Patria Libre is a good idea gone dull, a rough draft in need of copious polish. It could be something special, but right now it’s not even close. (read more...)
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 11:50PMTHE MISS JULIE DREAM PROJECT AUDITIONS: Hollywood Fringe Festival ProductionApril 14 and 21, 12-3pmNew Collective, 6440 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90038Nine members of Fell Swoop Pl…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 11:38PMAl Hirschfeld Theatre, Broadway
By Adrienne Urbanski
BOTTOM LINE: Kinky Boots is both amusing and appealing thanks in part to Cyndi Lauper's musical score.
Despite its provocative t…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:35PMA company of more than 25 stars of stage and screen entertained a packed house at the historic Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on Saturday night, April 6, 2013, at the 29th Annual Southland T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31PMAn arts-funding bill moves a step ahead as advocates hope for change amid an improving economy.With California still ranked last nationally in per capita state spending on government grants …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:30PMAdam's Call: Call Me Adam's "ON THE GO Review"..."Ann" written by and starring Holland Taylor: Tour de Force
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 11:12PMMedicine Show Theatre, F*It Club, Off Off Broadway
By Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: Six short sprightly plays from six bright new-ish voices.
F*IT Club's The Spring Fling: The Morning …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:03PMI got a lot of response to Sunday's post on the future of arts journalism—encouraging words, actionable ideas, quibbles. I should acknowledge the response of Bitter Lemons, the site that g…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 11:02PM
::STOP PRESS:: This Sunday, April 14, 3013, marks the seventh concert of Le Salon de Musiques’ 3rd season. ANDREW SHULMAN Cello , STEVEN VANHAUWAERT Piano CHOPIN: Cello Sonata op 65 in G m…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:40PMThe once proudly and authentically counter-cultural paper The Boston Phoenix went out ugly, fawning on mobster Whitey Bulger.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:38PMI had my own round-up of posts in the past about how we make the case, but for this year's national arts advocacy day, here's 10 reasons to support the arts.
I'm going to bring this blog up…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 09:38PMAction to the Word’s production of A Clockwork Orange has divided audiences and it’s already being declared genius or drivell. I thought it was horrorshow. If you have no connection to…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:36PMMs. Midler discusses her return to the theater in the one-woman play “I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:36PMGiuseppe Verdi’s La traviata is an odd choice for inclusion in WA Opera’s “2013: Year of the Divo” campaign – it’s about a woman and is very much a diva’s opera. But never mind…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:29PMBell Shakespeare brings Henry IV kicking and screaming into the 21st century with this marathon of Machiavellian political maneuverings that pit young punks against old geezers in a grungy …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:08PMManhattan Theatre Club's world premiere production of Richard Greenberg's The Assembled Parties is currently in previews. Directed by MTC's award-winning Artistic Director Lynne Meadow, the …
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I wonder how many of us in the nonprofit theater world woke up today and went to work to practice our craft — be it designer, director, dramaturg or actor — full time. And for pay.
