Ustinov Studio, BathIt's a fragile thing, this drama by multi-award-winning US playwright Richard Greenberg, written in 1990 and here receiving its British premiere. The 1960s action takes p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05PMApollo, London; Bristol Old Vic; Lyttelton, LondonFluorescent numbers swirl across the stage. A throng of commuters weave together, marching to a mysterious, excluding harmony. Our hero walk…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05PMSadler's Wells, LondonBalletBoyz is a title Michael Nunn and William Trevitt never much wanted. But it's stuck to them like glue ever since, in 1999, the two of them made a video diary for C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05PMThe show, it seems, must go on, and on, even on Sundays. And it appears many performers are less than delighted by the prospect. Voting on a controversial proposal that could result in stage…
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:00PM
The Australian Ballet’s 2013 season opened this weekend with a crowd pleasing production of Don Quixote in Melbourne. Jam packed with tutus and lively dancing Don Quixote is playing at the…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:30PMThis list of eighty-seven black theaters has been compiled with the help of Michael Dinwiddie (Black Theatre Network), Jonathan McCrory , ( HowlRound Series Curator) Beth Turner (Editor/Publ…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 07:30PM“Stones In His Pockets,” which opened last night at Northlight Theatre in Skokie, wants to fight against a prevailing American perception of Ireland as one big happy, pastoral fa…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:26PMIt's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up. Today's photos feature the casts of ANTYHING GOES, THE FANTASTICKS, HANDS ON A HARDBODY and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:21PMHolland Taylor's intimate, no-holds-barred portrait of Ann Richards, the legendary late Governor of Texas.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 07:21PMRalphie Parker wants only one thing for Christmas: an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-shot Range Model Air Rifle.
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Take a scoop of campy humor, a scoop of Greek Mythology, and a scoop of singing power and you will have the delicious and satisfying current production of Xanadu as performed and sung by …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:52PMYou'd think it might be tough to be an African-American lesbian couple in the 1890s American South, but A Lady and a Woman at Theatre Rhinoceros doesn't give that impression.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:40PMDouglas Hodge starred in the classic story about the power of love, the art of wordplay, and the joy of finding what you’ve always wanted right under your nose.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 06:17PMThe four-time Tony nominated musical sensation JEKYLL amp HYDE is celebrating its 200th performance at Chicago's Cadillac Palace as part of the show's pre-Broadway tour. Tony Award nominee C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:16PMBy Johnny Oleksinski On January 28, @RobertFalls201 tweets, “Day before rehearsal begin & completely panicked; haven’t prepared enough, have no idea how to START & shouldn’t s…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 06:00PMAussieTheatre’s social media and digital team were backstage at Hats Off Sydney recently and have put together a series of video interviews with the performing company. Today we bring you …
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Paul Rudd, Michael Shannon, Kate Arrington, and Edward Asner starred in this new, dark comedy by Craig Wright that asks, Are we in control of our lives or is there something else at work?
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 05:59PMIn the midst of an article about debate about a plan to bring housing to Pier 40:
“It is my hope that we as a community can come together and work toward an achievable goal through an ope…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 05:59PMReview: "Mama and Her Boys": Fun Family Gathering
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 05:56PMA showbiz musical about the silent-film legend the world couldn’t stop talking about.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 05:40PMHindu gods guard a famed Buddhist temple in Japan, and Ragamala Dance feels the inspiration.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 05:29PMDo critics believe "The Lying Lesson"?
SOURCE: stagegrade.com at 05:27PMThere are seeds of some interesting ideas here, including issues of class, race and police profiling, but Playwright Christina Anderson fails to explore any of this with any depth. (read mor…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:26PMJim Parsons starred in the Broadway comedy about a man whose best friend is a 6’ 1-1/2” rabbit, whom no one else believes is real.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 05:23PMAre critics flipping out for "The Flick"?
