Theatre 54, Roots and Wings Theatrical, Off Off Broadway
By Bradley Troll
BOTTOM LINE: An exciting, original, opera-infused play about Rome, pornography, and the dangers of ambition.…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:52PMOn April 6, Their Most Imperial and Sovereign Majesties, Emperor XXI Ritz Kraka and Empress XXVI Witti Repartee, presented The Night of a Thousand Gowns -- a dazzling display of regal glamou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15PMOur staff picks the best things to do for the week ahead.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:13PMThe Folger Theatre’s wild west “The Taming of the Shrew” rode a field-topping nine nominations going into Monday night’s Helen Hayes Awards at the Warner Theatre, Washington theater�…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:12PMOutstanding Director, Resident Musical Serge Seiden Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris MetroStage Read full article >>
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:12PM“Spend the night with Helen!” implores TheatreWashington’s announcement for the 29th Helen Hayes Awards, held Monday night at the Warner Theatre. Now, if I took out a billboard invitin…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:12PMJoin Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Ron Suskind, the last major journalist to interview Benazir Bhutto, for a special post-performance discussion tonight, Monday, April 8th at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02PMThe corner milk bar, Ford vs Holden and quarter acre blocks: the suburbs. Mother June frantically worries about the cheese cubes for daughter Lula’s surprise party, disinterested step-dad …
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The story of an extraordinary little girl who decides that despite a bad beginning, her story is going to be an astonishing one.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 10:57PMMotown's Morgan James' combination of unflappable work ethic and loads of natural talent has garnered her the respect from the Broadway community and the music industry. From The Addams…
SOURCE: www.broadwaymasterchat.com at 10:57PMAmid all the big spring Broadway openings, don't overlook David Harrower's Good with People. I was reading a book of Pinter plays (how pretentious does that sound!) when I caught this thorny…
SOURCE: Blank New World at 10:52PM“You’re born, you die. Everything between is subject to interpretation,” according to one of the journalists in Lucky Guy, the affectionately nostalgic biography of New York City repor…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:48PML’imitation of Life is one of the smartest farces I’ve seen of late. This is high camp with a heart, and a show stopping gospel number by guest star Mahalia Jackson is just icing on this…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 10:45PMAfter dividing critics and failing to find a New York audience, the country-rock heartland musical will play its final performance on April 13.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:29PMWe are very sorry to hear of the passing of Greg Kramer.Please read Richard Burnett's profile of this talented man.
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 10:04PM Hands on a Hardbody, the musical about a sadistic contest where ten people try to win a pick-up truck by keeping their hands on it, has announced it’s closing on April 13th, aft…
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theatreWashington just announced the 29th Helen Hayes Awards nominees today, January 28th, 2013 in The National Theatre's Helen Hayes Gallery. This year, for the first time, theatre lovers i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54PMRECOMMENDED “Maria/Stuart” begins as a dark comedy. Screaming “Hep! Hep! Hep!,” a small red-vest-clad woman traveling in steel-straight lines and muttering menacingly…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 08:54PMCircus training can start very young and if it were compulsory in schools, would contribute not only to good health and self-esteem but also the essential ingredients of trust and co-opera…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:51PMThis engrossing one-act, one-man show covers a lot of ground. Adapted from the novel “Confession” by Yonatan Ben Nachum, it's based on a true story centering around Andrés Go…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 08:45PMNEW YORK — The new Broadway musical about a group of people hoping to win a truck is driving into the sunset following disastrous box office sales.Producers said Monday that "Hands on a H…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 08:40PMBROADWAY SESSIONS is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron Bway Wicked, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:33PMIn “Questing for Shangri-La” at the Annoyance Theater, Scoop Skupien recalls the crocodiles, snakes and baboons on his 11-month trip with his wife, Barb.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 08:32PMA landmark weekend for large-scale site-specific dance in LA included the premiere of Stephan Koplowitz's Red Line Time in the Red Line subway and a revival of Trisha Brown's Roof Piece at t…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 08:12PMHANDS ON A HARDBODY will play its final performance on Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 8pm after playing 28 preview and 28 regular performances at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre 256 West 47t…
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It is endearing to see how something so zany and off the wall can be a big Broadway hit. I think the show will also charm London audiences for quite some time
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:56PMShia LaBeouf’s bizarre feuding with his erstwhile collaborators on Broadway’s "Orphans" has likely only increased interest in the show. For those with deep pockets, charitable he…
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:46PMSeattle International Film Festival will open May 16 with a gala screening of “Much Ado About Nothing.” Directed by Joss Whedon — who brought you last summer’s breakout hit, “The A…
SOURCE: blogs.seattletimes.com at 07:46PMNEW YORK (AP) — The new Broadway musical about a group of people hoping to win a truck is driving into the sunset following disastrous box office sales.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:45PMWe are updating the the recipients of the 29th Annual Helen Hayes Awards recipients as they are announced starting at 8 PM at The Warner Theatre. The recipients are in BOLD. Congrats to all …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:44PMHe smokes. He cusses. He drinks. He comes on to a woman who isn’t his wife. But he also speaks in the inspirational voice of a Gandhi-esque leader who forced America to search its conscien…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:42PMThe new Broadway musical Hands on a Hardbody will shutter on Saturday, April 13. Upon closing, the musical will have played 28 previews and 28 regular performances at the Brooks Atkinson The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:36PMDrury Lane Theatre begins its exciting 2013 season with a grand scale production of the Tony Award-winning musical OLIVER, currently in previews and opening Thursday, April 11, running throu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:32PMDavid Sefton’s first Adelaide Festival recently concluded as an artistic, box-office and personal success for the new Artistic Director. 2013 also marked the first time the Adelaide Festiv…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:30PMThey come without warning, those occasional Non-Equity shows that Broadway In Chicago manages to slip into its lineup. They are usually classics or revivals popular enough to be relatively…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:28PMOn Monday, May 13, 2013, Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, will honor Ruth and Stephen Hendel and Ming Cho Lee with a Gala Evening at the Angel Orens…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 07:09PMRon Eldard Justified, ER, Freddy Rodriguez Rico in Six Feet Under and Bill Smitrovich Drew Thatcher in Life Goes On are set to appear in American Buffalo, a revival of David Mamet's American…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:03PM“Hands on a Hardbody” is taking its hands off the vehicle and withdrawing from the competition, with the Broadway musical posting a closing notice for the end of the week. Most legiters …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00PMHunter Foster, Keith Carradine and the cast of Hands on a Hardbody are taking their hands off the truck and driving into the sunset. The new musical will play its final performance on April …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:00PMHands on a Hardbody, the cultural pulse-taking about a cross-section of Texans hoping to win a pickup truck in a grueling endurance competition, will close on Broadway April 13, its producer…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:00PM"There are all sorts of things you don't even think about when you start building a theatre from scratch", says Ben Power, looking critically at some red neon lights above the bar. "I think …