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 07:53PMYesterday the folks behind Rdio.com, the online music subscription service, started unveiling Vdio, an online video rental and sales service.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:23PMIt was while watching the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament that I stumbled upon an interesting trend: non-American rock music being used in American advertising campaigns.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:22PMThis week the Cunningham Dance Foundation released The Legacy Plan, a series of steps to document and preserve Merce Cunningham's choreographies.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:22PMFinally Heard Feminine Heroes of an Uncivil War has tales of feisty slaves, women who hid their gender to fight, espionage, exiled sympathizers, and independent woman who wanted to aid soldi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:17PMTwo-time Tony Award winning actor James Naughton will be the Master of Ceremonies at this year's Starry Night Gala - Celebrating 100 Years of the American Cancer Society.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:15PMBarbara Cook's gift is to illuminate a song's words as a great actress would, while somehow having a beautiful voice at an age at which no opera singer could possibly imagine performing.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:08PMGood news, Patti LuPone fans! It’s time for the latest episode of Entrances, Exits and Everything in Between, the YouTube reality series that chronicles life with LuPone, filmed and ed…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:04PMNonesuch releases Audra McDonald's first solo album in seven years-Go Back Home-on May 21, 2013. After four seasons spent in Los Angeles playing Dr. Naomi Bennett on ABC's hit medical drama …
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Fiona Shaw plays Mary, the mother of Jesus, in this new one-woman play based on a novella by Colm Tóibín.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 06:46PMPast Tony and Olivier Award-winner Alan Cumming returns to Broadway, playing nearly all the roles in a thrilling interpretation of Shakespeare's tragedy.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 06:30PMAfter a 7 ½-year run as the artistic director of Rep Stage, Michael Stebbins is stepping down to “continue on my . . . artistic journey again,” he said. Stebbins, who considers hims…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:30PMFive-time Tony and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Audra McDonald will release her latest solo album, Go Back Home, on May 21. The actress will perform tunes from the album in her …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:19PMAnne Hathaway is heading straight from 19th century France to space. According to Deadline, the LES MISERABLES star and Oscar-winner is nearing a deal to star opposite Matthew McConaughey in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18PMPasadena's A Noise Within premieres this reworking of a 1707 comedy of manners about a pair of English frauds.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:16PMMATILDA THE MUSICAL, produced by The Royal Shakespeare Company and The Dodgers, will open on April 11, 2013 at Broadway's Shubert Theatre 225 West 44th Street. The four girls sharing the tit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:13PMGet a first look at Bertie Carvel, Lauren Ward and all the pint-sized stars in the new Broadway musical Matilda! From evil headmistresses to revolting children, see all the extraordinary, ma…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMHoward Korder’s “In a Garden” is the furthest thing imaginable from a docudrama. Yet the play, now receiving an enthralling production at A Red Orchid Theatre, may very well be the fin…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:06PMThe Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical Next to Normal, TheatreSquared's first Broadway-scale musical, begins April 18 in downtown Fayetteville. Broadway veterans Rita Harvey and R…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:03PMPhoenix, LondonMusicals these days tend to batter you into submission. This one, winner of eight Tony awards and based on a 2006 low-budget movie by John Carney that I have deliberately avoi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:01PMVeteran Broadway group ticket seller Scott Mallalieu has opened the doors at his new group sales firm, GreatWhiteWay.com. Mallalieu was the prexy of Group Sales Box Office, the Street’…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00PM"Go Back Home," the fifth studio album from five-time Tony Award-winning actress Audra McDonald, will be released May 21 from Nonesuch Records.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00PMFive-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald will sing the songs of Stephen Sondheim, Adam Guettel, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Kander and Ebb on her newest album, Go Back Home, set for relea…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
Knock, knock. Who’s there? A traveling nurseryman – here to show you seed art from the mid-1800s.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 05:59PMDespite the name *chaos,* this show is smooth-running. Under the well-paced direction of Matt Hovde, one bit blends into the next. Let Them Eat Chaos is hilarious! (read more...)
