Lucas's two-hander is not a very …
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:26AMToday is the birthday of the magician Arnold de Biere (1876-1934). Originally from Poland (it is believed) he made his first major success at Tony Pastor’s in 1901. He went on to conqu…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:23AMCrucible Theatre, Sheffield: One hundred years ago DH Lawrence wrote that he was sick of rather bony, bloodless drama. Well, this <a href=" http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/"&…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:19AMThis is a post in honor of Women’s History Month. Today is Kitty Watson’s birthday. Kitty (1886-1967) and Fanny (1885-1970) Watson were both a sister act and a comedy duo, maybe …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:04AM
Are critics casting their vote for "Ann"?
SOURCE: stagegrade.com at 05:46AMA nationwide campaign has been launched to support local theatres across the UK. Backed by Whatsonstage.com, My Theatre Matters! aims to galvanize public support for local theatres amid ongo…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:44AMThis year's London launch of the Edinburgh International Festival was held last night in the Scotland Office on Whitehall, just next door to Downing Street (handy for me: the number 24 bus g…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:42AMLatin and ballroom dance show Burn the Floor opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre earlier this week (11 March 2013).
Cast at the curtain call
Denise van Outen
Featuring Strictly stars Kris…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:38AMThe Stage, the Theatrical Management Association and Equity launch My Theatre Matters!, a nationwide campaign to support local theatres
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMMeet NYC's most promising starving artists - before they're rich and famous. This week, meet Welsh playwright, Melisa Annis, and find out what she has to say about asking people for money, m…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:00AM
At many dance performances, the audience is restrained. Not so with Alvin Ailey: it’s a party. Spectators hoot and holler, unable to contain their exuberance. They know they’re in the sa…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:56AMSo it appears that Google is phasing out its Reader service. This is rather annoying because it is the way I follow the vast majority of blogs. Given that it appears they are also phasing ou…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:52AMOne thing that is always clear about Joanna Akyol's work is that she works closely with the text, actors, set concepts and - as evident in this brilliant example - lighting designer. In this…
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SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Wednesday, March 13, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMThe Culture Project presents the Off-Broadway premiere of Anna Khaja's solo play Shaheed: The Dream and Death of Benazir Bhutto, which officially opens Off-Broadway March 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award nominees Alfred Molina and Jonathan Groff appear in the L.A. Theatre Works presentation of the Tony-winning John Logan play Red beginning March 14 at the James Bridges Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Urban Stages world premiere of Greg Kalleres' comedy Honky officially opens March 14 Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFollowing a critically embraced Off-Broadway run, Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which whips Chekhov's dramatic themes into an evening of existential Ameri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTotem, the new Cirque du Soleil show written and directed by visionary international director Robert Lepage, makes its New York City debut in a Big Top on the grounds of Citi Field — h…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1911 Constance Collier, Tyrone Power (father of the future film star), and Sydney Greenstreet are in the cast of Thais. Paul Wilstach bases his play on the Anatole France story.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDavid Henry Hwang talks about “The Dance and the Railroad,” presented by Signature Theatre Company. On a California mountaintop in 1867 near the Transcontinental Railroad, two Chinese wo…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM 