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This list of eighty-seven black theaters has been compiled with the help of Michael Dinwiddie (Black Theatre Network), Jonathan McCrory, (HowlRound Series Curator) Beth Turner (Editor/Publis…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:30PMThis album manages to impressively realize the depth and versatility of John Adams’s music for string quartet. It also announces the arrival of a phenomenal ensemble that plays with a mix …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:27PMCathedral Concerts brings in a great Baroque band.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:21PM Shakespeare's The Tempest, Thirteen, Noon By: Ellis Nassour
British composer Thomas Adès conducts the Met premiere of his contemporary…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:15PMPassion, as performed by the GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, transformed the Eisenhower Theatre at The Kennedy Center as part of Nordic Cool 2013. An amazing performance well worth your while…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:09PMThe Fringeby Stuart Munro@StuartMunroTOHello again, friends! I don’t know about you, but I’m super anxious to know which version of Bombshell is going to fake Broadway this season. So le…
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On the surface, screenwriter and playwright John Logan's latest characters couldn't be more different. There was his Bond, James Bond, a damaged, Martini-swilling, villain-chasing, girl-gett…
SOURCE: The Independent at 03:15PMThe dream is over, the enchantment broken. So says Eva when her daughter Lili's hopes have been dashed. It looks as if the young woman's beau, Nick, isn't going to rescue her from her mother…
SOURCE: The Independent at 03:15PMThe comedian talks about his new tour, pending baby and life after “30 Rock.”
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:14PMBudding love that is “star-crossed” with budding artistry is the magic potion that should move fine-arts lovers to flee their houses and partake in Catholic University’s School of Musi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:10PMIn between audience catcalls, these scantily-clad dancing and fighting ladies look to be receiving as much pleasure as they are giving! (read more)
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Last night we held our inaugural Civil Debate with The Theatre Centre, examining the Creative Cities theories of Richard Florida: Be it resolved that the Creative Cities theories serve t…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 02:46PMPurrrfect Evening With Elaine Paige: The diminutive star (4-foot-11½) who brought life to Grizabella in Cats, Eva Perón in Evita, Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd and most recently Carlotta in…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:44PMRub a Dub Dub Three Girls in a Tub: The new play at Strange Sun Theatre, The Drowning Girls , written by Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson and Daniela Vlaskalic, is based on a true story about …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:39PMThis sea play by Richard Bean sucks you into a theater experience you won't soon forget, with ties to the past and warnings for the future. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:07PMRobert Cushman: As I Lay Dying is a novella written by William Faulkner and now put onstage by the folks at Theatre Smith-Gilmour
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An improvisation-based piece that was also part of the program was less moving.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 01:59PMThe new musical Kinky Boots tells the true story of a British shoe factory that found success crafting ladies’ footwear...for men. Below, we trace this incredible story’s jo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:52PMBroadway veteran Michele Ragusa YOUNG FRANKENSTIEN, URINETOWN, RAGTIME, TITANIC, CYRANO will be starring in a staged concert version of KISS ME, KATE, with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:46PMSILENCE! The Musical is celebrating St. Patrick's Day with a special added 3 PM matinee tomorrow, March 17th at the Elektra Theatre in the heart of Times Square. The Lobby Bar will be servin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:31PMThe Robey Theatre Company, founded in 1994 by Danny Glover and I, is committed to developing, exploring, and producing plays written about the global black experience and reinterpreting blac…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:30PMJeptha's Daughter, by Chauncey Bradley IvesBoston Baroque's intriguing program last weekend, "De Profundis," marked for this venerable organization a renewed focus on the chorus - and as is …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 01:26PMIt was certainly an edgy night at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School’s student-directed production of Edges. Edges is not your average piece of musical theater. This beautifully composed…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:14PMThe standup, who plays Peep Show's Dobby, on her two new shows examining affairs of the heartWhen Isy Suttie was training as an actress at college, she fell asleep one night and woke to find…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PM