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The Music of Vernon Duke played for five shows, April 6-8, 2013, at the 92nd Street Y. The show featured the talents of Heidi Blickenstaff, James Clow, Erin Mackey, Matthew Scott, and three-…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:40PMIn “Finks,” Joe Gilford’s new play, young people must choose whether to protect their careers or their friends in the time of McCarthyism.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:33PMThe cast of Fking Up Everything off-Broadway was recently visited by Ashley Spencer and Jeremy Jordan, as well as another Rock Of Ages star Kate Rockwell who was FUE's original Juliana, when…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:31PMTwo brand new clips from WHAT MAISIE KNEW starring Julianne Moore and Alexander Skarsgard have just been released.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:28PMIf you’ve ever suffered from a lapse of concentration during a production, you’re certainly not alone. Many theatre-goers have confessed to missing out on the moment where Godot swings b…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:18PMBroadway quintuple threat, Robert Creighton, who has just concluded his critically lauded role of DurdlesNick Cricker in the Roundabout Theater Company's production of The Mystery of Edwin D…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18PMResilient Japanese pop star Tomomi Kahala has released her first single and music video in seven years and it is none other than a cover from the international stage sensation that just beca…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:15PMThere could only be one winner of the Broadway's Biggest Fan contest. Watch to see who Orfeh, Nick Adams and Marissa Jaret Winokur chose to be the first fan ever to win a trip to the 201…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:13PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, April 8, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway @PIPPINMusical cast album to be released by Ghost…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:07PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 482013.
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'Filming in Ohio - sounds like a musical that I'm going to write dibs' jokingly offers Nick Offerman in the new behind-the-scenes promo for the unusual new coming-of-age indie KINGS OF SUMME…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:56PMThe story of four sisters who resisted oppression in the Dominican Republic blooms in Mixed Blood’s production.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 05:56PMTickets are now on sale for the off-Broadway show The Drawer Boy. The drama, written by Michael Healey and directed by Alexander Dinelaris, is set to begin preview performances at the S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:52PMFollowing a sold-out Joe's Pub concert in January, Junk A Rock Opera held another one-night concert performance last night, April 7th at Joe's Pub, featuring new songs and orchestrations in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:49PMDirector/Choreographer Rob Ashford, President and Executive Director of Rodgers and Hammerstein Ted Chapin and Director Scott Ellis talk with moderator Patrick Pacheco about re-imagining mus…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 05:48PMAs Tom Hanks topliner “Lucky Guy” continued to rake it in at the Broadway box office last week, star-driven plays led by Better Midler and Alec Baldwin joined the fray and Midler outing …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:43PMFestive was the mood and festive was the sold-out crowd Sunday at the Civic Opera House as Lyric Opera of Chicago presented the Midwest premiere of “Cruzar la Cara de la Luna,” billed as…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:40PMIn honor of the opening of MATILDA THE MUSICAL on Broadway, the show continues its ongoing partnership with Google for a Week of Magical Activities, beginning Sunday, April 7 and running thr…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:24PMThe first poster featuring Johnny Depp in his new guise as the legendary Tonto in the forthcoming feature film adaptation of the classic Western series THE LONE RANGER just rode into town - …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24PMHands on a Hardbody will play its final performance on Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 8pm after playing 28 preview and 28 regular performances at Broadway’s Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 West …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:22PMComing up this week, 54 BELOW, the performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMLocated on midtown NYC's Theatre Row, Chez Josephine is named for Josephine Baker, the iconic American actress, dancer and singer who was a fixture in 1920s Paris.
Here, owner Jean-Claude B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:15PMOn Monday, May 13, 2013, Theatre Communications Group TCG, the national organization for theatre, will honor Ruth and Stephen Hendel and Ming Cho Lee with a Gala Evening at the Angel Orensan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:13PMThe Manischewitz hangovers of the Passover/Easter holiday faded last week, but the party kept going strong on Broadway. While most shows grossed less in the first week of April than they did…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:07PM<em>The Complete Works of William Shakespeare </em>in 90 minutes is one thing, while the Complete Works of William Shakespeare in one weekend is entirely another. But that is exa…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 05:04PMThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare in 90 minutes is one thing, while the Complete Works of William Shakespeare in one weekend is entirely another. But that is exactly what Company's M…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 05:04PMOn a previous Movie Monologue Monday I looked at Peter Finch in Network. Today I’m going to return to Network, this time looking at Ned Beatty’s brilliant and prophetic perform…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMA few months ago we put out a call for Commons Producers to help us track the activities of the fourteen playwright residencies HowlRound is charged with documenting. The response was overwh…
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Daniel Craig will take a break from playing dashing superspy James Bond on screen to star opposite his wife, Oscar winner Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener) in a Broadway revival of Harold…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:59PMLive7 ratings have been released for the week of March 18 and the March 19 episode of NBC's musical drama series SMASH saw the numbers actually double when factoring in the seven-day DVR vie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:58PMTHEATER TALK welcomes actor and writer Jesse Eisenberg on Friday, April 12, 2013 at 1 AM Saturday morning on ThirteenPBS, and repeating in New York City on CUNY TV Saturday at 830 PM, Sunday…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMIf you are a small company or an artist that has a creative project that needs a cash injection and some industry support to get it off the ground then Gone in 20 Minutes could really help …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:52PMActor Phil Kilbourne is remembered for his craft, wit and imagination
SOURCE: StarTribune at 04:52PMUPDATED: As reported yesterday, Margaret Thatcher, who is depicted in a negative light in the West End shows Billy Elliot and The Audience, died of a stroke. It was unknown at the time wheth…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:51PMFormer British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher passed away from a stroke on Monday, April 8. Nicknamed the "Iron Lady" for her rigid style of leadership, Thatcher was the Leader of the Cons…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:51PMTwo new musicals officially arrive on Broadway this week MATILDA on April 11 and MOTOWN on April 14. There are many more to come before the Spring 2013 wraps, so see what you can now
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:49PMAs part of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark's effort to honor society's unsung heroes, the Broadway musical will celebrate Tax Season with a Post-Tax Day ticket giveaway for certified public acc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:45PMSix years ago, Broadway got its turn in the reality TV spotlight with the NBC competition series Grease: You're the One That I Want! Featuring a judging panel that included Tony-winning …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:43PMThe spring Broadway season is in full swing as the last remaining new shows are now all in previews (with the exception of the upcoming Rascals concert engagement Once Upon a Dream). Bette M…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:41PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PMIn defense of Tim Sanford's response to audience reaction to Annie Baker's The Flick at Playwright's Horizons
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 04:39PMIt seems as though Bill T. Jones has been around for a long time. And he has. Back in 1982, eleven years into their personal and professional collaboration, he and Arnie Zane created the...