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:53PMMotown founder Berry Gordy and the world premiere Broadway production of MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL will be featured on “CBS This Morning” tomorrow, Wednesday, April 10, in an exclusive live …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:51PMBased on the Roald Dahl children's book, Matilda the Musical is the story of a little girl with astonishing wit, intelligence and psychokinetic powers who, with the support of her teacher, t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:51PMRon Eldard has been a fighter most of his life -- even literally, as a playground fistfighter and as a Golden Gloves boxer. Now the actor is tackling Teach in David Mamet's American Buffalo …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:50PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, April 9, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Happy Opening to ONCE in London! @OnceMusicalLDN…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:47PMThe Network of Ensemble Theatres is pleased to announce two professional development webinars as part of our Ensemble ABCs program. These interactive online classes are specifically designed…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 05:46PMLast Thursday, the stars came out for the premiere of Kinky Boots starring Stark Sands, Billy Porter and Annaleigh Ashford. Based on the 2005 movie and adapted by Tony winner Harvey Fierstei…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:44PMIt was one of the most love-filled, musically-thrilling birthday parties ever, when the folks at Jim Caruso's Cast Party celebrated the 85th Birthday of the most energetic, vocally dazzling,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:35PMConstantine Maroulis and Deborah Cox star in this musical tale of good and evil, with a score by Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 05:34PMDeclan Bennett & Zrinka Cvitesic
As in all the best original musicals, the subject matter of Once is unpromising: Dublin busker meets Czech married mother, fixes her hoover, falls in love on…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:32PMWhat Ebert was was a very hard-working, daily journalist who, as he should, watched thousands of movies and wrote about them in a very clear, concise, fairly interesting but obvious way.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:26PMOn Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at 600 p.m. in The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium will host 'From Canvas to Costume Painting at the Intersection of Theater and Film', featuring stars Tim Gunn,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:26PMSix short plays, including one that features the playwright Annie Baker as an actress, are onstage at the Medicine Show Theater in Manhattan.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:24PM1980s teen queen Molly Ringwald has just released a new jazz-themed solo album and discusses recording Stephen Sondheim's Academy Award-winning DICK TRACY anthem 'Sooner Or Later', originall…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:13PMThe Tony Awards have announced a sweepstakes, the winners of which will have the New York theater experience of a lifetime, receiving two passes to the 2013 Tony Award nominations announceme…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:09PMTHIRTEEN, New York's flagship public media provider, and Arielle Tepper Madover Productions will bring hands-on theater education experiences to New York City students through the latest com…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06PMTUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus elephant was hit by a bullet in a drive-by shooting in Tupelo, Miss.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:05PMI do love the Internet at time. I love it for the speed with which you can find something. The flip side of course is when you don’t know exactly what you’re looking for it can b…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMI was a theater critic for five years. Then I got better. Okay, that’s a cheap shot. The fact is, I’m thankful for my time as the lead theater critic for Seattle Weekly from 1995 to 2000…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PM
The Boy at the Edge of the Room at the Pleasance Theatre in Islington has it all – puppetry, animation, live music – and we have an amazing ticket offer for you: see the show for…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:58PMLeslie Kritzer is taking her acclaimed show Beautiful Disaster back to Joe’s Pub. The comic cabaret, co-created by Randy Blair and music directed by Vadim Feichtner, features music fro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:54PMPlaybill's weekly recap, with notes and comment, of the latest episode of the NBC musical drama series "Smash," about the dreamers behind Broadway musicals. Here's a look a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:53PMThree other programmes nominated four times: Accused and Last Tango in Halifax, and BBC2 Alfred Hitchcock film, The GirlIt was only to be expected that the BBC's acclaimed coverage of the Lo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:43PMThe first trailer for the new Julian Fellowes-penned adaptation of William Shakespeare's peerless tragic romance ROMEO amp JULIET has at long last been released - and, what light
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:41PMHotel Nikko San Francisco and multi-platinum entertainer Michael Feinstein have announced the opening of Feinstein's at the Nikko. Located within Hotel Nikko 222 Mason Street, San Francisco,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:36PMSasha Allen, who appeared on Broadway in Hair and on screen in the cult movie "Camp," stepped into the national spotlight April 8 as a contestant on the NBC star-making series &quo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:29PMSnatched graduate and actor Christopher Sieber shares his Mark Fisher Fitness Story of Glory. Check out the video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMThe exclusive videos just keep coming on Broadway.com, and fans couldn’t get enough of Laura Osnes’ endlessly entertaining video blog, Paul Wontorek’s chat with stage and s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:23PMOrphans star Alec Baldwin has signed on to executive produce Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, the new documentary about the Tony and Emmy-winning Broadway legend who played his belligerent mother o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:20PMSpend an Easter Weekend two-show day at Broadway's Cinderella with Marla Mindelle, who plays stepsister Gabrielle. Join her for a tour of the show's backstage world and stick around …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PMKERRY REID reviews "Underneath the Lintel" at First Folio Theatre ★★★
The faux-lecture as a theatrical staging conceit carries with it certain dangers — who, after a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:07PMRole-playing games teach players to be true to themselves, whether they are “chaotic good,” “chaotic neutral,” or “chaotic evil.” These “alignments&…
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:06PMMURDER BALLAD, the new musical that enjoyed an acclaimed, sold-out engagement at Manhattan Theatre Club's The Studio at Stage II, will transfer to the Union Square Theatre 100 East 17th Stre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PM
Michael Feinstein is expanding his cabaret business, and he’s enlisting two-time Tony winner and eight-time Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Sutton Foster for the inaugur…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:59PMMURDER BALLAD, the new musical that enjoyed an acclaimed, sold-out engagement at Manhattan Theatre Club’s The Studio at Stage II, will transfer to the Union Square Theatre (100 East 17th S…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:54PMThe 29th annual Helen Hayes Awards were held Monday, April 8 at the JW Marriot Hotel.