Seattle Repertory Theatre’s production of “Good People” is an unsparing look at something audiences don’t often see: the gap between the working poor and the well-to-do. Through Marc…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 12:53PMToday we are talking to a tremendously talented triple-threat who has been seen by millions on screens large and small for most of her life and can now be seen weekly on Lifetime's hit drame…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30PM“MY VIEW” written by Stephen Sorokoff I’m a long time admirer of Amanda McBroom but it took Eric Michael Gillet…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:24PMLungs at Arts Garage seems to be about a young couple debating whether to bring a baby into this perilous, even doomed world. But in the wake of plot twists, Duncan Macmillan’s breathtakin…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:19PMReviewed by Joe Regan Jr. February 23, 2013 One of the most wonderful and unique shows you will see this year or any year in cabaret is C’Mon Get Pappy! a father-son cabaret act written …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:10PMThis interactive version of van Gogh’s Starry Night by animator Petros Vrellis is so engaging. When I watch it, I feel like I’m been drawn into the picture, into the swirls of th…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMMR. BROADWAY MARCH 2013JAY ARMSTRONG JOHNSONWHY HE'S MR. BROADWAY: These days, Jay Armstrong Johnson can be found at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre with his hands full. Literally. H…
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When speaking with Tony Lo Bianco recently about his return in the upcoming performances of “The Little Flower” – the life and times of Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, there’s no…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:56AMWant a free ticket to see a new musical come to life? Be one of the first 10 people to e-mail [email protected] with your name and telephone number, and you'll get a free ticket (regular cost $…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:42AMThe British premiere of Jerry Herman's musical Dear World, starring Betty Buckley and Paul Nicholas and directed and choreographed by Gillian Lynne, opened on 13 February and closes two week…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:41AMThe Barefoot Spirit How to Succeed in the Wine Business Without Really Knowing a Damn Thing About It Last month I spoke with Barefoot Wines founder Michael Houlihan about his upcoming …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:39AMI think when someone finally does an accurate, TRUE accounting, it will be found that most of the best musicals of the 2nd half of the 20th century came not from Broadway but from children&#…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:38AMAs friends and colleagues know, I misstepped on the subway and the resulting fractured ankle has kept me on the couch instead of on the aisle.…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 11:23AMOn Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 700 PM, Randie Levine-Miller will present Broadway Showstopper Divas --'A Swell Party' at the Metropolitan Room 34 West 22nd Street as an Actors Fund Benefit.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:11AMGREY GARDENS, a co-production with The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT will play on the mainstage March 16-May 26 with a press opening of March 21.
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Today is the birthday of Sydney Chaplin (1885-1965). As the elder half-brother of Charlie Chaplin, the world owes him much. Not only was he the person responsible for introducing Charlie to …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:59AMPerspective: That joie de vivre stands out in the comic opera 'Cinderella,' which the composer dashed off in three inspired weeks when he was just 25 and which L.A. Opera is reviving startin…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:40AMToday is the birthday of Marion Byron (1911-1985). Born Miriam Bilenkin in Dayton, Ohio, she sang and danced briefly in vaudeville before being cast by Buster Keaton as his co-star in Steamb…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:38AMReviewed by Joe Regan Jr. March 15, 2013 Ricky Ritzel, cabaret performer and musical director extraordinaire, is performing a new special cabaret show at 54 Below which began March 15 at 11:…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 09:26AMToday is the birthday of T. Nelson Downs, a.k.a. The King of Koins (1867-1938). An Iowa native, he taught himself to manipulate coins and cards as a boy. At age 28, after years of working fo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:11AMSometimes you just need a good laugh. At least that’s how I’ve been feeling over the
past couple of weeks as I’ve gone from one disappointing show to the next. I usually ta…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 09:07AMHere is a new article from Peter Filichia’s column on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday.‘ It’s an honor to bring Peter’s column every week to our readers …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMThe meta-opera, which will have its West Coast premiere at Long Beach Opera, tries to deconstruct the mythology around its central character.Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz's "Camelia la Tej…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM
Today is the birthday of George Walsh (1889-1981). The younger brother of film director Raoul Walsh, he was a serious high school and college athlete, he put those skills to good use as an a…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:43AMChristopher Durang is at it again. The author of such absurdist hits (and acting school favorites) as The Marriage of Bette and Boo and Beyond Therapy is taking a jab at Chekhov — the mast…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:32AMToday is the birthday of Henry B. Walthall (1878-1936). Walthall was the son of a wealthy Alabama cotton planter, raised in a plantation manor house and raised by tutors — excellent tr…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:16AM
There’s a ball, a banquet, a bachelor looking for a friend, a newly empowered Ella, a flying fairy godmother, Venetian glass slippers, dancing trees, a fox, a raccoon, an election,…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:05AMJason Robert Brown's SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD was performed earlie rthis week at XL Cabaret512 West 42nd St. The evening, directed by two-time Tony nominee Jeff Calhoun, starred Nick Adams,Ashl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 16 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMThe English actress visits L.A. in her Tony-nominated role in 'End of the Rainbow.' Playing the star is draining, but, the actress says, 'I've always had stamina.'For movie musical lovers in…