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 04:38PMAre critics regretting "The Last Five Years"?
SOURCE: stagegrade.com at 04:35PMComedic actor Jack Black and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber could soon have a bond. The seven-time Tony winner said he'd like to bring Black's comedy "School of Rock" to the stage.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:27PMEngine 31, a pop-up website sponsored by the LA-based USC Annenberg School, covered the final weekend of the Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actors Theatre of Louisville. Severa…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:25PMOn Friday evening at the Café Carlyle, before the second-to-last performance of “Elaine Stritch at the Carlyle: Movin’ Over and Out,” Stritch’s farewell show, th…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 04:18PMThe Broadway Blog sent contributor Lindsay B. Davis back in time and it appears she got lost trying to follow along Speakeasy Moderne, a hodgepodge review of Broadway, pop hits and standard…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:09PMAre critics feeling warm to Icelandic "Saga"?
SOURCE: stagegrade.com at 04:09PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 472013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMBroadway has been buzzing that one of our own, five-time Tony winner Audra McDonald, may make the leap to the big screen as Aretha Franklin in a new bio pic about the Queen of Soul. Broadway…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:04PMRoger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's Pippin is heading to the recording studio on April 29 to produce a new cast recording for the much loved coming-of-age musical. Produced by Ghostlight …
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MAD FOREST (OPEN FIST): 100% – SWEET SWEET Add to this Mazor’s traffic-control direction, the dusky lighting design by Wyatt Bartel/PRG-LA, and Tim Labor’s ominous sound design and ori…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:57PMBarefoot Theatre Company presents a free reading of Mando Alvarado's new play On the 5:31, chronicling the ten-year span of a flawed relationship, April 8 at The Loft (East 3rd Productio…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:57PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, legendary music producer Phil Ramone passed away on March 30, 2013. He was 72. Ramone was hospitalized in New York City earlier this month after sufferi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:56PMGhostlight Records will release the New Broadway Cast Recording for Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's beloved coming-of-age musical comedy PIPPIN, which is now playing at the Music Box …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMThe national tour of Flashdance — The Musical, the fairy tale of a lady steelworker who dreams of legit dance while moonlighting as an exotic dancer, began Jan. 1 in Pittsburgh. Cast m…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:50PMTHE RASCALS ONCE UPON A DREAM, which will premiere on Broadway this spring for 15 performances only, is directed by Steven Van Zandt and Marc Brickman. With music by Felix Cavaliere and Eddi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:40PMThe New York City Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association is now selling tickets to the Thursday, May 2, 2013 performance of Broadway's VANYA and SONIA and MASHA and SPIKE, the irresistible n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMFor its 2013-14 season, the Broad Stage in Santa Monica will present appearances by actress Patti LuPone, opera singer Bryn Terfel, violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and the Los Angeles da…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:35PM“Bombshell,” the Marilyn Monroe musical that fans of Smash will have been following for 26 episodes, promises to open on April 20th in an episode entitled, appropriately, ̶…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:33PMBroadway’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 03:28PMPippin is coming to an iPod near you! The first Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson’s musical will get a cast album produced by Ghostlight Records. Diane Paulus…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:14PMHands on a Hardbody Broadway premiere
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After only 28 performances, Hands on a Hardbody will close its Broadway premiere early.
Hands on a Hardbody is a new musical …
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 03:13PMKeith Carradine’s gravel-edged, instantly recognizable voice has served him well in a 40-year career on stage and screen. Depending on your age, you may know him best as the Oscar-winn…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PMGhostlight Records will release the new Broadway cast recording of Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's coming-of-age musical Pippin, featuring material from the show never previously …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:03PM(New York, NY) – Ghostlight Records will release the New Broadway Cast Recording for Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz’s beloved coming-of-age musical comedy PIPPIN, which is now play…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:02PMDancers gather to celebrate Carol Bartlett, her life and legacy. Most college and prep school dance concerts serve both as a showcase for the dancers and a homecoming. Last Sunday evening, h…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:02PM
THEATER REVIEW: "Let Them Eat Chaos" at Second City ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Let Them Eat Chaos" at Second City ★★★ ... Ross Bryant, the decidedly thrilling …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:51PMLike Dahl’s famous peach, this larger-than-life production teems with fun. A bit of genre anxiety robs the story of some of the stage magic it deserves, but there’s still plenty …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:35PMName: James PressonHometown: Wilton, CT for the most part. But now I live at Less Than Rent Theatre (see what I did there?) But seriously. Education: BA in Theatre from Fordham University. A…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:26PMThe April 13 and April 20 episodes of the new NBC musical drama "Smash" will air at 9 PM ET in the show's new Saturday time slot. Here is a first look at the installments, titl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PMBut what does Meryl Streep have to say? That’s the question I ask myself about most things—the “Mad Men” season première, North Korea, the bumblebee die-off̵…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 02:17PMMaking her solo concert debut, Milioti was seen in Off-Broadway's That Face and she has also appeared in television programs such as 30 Rock and films such as Greetings from the Shore. Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:11PMPoet Mikhail Kuzmin, born in the 1870s into a family of Russian Old Believers, was a passionate exponent of gay literature in the early twentieth century.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:09PMPlaywright Peter Morgan will deliver a short speech on the passing of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher prior to the April 8 performance of his new play The Audience at the Gie…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PMHey fans! It’s your time to shine, and you have a very important job to do: Pick the nominees for the 2013 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards!