Notable winners were actors Bobby Smith and Natascia Diaz for their leading roles in Jacques Brel is Al…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:48PMThe producers of the show "Old Jews Telling Jokes" have announced the cast for an upcoming engagement at the Royal George Theatre. The comedy revue from off-Broadway will feature Dara Camero…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:43PMThe Public Theater has announced a new community-based theater initiative, which they are calling Public Works. In this, its first year, the initiative will create a free, community-driven, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:43PMTNT's successful reboot of the classic nighttime soap DALLAS has been given the greenlight for a third season according to series star Patrick Duffy in a new interview.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:42PMWASHINGTON — Former Guns N' Roses drummer Matt Sorum joined cellist Yo-Yo Ma on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to urge lawmakers to increase funding for the arts in a year of deep federal budget…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 03:40PMBy Addie Mahmassani, Artistic Development Fellow As an American history lover, I came to Arena Stage with a cast of characters from our country’s history that—rightly or wrongly so—I t…
SOURCE: Arena Stage at 03:32PMMotown founder Berry Gordy and the world premiere Broadway production of MOTOWN THE MUSICAL will be featured on CBS This Morning tomorrow, Wednesday, April 10, in an exclusive live interview…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:30PMCelina Carvajal, who plays Nicola in the new Broadway musical Kinky Boots, and her rock band The Deafening will offer a New York City concert April 24 at Arlene's Grocery.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PM"The X Factor" finalist and young Broadway actress Carly Rose Sonenclar will offer a solo concert Aug. 10 at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square as part of The Stand Up for a Cure…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMTonight's Smash episode, 'Opening Night,' finds Jimmy Jeremy Jordan and Karen Katharine McPhee rehearsing for their musical Hit List as Derek critiques. This clip shows that tonight, Derek i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:29PMJason Robert Brown’s 2002 song cycle “The Last Five Years,” about a young couple’s romantic flameout, was written in the heat of divorce, and it shows. It hurtles with energy: The st…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:24PMLookingglass Theatre Company announced its 2013-14 season on Tuesday, including world premieres set in far-flung locations and a play having to do with Charles Darwin. The Chicago company's …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:23PMA new international trailer for Baz Luhrmann's highly anticipated 3D take on F. Scott Fitzgerald's seminal American novel THE GREAT GATSBY has been released, showcasing even more of the eye-…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:14PMThe Public Theater has announced a groundbreaking new initiative for community-based theater, PUBLIC WORKS, that is designed to cultivate new connections and new models of engagement with ar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:14PMTony Award nominees Carolee Carmello, Rebecca Luker and Emily Skinner will salute Broadway director-producer Harold Prince during the Signature Theatre's fourth annual Stephen Sondheim A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:13PMIn Fragile, a word-free work of puppet theater, an inquisitive, Chaplin-like fellow embarks on a journey carrying a suitcase filled with magical surprises. Bunraku and shadow puppetry combin…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 03:13PMAn ATLAS Program For PlaywrightsTheatre Bay Area's annual conference is coming up and in preparation for it TBA's Facebook page was putting out calls asking for artists to identify what issu…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 03:10PMSignature Theatre’s production of Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Years starts out almost like a cliché, but then sneaks up on you and gets you deeply involved before you…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:04PMCaissie Levy will join Rebecca Naomi Jones, Will Swenson, and John Ellison Conlee in the cast of the rock musical.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:00PMThe acclaimed Manhattan Theatre Club production of Murder Ballad is heading downtown. The new musical, directed Trip Cullman, will play off-Broadway’s Union Square Theatre be…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:00PMCaissie Levy (Ghost), Rebecca Naomi Jones (American Idiot), and Tony Award nominees Will Swenson (It's a Bird… It's a Plane… It's Superman), and John Ellison Conlee (The Madrid) will sta…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