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Here are photographs from some of the shows opening on Broadway in Spring 2013: Ann, Cinderella, Kinky Boots, Pippin, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. (More will be added as they becom…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:26AM“Lucky Guy,” the Tom Hanks starrer that recently began perfs on Broadway, pulled in more than $1 million from just seven perfs in Week 41 (March 4-10), but girl power, from young-femme m…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00AMWith James Bond adventure “Skyfall” taking in more than $1 billion, scribe John Logan could be sitting on his laurels, especially since inking the deal to write the next two Bonds and ha…
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Look Mum, I said “F***” in public lots of times, and anyway, I’m gay so there! Billed as gay comedy for the masses, this is much more gay comedy (such as it is) for the gays. Ethan is …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:58AMReviewed by Keith Glab: If there’s a way to make Desdemona poignant enough to warrant bastardizing Shakepeare's Othello, this company did not find it. But they do land enough interesting m…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 01:35AMTwo-time Tony Award-winning Broadway composer William Finn will appear in Palm Springs tonight, March 16, 2013 in 'Heart and Music A Conversation With and Tribute To William Finn'. The man b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThere has been a refreshing major magic wand at work here in this newly revamped, sweet and lovely and funny production.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM"Two and a Half Men" Creator Chuck Lorre on Good Karma
We are hanging out lakeside in Austin for SXSW with Mr. Chuck Lorre, creator and producer of some of TV's hottest shows like "Two and a…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMVictoria's Secret Angels Introduce Swimwear Collection
Victoria's Secret launches their newest line of swimwear, and they have sent 3 angels to do the job - namely Alessandra Ambrosio, Candi…
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Olney Theatre Center Announces NNPN Rolling World Premiere of Rancho Mirage and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Classic Musical The King and I for their 75th Anniversary Season by Laura A…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:54AMTRAINSPOTTING IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK Whether L.A. theatergoers are ready or not, seat of your pants Productions has resurrected it’s much ballyhooed 2002 mounting of Henry Gibson’s Trains…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:44AMRoots, and Nests, and Supportive Websby Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreArtist community. I’ve touched on it before, I’m sure I have, even though I do not want to read back through all of last…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:04AMCONNECTION TO A NEW CLIENTELLEjoel fishbaneDateline Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 2013. News came out this week, via the Globe and Mail, that according to figures which will be released at…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMAmerican actor Jared Gertner stars as the endearing, annoying, bungling Elder Cunningham in the West End premiere of The Book of Mormon. Playbill caught up with him.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Friday, March 15, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's weekly planner reminds you that dreamers fight for a truck in Hands on a Hardbody… Broadway fancies Breakfast at Tiffany's… Peter and the Starcatcher tak…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award-winning composer William Finn receives Desert Ensemble Theatre Company's 2013 Melpomai Award, given annually to honor excellence in the development of theatre nationally, Marc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's series features actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they're looking forward to and more. Here, via email, we hear from actor-w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWhen the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, which "celebrate outstanding representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and our allies on TV, in film, and in the…
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 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCarolyn Mignini portrays Maria Callas in the Gallery Players presentation of Terrence McNally's Tony Award-winning play Master Class, which begins performances March 16 in Brooklyn.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWhat thoughts do actors juggle when considering taking a job in a national tour? You asked, we sought the answers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award nominee Patti Cohenour stars opposite Suzy Hunt in the A Contemporary Theatre-5th Avenue Theatre co-production of the Tony-nominated musical Grey Gardens, which begins performance…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe monthly missive from Across the Pond looks at the historic London venue known as the Curtain, Morley Prize-worthy books and productions of Our Country's Good, The Vortex, Quartermain…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSherman Edwards' Tony Award-winning musical 1776, about the signing of the Declaration of Independence, began Broadway previews March 16, 1969, at the 46th Street Theatre, now known as t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1914 Female impersonator Julian Eltinge is lyricist and star of The Crinoline Girl. Otto Hauerbach provides the book and Percy Wenrich the score. S/he'll twirl at the Knickerbocker Theat…
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