Click here for the ballot, then pick …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:08PMMourners have packed a downtown Chicago church to remember acclaimed film critic Roger Ebert. Pallbearers carried Ebert’s casket up the steps of the Holy Name Cathedral for the Mo…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:05PMTonight’s performance of Billy Elliot The Musical will go ahead in London as scheduled, despite the death of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, which was announced earlier today. The…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:02PMTwo-time Tony nominated actor Milo O'Shea passed away on April 2 at the age of 86, according to Variety. O'Shea's death was caused by complications arising from Alzheimer's d…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:01PMMusical theater bigwig Andrew Lloyd Webber is hard at work on yet another new musical, but the subject matter might surprise you.
Webber is reportedly developing a stage adaptation of the…
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Paying homage to one of the greatest movie musicals of all time, What a Glorious Feeling comes to Theatre at the Center April 25 through June 2 at 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, IN. Creat…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:53PMHere are some of the familiar Broadway faces appearing in prime time tonight Monday, April 8, 2013
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMFour years to the day, without a prolonged conversation -- were they still friends? Allen Barton turned his recent reunion with a friend after that much time into a play, Years to the Day, w…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:49PMA show like Motown: The Musical doesn’t hit Broadway without a legion of music legends coming out to support it! In a special pre-opening event, label founder (and the musical's bo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:44PMAnnette Funicello, the most popular Mouseketeer on “The Mickey Mouse Club,” who matured to a successful career in records and ’60s beach party movies but struggled with ill…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:43PMOld Red Lion Theatre, London: Cited as the father of symbolism, 1911 Nobel Prize winner Maurice Maeterlinck's expressionistic work interrogates the human condition. Beji Sperring and Ta…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:43PMThe Tony-winning revival of Chicago welcome Tony Award nominee Adam Pascal and Christine Pedi (Forbidden Broadway, NEWSical the Musical, Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating & …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:37PMThe Filament Theatre Ensemble is now accepting applications for the third annual Allie’s Gift, a gift to Chicago theatre artists to help subsidize the costs of career-related expenses.…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:37PMWicked fans are never quiet about their love for the Broadway blockbuster, especially when it comes to voting in the Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards year after year. How many&n…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:37PMQuebec's Hudson Village Theatre has announced the productions planned for its 2013 summer season of fun Canadian plays. Calgary playwright Ken Cameron's Harvest will get the fun-filled seaso…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:36PMBroadwayWorld has confirmed that the Classic Stage Company's production of Passion has delayed the recording of it's upcoming cast album, because Melissa Errico, who plays Clara in the show,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:34PMRobert Schenkkan's All The Way is the recipient of the 2013 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, ATCA announced April 6 at the Humana Festival o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:33PMMarin Ireland, successful stage, film, and television actress, has traded one Homeland for another. After inducing several water-cooler moments as the suicidal terrorist Aileen Morgan on the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:28PMWho knows how to tickle the funny bone better than comic genius Carol Burnett? The Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress has done it all. From her Broadway debut as Princess Winnifred …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:27PMLUCKY GUY, starring two-time Academy Award®-winner Tom Hanks, grossed $1,226,451 for the week ending April 7, 2013. The achievement is notable for this week’s performances included comp…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:23PMLast week's poll asked which one is your personal favorite. Check out your response below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMA FAMILY HAUNTED BY ITSELF Even among dysfunctional clans – an apparently exhaustible topic for today’s theater – Jason Grote’s self-haunted family in Maria/Stuart gets laurels for l…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:20PMAnnette Funicello, who first gained fame as a 12-year-old Mousekeeter on Disney’s “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s and then starred opposite Frankie Avalon in a series of musical b…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:14PMCindy McCain, best known as the wife of Senator John McCain, will be starring in a Phoenix production of 8, a play dramatizing the arguments against California's Proposition 8, according to …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:13PMThe Royal Ballet has secured one of Russia’s “superstar” ballerinas, with the appointment of Natalia Osipova to join the company.
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:12PMIn celebration of the 30th anniversary of her album 'She's So Unusual' legendary singer Cyndi Lauper has announced a 23-date U.S. tour, beginning June 12th in San Diego, CA.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:07PMPlays that center around a person’s death are frequently written. What better way is there to showcase a contrast in characters’ points of view than by giving them a mutual target to eac…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 01:02PMSarah Ruhl and Les Waters, creators of Eurydice, Three Sisters and In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), will reunite for the West Coast premiere of Ruhl's Dear Elizabeth, which will …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PMEmail can either be a tool to help you get things done or a time suck that chains you to your desk. One of the main reasons we get stuck on email for hours at a time has to do...
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A diversion for Monday: Our friend Izzy Morgana Rabey has recently begun working with Welsh jazz pianist Bill Sutton, and just last month they recorded this version of “God Bless the C…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 12:58PMSecret Theatre’s short play festival serves s smorgasbord of art Welcome to Borough Play, our exclusive series on theatre in Brooklyn, Queens, and beyond Short play festivals allow vie…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:55PMInside the casting for Broadway’s “Motown The Musical” Casting a Broadway show is never easy, but finding the right actors for Motown: the Musical was especially daunting. …
SOURCE: TDF at 12:51PMYes, that School of Rock. The one starring Jack Black and that girl from Nickelodeon. In an era when every film with a remotely musical theme eventually finds itself on Broadway, all we can …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:51PM By: David ShewardStark Sands, Annaleigh Ashford, Billy PorterKinky Boots is anything but. The new musical based on the 2005 British film is as comfortable as a pair of old s…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:47PMOld Red Lion, LondonIt's a good bet that not many British theatre-goers are intimate with the work of Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949). Yet in his day this Belgian playwright and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:41PMSometimes all you need is a star-making performance to make a show. The fresh-faced and ideally cast Stephen Anthony, who plays infamous con man Frank Abagnale Jr., offers such a performance…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:41PMA play about Anne Boleyn’s alleged incestuous relationship with her brother will be performed at the Tower of London, where the Tudor queen was executed in 1536. Suffolk theatre company Re…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:40PMREVIEW: Live music adds zing to "Lover," a series of dances set to classic tunes of Rodgers and Hart.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:37PMBeginning this Saturday, April 13th, original cast member Callan Bergmann will return to the cast of Off-Broadway's smash hit SILENCE! THE MUSICAL as Dream Hannibal
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:35PMFollowing the death today of Margaret Thatcher, who has passed away at 87, two West End productions that include portraits of the former British prime minister are deciding how best to handl…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:34PMKJ Sanchez explores land, community and identity in her new solo Highway 47
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:31PMProduction images have been released for John Tiffany's production of the Tony Award-winning musical Once, which opens tomorrow (9 April 2013).