THE AVENGERS director Joss Whedon will be presenting his follow-up to the smash superhero epic at the Seattle International Film Festival on May 16 with none other than the US premiere of hi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMMurder Ballad, the new musical that played an acclaimed, sold-out engagement at Manhattan Theatre Club's The Studio at Stage II, will transfer to the Union Square Theatre this spring.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:58PMOh man, oh man, am I excited to write this post? Yes, I am. Please join me in welcoming our amazing online Conference curators to the fray: Jacqueline E. Lawton, David J. Loehr, Caridad Svic…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 02:57PMThe Debate Society's acclaimed dark comedy Blood Play and a night of comedy with Lewis Black have been added to the schedule of the Williamstown Theatre Festival's 59th season, the organizat…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:55PMAwesome news, fans: Broadway favorites Aaron Tveit and Sierra Boggess will be among the starry presenters at the 2013 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards! The duo will hand ou…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:52PMYou can check out both the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's outreach programs and fun ways to help support the SLSO in two upcoming events.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:52PMSet in a psychiatric unit, Alan Cumming plays a patient who is reliving the story of Macbeth – bringing to life over 15 characters in Shakespeare’s bloody work, which is performed wi…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:48PMThe Metropolitan Museum of Art will present a panel discussion including fashion consultant and TV personality Tim Gunn (Project Runway) as well as some of theater's most respected costume d…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:47PMClassic Stage Company announced today that Amy Justman will assume the role of Clara for the final 11 performances of their critically-acclaimed new production of Stephen Sondheim and James …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:43PM“Hands on a Hardboy” will become the fastest-closing new musical of this Broadway season when it shuts down following an April 13 show. At that time, the production will have played 28 p…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 02:39PMBeau Bridges (How to Succeed in Business…), Michael McKean (The Best Man), Jean Smart (Fit to be Tied), and Cecily Strong (Saturday Night Live) will participate in a one-night-only benefit…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:38PMAbout the author:
Philadelphia-born playwright Lyle Kessler began his career as an actor, studying with Lee Strasberg at The Actors Studio before turning his attention to writing plays. Kes…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMAndrew Lloyd Webber has acquired the stage rights to the 2003 Jack Black film “School of Rock,” and says he will turn his attention to the adaptation when he finishes his current project…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 02:26PMTom Hanks made his Broadway debut last week in Lucky Guy, written by Nora Ephron and directed by George C. Wolfe. Check out photos of his co-star Maura Tierney in the BroadwayWorld.com seri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMAudiences who attended Sunday's performance of "Tribes," Nina Raine's play currently running at the Mark Taper Forum, were able to witness a rare bit of understudy musical chairs.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:22PMWinners have been announced for the 2013 Helen Hayes Awards, which honor the best theater in Washington D.C. Paul Downs Colaizzo took home the award for Outstanding New Play or Musical for R…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:20PMSierra Madre Playhouse hired Nancy Youngblut, who played a Klingon commander in Star Trek -- Deep Space Nine, to direct David Rambo's God's Man in Texas. She finds it difficult to tone dow…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:19PMLast night's untricked-out Helen Hayes Awards at the Warner Theatre began almost immediately with prize-giving, and that was mostly what we got: Few distractions, and lots of people talking …
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 02:16PMName: Andrew NemrHometown: Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - Currently residing in Lyndhurst, NJEducation: School of Visual Arts, BFA.Favorite Credits: Founding member, Savion Glover's TiD…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:16PMActress Amy Justman will officially take over the role of Clara in the Off-Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's Passion for the final 11 performances of the musical at Classic Stage Co…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:13PMMelissa Errico has dropped out of Classic Stage Company's revival of Passion due to illness and doctor-ordered vocal rest. Understudy Amy Justman will step in to the role of Carla in the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PMThe Golden Voice, a new British musical by singer-songwriter Nick Fogarty, will begin performances at London's Arts Theatre June 12, prior to an official opening June 19, for a run throu…