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SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:31PMThough the staging and costumes were admirable, much of this first-night performance resembled a dress rehearsal, writes Clement Crisp
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:23PMSky Atlantic has ordered a 13-part crime series called Fortitude, which it has described as its “most ambitious drama commission to date”. The series is a co-production with US network S…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:23PMEdward Petherbridge presents reflections on the stroke that occurred as he rehearsed the role of King Lear, writes Ian Shuttleworth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:22PMBuck Wanner talks to Sam Green who performs his latest film at The Kitchen this week.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:22PMI'LL EAT YOU LAST began previews on Friday, April 5 and opens Wednesday, April 24 at the Booth Theatre 222 West 45th Street. Appearing on Broadway for the first time in 30 years, Tony and Gr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMJohn Catron plays a man obsessed by old audio recordings in the Enda Walsh play.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:17PMVocalists and a pianist are announced for Lyrics amp Lyricists Downtown, the LampL series at 92YTribeca. On Monday, April 15, this one-night-only event features a conversation with Tony Awar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:15PM“’Kindness’ covers all of my political beliefs. No need to spell them out. I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little hap…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:06PMFew are the actors whose passing is marked by the dimming of lights in the West End. Richard Griffiths was one of those, the tribute placing him in a select pantheon whose numbers include Ol…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:03PMAfter a 30 year absence, the one-and-only Bette Midler returned to Broadway on April 5 in the new solo play I’ll Eat You Last. Midler stars as legendary Hollywood agent Sue Mengers in …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PMD.L. Hughley is an actor-comedian, and currently a top 10 competitor on Dancing With The Stars. For Tell Me More's 'In Your Ear' series, he shares some favorite songs that he calls 'savory a…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:00PMThe Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay .* Join us Thursday, April 11…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:00PM
Podcast With Dead Writers’ ADAM PASEN & JIM SCHNEIDER from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. A discussion with playwright Adam Pasen and director Jim Schneider about Dead Writers…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:58AMTony Award nominee Mary Testa, Natalie Cortez and Chris Fenwick will join Tony-winning actress Audra McDonald and five-time Tony-nominated writer Michael John LaChiusa for an April 15 presen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:58AMBroadway vets Robert Cuccioli and Laila Robins are set to announce the nominees for the 63rd annual Outer Critics Circle Awards on April 22 at the Friars Club in New York City. Nominations w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:55AMPlawright Peter Morgan will make a short speech at the start of this evening’s performance of The Audience to mark the death of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, which was announced…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:54AMThe new American musical Hands on a Hardbody just celebrated opening night on March 21, at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre 256 West 47th Street. Check out photos of Keith Carradine in the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMMamma Mia! is truly a "super trooper" as the show celebrates its 14th birthday on the West End stage. The worldwide hit announced their extension at the West End's Novello Theatre to April 5…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:53AMTony nominee Melissa Errico, who stars as Clara in Classic Stage Company's production of Passion, has been recovering from bronchitis in recent weeks and is currently on vocal rest. PS C…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:52AM Please Join Us For the FREE Chain of Fools Launch Event Wednesday, April 10, 7:30-9:30 pm in the Dixon Place Lounge Trav S.D. launches his new book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy a…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:51AMArena Stage’s co-production of The Mountaintop, Katori Hall’s play about the last night of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life raises the question of whether to judge a production on ho…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:48AMEveryone’s a star on The Ride, the bus tour of Midtown New York that doubles as an improv show – even the bus itself. Created by Michael Counts, written by John Bobey and directe…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:48AMShowbiz411 reports exclusively that Barbra Streisand will no longer direct the upcoming film SKINNY AND CAT. The project, starring Colin Firth and Cate Blanchett, would have marked the actre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:47AMTickets are now on sale to the general public for the upcoming Broadway revival of Shakespeare’s timeless love story of star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet, starring international fil…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:47AMEach day, for the duration of the contest, we'll be picking a 'Hot Entry' in the JEKYLL amp HYDE 'Tell Us Your Moment' Sweepstakes. Scroll below to check out today's entry - and make sure yo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:44AMShe had little time for culture – and once hailed Andrew Lloyd Webber as a great British export. But Thatcher dominated playwrights' imaginations, along with so much elseMargaret Thatcher …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:44AMLucky Guy and Kinky Boots opened on Broadway last week, Matilda is opening this week — one of a dozen Broadway shows still to open this month, to finish the Broadway Spring 2013 seas…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:40AMPart two of today’s birthday tribute to comic actor Stuart Pankin (for part one go here). Here’s a show that was not only quite prominent for a time, but was actually on tv for …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:35AM By David ShewardTom HanksIt's chaotic, it's …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:34AMAcademy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey will present veteran stage and film actor Christopher Plummer with the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's Monte Cristo Award April 15 in New Yor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMThe Geffen Playhouse has announced plans for a nine-production season, including three world premieres/adaptations, three West Coast premieres, and two works by Pulitzer- and Nobel Prize-win…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:26AMGhostlight Records will release the New Broadway Cast Recording for Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz‘s beloved coming-of-age musical comedy Pippin, which is now playing at the Musi…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:23AM2013 Workplan: First Quarter Check-InI didn't do quarterly check-in's last year so I know they actually help me keep on track, focused and also help me see what I've accomplished. As I menti…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 11:19AMPodcast With Catch Me If You Can’s BEN LAXTON from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO Ben Laxton discusses the national tour of the hit musical Catch Me If you Can. For more information visit www.Broad…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:19AMRatings of the second season of NBC's "Smash," the Emmy Award-winning musical drama about the creation and inner workings of a Broadway musical, have hit a new series low follo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AM The Hall of Hams is my series on some of my favorite actors who have brought the art of melodramatic acting into the modern era. One of the great thespians of his day, Frank Keenan (April…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:12AMThe American Theatre Critics Association has named All the Way, Robert Schenkkan's drama about Lyndon Johnson's campaign to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as the recipient of the Harold …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:09AMHubbard Street Dance Chicago, under the artistic leadership of Glenn Edgerton, presents
four hometown engagements in its 2013–14 season, all at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance
(…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:07AMAs always, there's plenty to see on Broadway this week Of note, MATILDA, the Royal Shakespeare Company's celebrated production of the beloved Roald Dahl novel, takes its official bows on Thu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:06AMNEW YORK (AP) — It's not just the golden ring that carries a curse. The Metropolitan Opera's production of Wagner's epic seems to as well.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:06AMRabbit - Stage Left Theatre at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont is offering $15 industry tickets on Thursdays 4/25, 5/2 and 5/9. For tickets call 773-875-9150 and use the code "chimes." Visit ww…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 11:04AMNick Verina, Jeremiah James, Ruth Gottschall, Stephanie Rothenberg, Mary Michael Patterson, Robert Petkoff and Ed Dixon are among the players in the Denver world premiere of Sense & Sens…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMThe new American musical Hands on a Hardbody just celebrated opening night on March 21, at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre 256 West 47th Street. Inspired by true events and based on the a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMAre you a Game of Thrones fan? There’s a whole lot of people who are (including me, a former D&D player who loves me some swords and dragons and Peter Dinklage). So HBO did what …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Direct from their phenomenally successful Broadway engagement, the internationally-acclaimed Beatles concert, “RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles,” makes its debut at Rosemont Theatre (5400 …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:56AMAmerican Idol finalist turned Tony nominee Constantine Maroulis is back on the boards in a killer new production of Jekyll & Hyde, now playing at the Marquis Theatre. And while Maroulis …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:55AMAmerican Idol finalist turned Tony nominee Constantine Maroulis is back on the boards in a killer new production of Jekyll & Hyde, now playing at the Marquis Theatre. And while Maroulis …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:55AMTheatre Royal, Glasgow: Designed by Tom Scutt, Harry Fehr's production of the first of Wagner's standard repertory operas presents it in the original Scottish setting the composer …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AMThis is the first of two posts today celebrating the birthday of comic character actor Stuart Pankin (b. 1946). While you may not know the name, his is an an extremely recognizable face …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:52AMBerry Gordy hosted a special Motown Family Night at Motown: The Musical on April 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMAnd The Season Starts With The Lucille Lortel Nominations: Outstanding Play Bethany: Produced by Women’s Project Theater/ Written by Laura Marks
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:51AMGenesis Theatrical Productions, a Chicago theatre which discovers and promotes new works, is thrilled to announce that acclaimed actor/writer/director Austin Pendleton will be directing fo…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:50AMOver the next week, the Tributes from each District will train and the citizens of the Capitol of Panem (that’s you) will have the opportunity to take a look at them, assess their skil…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:49AMThe question gave me pause. It hadn't occurred to me until that moment that many of the parents in our community might be shocked to hear that my nine year old is asking these kinds of ques…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:46AMProducing Artistic Director Michael Menendian and Co-Artistic Director JoAnn Montemurro announce Raven Theatre’s 2013/2014 season which includes The Trip to Bountiful byHorton F…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:46AMWhat a weekend! The show is officially up and running in previews after amazing work from the creative team who accomplished a strong week of tech followed by a wonderful dress rehearsal! …
SOURCE: The Associate Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMThe long-running, Tony Award-winning revival of Chicago welcomes Tony nominee and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Adam Pascal and Christine Pedi to the company beginning April…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:44AMTony Award winner Chita Rivera (The Rink, Kiss of the Spider Woman) is the mistress of ceremonies at the April 8 memorial honoring stage and film producer Marty Richards. The evening, benefi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMThe BBC is under renewed pressure to ensure children used in its programmes are properly cared for, after an investigation found it had failed to protect the emotional welfare of young peopl…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:42AMREVIEWED BY: JOSEPH HILLENMEYER LiveWire Chicago Theatre in association with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events is continuing its 2012-2013 season with Samu…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:37AM“BE yourself! Everyone else is taken!” says the magnificent drag queen star (Billy Porter) in the opening of Broadway’s newest hit musical “Kinky Boots.” THIS i…
SOURCE: wowOwow at 10:37AMThe world premiere of Paul’s Case, an original opera based on a Willa Cather short story, will be UrbanArias’s next production later this month, the company announced today. The sho…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:37AMSmash has finally made the move from Tuesdays to Saturdays, airing the first episode in its new time slot on April 6. So how did the show fare in its new schedule digs?