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SOURCE: Ticket News at 02:11PMWest End luminary Bonnie Langford will revive her lauded performance as Lady of the Lake when she returns to Spamalot beginning May 6. Langford replaces current star Sarah Earnshaw, who play…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:10PMBonnie Langford will return to the West End run of Monty Python's Spamalot, beginning performances May 6, after completing her current run as Roz in the touring production of Dolly Parto…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PMThe Tony-winning revival of Chicago welcomes Tony Award nominee Adam Pascal and Christine Pedi (Forbidden Broadway, NEWSical the Musical, Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating & M…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:08PMAmy Justman (Company) has assumed the role of Clara in Classic Stage Company's revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony Award-winning musical, Passion, the organization has announ…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:05PMCriterion Theatre, London: It's a big ask to showcase the talents of 37 students (23 men and 14 women) properly in just 75 minutes and 51 items. Inevitably there are talented and accomp…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:04PMIt's time for the newest episode of BWW's exclusive TV series - CHEWING THE SCENERY WITH Randy Rainbow In this week's episode, Randy reads an excerpt from the memoir of Broadway legend Patti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:03PMAre critics recommend a walk in "Kinky Boots"?
SOURCE: stagegrade.com at 02:02PMThe Debate Society's Blood Play, as well as stand-up comedian and playwright Lewis Black's My Fair Lewis have been added to the Williamstown Theatre Festival's summer season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM
Williamstown Theatre Festival will present the critically acclaimed thriller Blood Play as well as one-night-only stand-up performance by Lewis Black as part of their previously announced 20…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:51PMNEW YORK (AP) — One of the pleasures of hearing opera in concert form is the chance to encounter lesser-known works performed by young singers still on their way to becoming stars. &n…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:43PMStars of stage and screen gathered at the Edison Ballroom on April 8 to remember the life and career of Tony and Oscar-winning producer Marty Richards. A Tony winner for his musicals La Cage…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:40PMMirroring the hard luck experienced by its characters, the Broadway musical Hands on a Hardbody will close at the Brooks Atkinson Theater with a final evening performance on Sat., April 13 a…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:37PMPulitzer Prize winner Marsha Norman has selected playwright Jen Silverman as the winner of the 2013 Yale Drama Series for her play Still, chosen from almost 1100 entries from 30 countries. A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:35PMTony and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Adam Pascal was the happiest guy on Broadway on April 8 when he celebrated his first performance as sly and cunning lawyer Billy Flynn in t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:25PMThe long-running, Tony Award-winning revival of Chicago welcomed Tony Award nominee Adam Pascal and comedic actress Christine Pedi to the company beginning April 8 at the Ambassador The…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:21PMHeidi Armbruster (Time Stands Still), Chris Henry Coffey (Water by the Spoonful), Keira Naughton (The Rivals), Jake Robards (Our Town), Charles Socarides (Awake and Sing!), and Jennifer Van …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:13PMPlaywright Richard Greenberg’s incisive portrait of a family grasping for stability at the dawn of a new millennium.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 01:11PMI recently wrote an article for the next issue of The Berlesker that talks about four performing artists with a connection both to clowning and to burlesque (Dottie Lux, Melissa Roth a.k.a …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:09PMIn the 13 years since Broadway.com launched the Audience Choice Awards, a wide array of plays and musicals have taken home multiple prizes, but only two shows have won seven awards in a sing…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:09PMTalking with the team behind Spring Fling When you ask six playwrights to write short plays on the theme “the morning after,” what do you get? A stage full of mermaids, Amish tee…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:07PMBy Johnny Oleksinski The 37th Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actors Theatre of Louisville has come and gone. It was the first Festival of Les Waters’ artistic directorshi…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 01:00PM