Not great — …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:37AMAdam Gwon is an up-and-comping composer, known for his musicals Ordinary Days, Cloudlands, The Boy Detective Falls and String. Now, Gwon will bring his music to 54 Below for a special o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:28AMTaffety Punk Theatre Company’s Oxygen, written by Ivan Vyrpaev, is a self- proclaimed post apocalyptic mix tape but it’s so much more. Directors Lise Bruneau and Chris Curtis tackled…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:26AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending April 7, 2013: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm ANN $308,202 4,398 49.39% $70.08 ANNIE $1,120,203 12,406 90.79% $90.…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:24AMThe stage world's response to the death of Richard Griffiths shows certain theatrical traditions have an enduring relevanceA friend who went to see the Alan Bennett double bill Untold Storie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:07AMThe Golden Age of musicals on Broadway has been over for several years now. I think on that we are all agreed (by “all” I mean those of us who were around to revel in it, to appr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:05AM
Lyricist Fred Ebb, whose collaboration with composer John Kander earned the duo three Tony Awards for their iconic musical theatre scores, would have celebrated his 85th birthday April 8, 20…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMIn the newest episode of Making Matilda, stars Bailey Ryon, Sophia Gennusa, Milly Shapiro and Oona Laurence reveal how Matilda is a "mix of a hundred different things at once," and…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:45AMGo to any arts conference and you can hear the chatter. How can we build new audiences? How can we embrace technology? I want to move the art forward but the current audience will not allow …
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:42AMRECOMMENDED Equal parts humbug and dazzling accomplishment, P.T. Barnum’s life was so extraordinary, it’s amazing someone didn’t think of setting it to music before 1980. And since the…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 09:40AMSteps star Ian ‘H’ Watkins is to reprise the role of Joseph in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The performer will play the rol…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:27AMPS Classics has postponed recording sessions for the Classic Stage Company Off-Broadway revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical Passion while leading lady Melissa Errico recovers from b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:27AMToday is the birthday of Shecky Greene (Fred Sheldon Greenfield, b. 1926). I don’t know how it happened, but somewhere down the line his name became synonymous with “hack comedia…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:12AMJen Silverman will receive $10,000 and the play will have a staged reading at the Claire Tow Theater at Lincoln Center.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:09AMAll of us wear masks of some kind, visible or not, but more people in society are literally donning disguises in an effort to help society and fight crime. This unusual phenomenon gave rise …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:09AMEquity and British fashion magazine Vogue have signed the first code of conduct for models to ensure their fair treatment during photo shoots in studios and on location. The Equity Ten Point…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:07AMDON'T FORGET TO ENTER THIS WEEK'S TICKET CONTEST!DON'T FORGET TO TAKE THIS WEEK'S "HOT OR NOT" POLL!As the theatre year rapidly draws to a close, with new shows grabbing all the headlines, I…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:00AM
Production images have been released for John Tiffany's production of the Tony Award-winning musical Once, which opens tomorrow (9 April 2013).
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SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:58AMToday is the birthday of Sonja Henie (1912-1969), who for ten years enjoyed an unlikely second career for a world champion ice skater — movie star. (although there were others who atte…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:49AMTheatre composer plans School of Rock musical based on the Jack Black film to follow Profumo affair 'chamber musical'What do Stephen Ward, the man who triggered the Profumo affair, and Dewey…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:29AMWithout a clear vision for the future, executive directors are doomed to making marginal changes that do not truly move their organizations forward. And without a bit of dreaming, it is diff…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:28AMYou have to appreciate a guy who expressed his concern for both the drought on the Texas plains and the local arts community's drought in terms of cancelled jazz programming on WGBH and the …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:26AMABBA musical Mamma Mia! marked its 14th birthday in London this past Saturday (6 April 2013) and has now extended its booking period at the Novello Theatre, its third West End home, where it…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:25AMToday is the birthday of Gladys Marie Smith, a.k.a. Mary Pickford (1892-1979). She was of course most famous as a film actress and one of the most powerful people (male or female) in Hollywo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:16AMJames Dacre is currently directing the New Vic's production of The Thrill of Love, which has transferred to the St James Theatre this week (3 April 2013).
Dacre was also last week appointed…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:13AM Friends Michele Carlo and Heather Quinlan have teamed with Bridget Bartolini to produce this series of New York themed story nights, with awesome storytellers like Alexis Sottile, Kam…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:13AMBy Sandi Durell April and May are budding with the sounds of talent everywhere, the community heady and proud coming off the Bistro and MAC Awards in March. Big doings are in store at…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 08:09AMArena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces that due to popular demand, the world premiere play Mary T. & Lizzy K., written and directed by Tazewell Thompson, will add …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:07AMRoyal Opera House, London: Although injury meant Alina Cojocaru missed her scheduled performance of the lead role in the first night of the current run of La Bayadere, Roberta Marquez was an…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:01AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 8 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Miss Cook in action.I spent Saturday night this weekend with an old friend, Barbara Cook (at left). No, Miss Cook doesn't know me personally - just as she doesn't know the two or three…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 07:57AMAll the Way, a story about Lyndon Johnson’s frantic efforts to win passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, has won the 2013 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:55AM By Karen Feld Brothers Larry, Rudy and Steve Gatlin brought their rich country harmony to 54 Below for a single powerful performance Saturday evening thanks to the silver fox o…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 07:42AMHorace Ridler (1892-1969) was a self-made British freak billed as The Great Omi and the Zebra Man (although to me he looks more like a poison dart frog). His early years are shrouded in myst…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:23AMRebecca Taichman directs a new production of Shakespeare's play
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:06AMToday is the birthday of Jack Osterman (1902-1939). His mother had been an operetta star; his father a publicist and company manager. His first major show was Jerome Kern’s Oh, Boy (19…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:02AM
Don’t miss this final chance to watch Shakespeare in the intimate surroundings of the Swan Theatre with his most bloody and brutal revenge tragedy.
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:52AMCockpit, London: Streets, by Scottish composer and lyricist Finn Anderson, originally premiered to critical acclaim at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Despite its hefty praise, the adage…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AMSoho Theatre, London: Having been voted drama school of the year in this year's Stage 100 awards, ALRA North's first ever showcase has attracted a diverse mix of industry professio…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMColiseum, London: The Russians have a reputation for producing large, lavish, production heavy spectacles - and the Mikhailovsky Ballet St Petersburg did so at the beginning of their London …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:19AMColiseum, London: This modern triple bill by the Mikhailovsky Ballet St Petersburg is the last in its London run, rounding off a varied season.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:05AM
Soho Theatre, London: The comedy year wouldn't be complete without an overseas visitor to get excited about. It's only April, and we've had three: cheeky girl Sarah Silverman,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:55AMAmong this week's major London theatre openings, in the West End and further afield, are the much-anticipated Once, Narrative at the Royal Court, the NT's Table, and more:
Opening Tuesday
…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:02AMWith the revival of THE LAST FIVE YEARS killing it this Spring at 2nd Stage, excitement about the film version is at a peak. You can bet that no one is more excited that Anna Kendrick landed…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:01AMWhat came first, the story or the site? Veronica Aloess explores this question with the help of Fourth Monkey Theatre Company.The post Site-specific or site-responsive? Fourth Monkey’s…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:00AM
DIRECTOR’S TALK: DAVID FARR The director of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production of Hamlet in conversation with journalist Paul Allen. They discuss why Hamlet is still a studen…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 04:59AM“Please welcome, the comedian, Paul F. Tompkins”. The precise way in which the American veteran introduces himself to us tonight is not merely playful intonation, it's indicative of the …
SOURCE: The Independent at 04:55AMCatherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas, Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell And More Are Expected To Attend Marty Richards Memorial: Tonight The Marty Richards Memorial: An Evening of Friends, Food �…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:44AMA whole generation of comedians started out at the Windmill Theatre in Soho – Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Tony Hancock, Frankie Howerd, Dick Emery et al. In many respects it was the Come…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMPosted in Business developmentEntrepreneurshipPersonal DevelopmentReliability + Calculated Risks + A Sense of Humor + Malleability + Kindness = Your desired success Reliability: Keeping your…
SOURCE: theartsentrepreneur.com at 04:00AM
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SOURCE: Vulture at 01:54AMWhen you’re 54 and preparing to embody the mother of God in a Broadway play that’s being rewritten a week before previews, you take sniffles seriously.-- Delivered by Feed43 serv…
SOURCE: Vulture at 01:54AMToday, April 8, 2013, Broadway's Chicago welcomes Tony Award nominee Adam Pascal in the role of slick criminal lawyer Billy Flynn.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMVocalist, actor, and dancer, Alton Fitzgerald White, one of Broadway's most inspiring performers, best known as Mufasa in Disney's The Lion King on Broadway, will appear at Manhattan's Metro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMWinner of the 2012 Fred Ebb Award, musical theatre composerlyricist Sam Willmott will showcase his work with The Songs of Sam Willmott at the York Theatre tonight, April 8th at 630 PM. Prese…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMEllen Burstyn, acclaimed film, television, and stage actress, will be a special guest of the 29th Helen Hayes Awards tonight, April 8 to help accept the this year's Helen Hayes Tribute, pres…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMTonight, April 8th, 2013 join us at 600 pm for Birthday Bash as Anthony Lee Medina amp Emily Thomas present Broadway Rocks The Living Room at Toshis Living Room and Penthouse in the fabulous…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMAt 630pm, tonight, April 8th producer Marty Richards' feast of friends and loved ones will gather in celebration of his extremely accomplished life at The Edison Ballroom 240 West 47th Stree…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMPLAY IT AGAIN THE MUSIC OF ZOE SARNAK, a musical anthology of Sarnak's work, will have a one-night-only concert at Joe's Pub tonight, April 8, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMToday, April 8, 2013, Broadway's acclaimed revival of the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking musical smash Chicago welcomes Christine Pedi in the role of Cook County Jail's 'keeper of the k…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMFor those craving a show after the show, stop by 54 BELOW, the performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street. Loosen your tie and enjoy as Broadway's n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMLiz Callaway Miss Saigon, Baby, Kate Shindle Legally Blonde, Cabaret, Betsy Wolfe The Last Five Years, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, F. Michael Haynie Wicked, Dogfight, Zachary Prince On A Cle…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe last time I had my picture taken at my own request was in 2009. I was sorely in need...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMI posted lots of new stuff in the right-hand column over the weekend. Take a peek and see if anything...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"This Is Your Story," a parody of This Is Your Life performed by Sid Caesar, Howard Morris, and Carl Reiner...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr's." O. Henry, "The Country of Elusion"...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM
HEDY WEISS: New mainstage show experiments with style to find laughs in bizarre behavior past and present.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:52AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, April 7, 2013 - Sunday, April 7, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45AM By: Isa Goldberg
The Broadway Wall of Fam…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:41AMOne of many leopard boys employed by P.T. Barnum, A.E. Bishell (1869-1909), like most who bore the name, was an African American who had the condition called leucoderma, which produces a spo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:12AMA Week in the Nation's Theatreby Chris Lane@chrislanetweetsSeasons announced: Vancouver’s Arts Club has announced the lineup for its 50th season. It includes the world première …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:04AMWhen it Feels Like Cleaning the Bathroomby Estelle RosenDanielle Skene has been working in professional theatre for over 15 years as an actor, teacher, administrator, playwright and stage ma…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMCameryn MooreIt should come as no surprise that Cameryn Moore is a CharPo favourite. We admired her first as a writer/actor in her solo piece Phone Whore (which went on to have a long and he…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMThe songs of composer-lyricist Adam Gwon are celebrated April 8 at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Sunday, April 7, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMActors' Equity Association is celebrating its 100th anniversary. In Playbill's latest look at the union's history, learn about the ritual of The Gypsy Robe, honoring members of t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBranden Jacobs-Jenkins, whose plays include Neighbors and The Octoroon, receives the first-ever Sundance Theatre Institute Tennessee Williams Award, which is presented to the playwright by A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTickets are now on sale to the general public for the Broadway revival of Romeo and Juliet, which invests Shakespeare's drama with a new dynamic, featuring Orlando Bloom ("The Lord …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlay It Again: The Music of Zoe Sarnak, a musical anthology of Sarnak's work, is presented April 8 at 9:30 PM at Joe's Pub.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 29th annual Helen Hayes Awards, representing excellence in Washington, DC-area professional theatre, are handed out April 8. Nationally-known names and respected resident artists are amo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNew York Festival of Song celebrates its 25-year history with a Silver Anniversary Gala April 8 at 7 PM at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA concert presentation of Jahn Sood's new folk opera The Disappearing Man is offered April 8 at Joe's Pub in New York City. Erik Lochtefeld stars in the title role.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLincoln Center Theater presents an LCT3 Special Event, Mr. Joy, a 90-minute one-man show written and performed by Daniel Beaty, beginning April 8 at the Claire Tow Theater atop the Beau…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Sheldon, a Tony Award nominee for Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and Melissa Van Der Schyff, a Drama Desk nominee for Bonnie & Clyde, are among the artists joining Fred Ebb Awa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe long-running, Tony Award-winning revival of Chicago welcomes Tony Award nominee Adam Pascal and comedic actress Christine Pedi to the company beginning April 8 at the Ambassador The…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe songs of composer-lyricist Adam Gwon are celebrated April 8 at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIn 1999, the siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer formed the production and performing duo the Knife, in Stockholm. In 2002, they released a track called “Heartbeats,̶…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMJudd Apatow’s “This Is 40” is about marriage and money, but it is also about Graham Parker. Parker plays a version of himself, an aging rocker named Graham Parker earmarked…
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