Fondly referred to as “drama prom” by local theatre artists, last night the Washington area theatre community and its supporters gathered to celebrate theatre and to announce the recipie…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:59PMThe real story of the one-of-a-kind sound that hit the airwaves in 1959 and changed America forever.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 12:55PMTony winner (and Broadway.com video blogger!) Alan Cumming is taking on Shakespeare’s entire Macbeth thriller by himself—and we’ve got a spooky first look at the new produc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMPaul Cava’s recent photographs demonstrate the tension between the vulnerable flesh and the solid object, between the body’s freedom and its restraint and encasement in hard pose…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 12:44PMAnn, Emmy Award winner Holland Taylor‘s critically acclaimed one woman portrait of legendarry Texas Governor Ann Richards, has been extended through Sunday, September 1, 2013, on Broad…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:42PMAn obsessive fixation with hereditary defects and stifling family secrets permeates Thomas Ostermeier’s production of Ibsen’s drama, writes Laura Cappelle
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:38PMJesse Eisenberg talks with Vanessa Redgrave about his play “The Revisionist,” in which her part is based on two Polish relatives.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:34PMArcola, LondonIt is not quite a whale of a tale, but the bright, young ensemble Simple8 live up to their name with this spare and atmospheric staging of Herman Melville's story. There m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMOn yesterday's THE VIEW on ABC, actress Edie Falco discussed her drama series Nurse Jackie, her new off-Broadway show The Madrid, and how her past informs her acting choices. Check out the a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:31PMRambert Dance Company will return to the Southbank Centre in London to present four new works this spring. Company members Dane Hurst, Miguel Altunaga, Kirill Burlov, and Patricia Okenwa hav…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:26PM'Cats' and 'Phantom of the Opera' composer acquired rights to 2003 movie starring Jack Black with eye to bringing it to stage
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:26PMTony Sheldon, a Tony Award nominee for Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and Melissa Van Der Schyff, a Drama Desk nominee for Bonnie & Clyde, were among the artists joining Fred Ebb Aw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PMLast seen in New York back in 2002, Jason Robert Brown's cult musical "The Last Five Years" has returned to the off-Broadway theater scene.
SOURCE: NY1 at 12:24PMBroadway’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 12:22PMEmerging playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Neighbors) was honored with the Sundance Institute's first-ever Tennessee Williams Award on Monday, April 8 at Stephen Weiss Studio. Two-t
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:22PMSpider-Man, Turn Off The Dark, Broadway’s high-flying spectacular, will celebrate the heroes of Tax Season with a special Post-Tax Day ticket give-a-way for Certified Public Accountants fo…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:19PMThe Eugene O'Neill Theater Center is set to honor Christopher Plummer at a gala event Monday evening, April 15th in New York City. The 13th Annual Monte Cristo Award will be presented to Mr.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:17PMTom Hanks, Lena Dunham, Burning Love, Medium, Tumblr, Mashable, Angry Birds Star Wars and Humans of New York are among the pop-culture and Internet superstars nominated for The 17th Annual W…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMInterested in seeing a show this month? Hoping for one that will force you to contemplate the consequences of infidelity and the temporal nature of life, plus be entertaining to boot? Then y…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 12:14PMThe high-flying Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark will celebrate tax season with a special post-tax day ticket giveaway for certified public accountants for the 7:30 PM per…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:11PMRECOVERY By Mark Jason Williams Directed by Michael R. Burgtorf Presented as part of the 2013 Capital Fringe Festival (Goethe Institut) SHOW DETAILS: Recovery is an authentic, funny, and p…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:10PMAs principal of the Italia Conti Academy, Britain’s oldest theatre school, Eve Sheward not only had to ensure that her pupils received the best possible training, but was also required to …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:04PMThe Eugene O'Neill Theater Center will honor iconic actor and Tony Award winner Christopher Plummer (Inherit the Wind) with the 13th annual Monte Cristo Award at a gala event on April 15. To…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:04PMLike (TV) mother, like (TV) son. Emmy Award winner Alec Baldwin, currently starring on Broadway in Lyle Kessler's Orphans, has signed on to executive-produce Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, the n…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:02PMIf Peter Kift had to write his autobiography it would be a mammoth task, but knowing how efficient he must be at time management and his ability to multi-task, it certainly wouldn’t be an …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:00PMph Segerstrom Center for the Arts ends its 2012—13 International Dance season with the return of Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg performing its powerful production of Rodin May 3 – 5. Th…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 422013 - 492013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMThe Pave Program in Arts Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University, Tempe presents its third biennial symposium: Entrepreneurship, the Arts, and Creative Placemaking on Friday, April 12 a…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:00PMTell Me More celebrates National Poetry Month with the 'Muses and Metaphor' series — where listeners submit their own poems via Twitter. Today's tweet comes from former Social Security Com…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:00PM
Broadway’s new high-heeled hit is Kinky Boots, by Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper. Check out the show that has audiences on their feet each night. The film-turned-musical is playing …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:59AMToday in 1957, Brigadoon opened at the Adelphi Theatre, where it ran for 47 performances. Brigadoon is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. Songs…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:57AMDon't miss this acclaimed revival of the celebrated musical from Tony winner Jason Robert Brown. Starring Adam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe, The Last Five Years tells an emotionally powerful New Y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMTheatre stars such as James McAvoy and Billie Piper shared a stage today as nominees for this year's Olivier Awards gathered to celebrate their inclusion on the shortlist.
SOURCE: The Independent at 11:51AMWASHINGTON — Signature Theater’s sassy revival of “Dreamgirls” and Folger Theater’s wild western take on “The Taming of the Shrew” drew top laurels April 8 at the Helen Hayes …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:51AMOne of the hottest tickets in New York right now is the Classic Stage Company revival of Passion, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine. (The show has been ext…
SOURCE: Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals at 11:50AMAnyone who heard Sasha Allen belt the roof off the Al Hirschfeld Theatre with her rendition of Hair’s “Aquarius” knows just how powerful her pipes are. Now it’s TV&rs…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMThe Cheetos-eating Golem is not the quirkiest character in “A Man, His Wife, and His Hat,” the audaciously kooky play by Lauren Yee: That honor goes to the exuberantly self-satisfied tal…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:45AMThe Commercial Theater Institute, the New York City-based program committed to the development and training of emerging producers, will offer its 32nd annual "3-Day Weekend Producing In…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AMDirect from sold-out engagements at The National Theatre of Scotland and the Lincoln Center Festival, this acclaimed one-man interpretation of Macbeth, starring Alan Cumming, will play a str…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:40AMTony Award winner Chita Rivera (The Rink, Kiss of the Spider Woman) was the mistress of ceremonies at the April 8 memorial honoring stage and film producer Marty Richards. The evening, benef…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:39AMNew York theater company Waterwell has announced plans, as well as master class artists, for its first annual Summer Theater Lab. Actress Megan Hilty (Smash), Tony Award-winning creator and …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:38AMIn honor of the opening of Matilda on Broadway, the show continues its ongoing partnership with Google for a Week of Magical Activities, beginning Sunday, April 7 and running through opening…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:37AMThere’s realism and there’s allegory. And “In A Garden,” playwright and screenwriter Howard Korder’s discourse on beauty, culture and nationalism, falls somewhere in between. Unfor…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:36AMThe Spice Girls’ Viva Forever! soon won’t be the only musical taking book inspiration from the world of reality TV. The Golden Voice, which follows the fortunes of another fame-hungry si…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:35AMWalter Wells is happy. Way, way too happy. So happy that you know that playwright Julie Marie Myatt has it in for him in The Happy Ones at Magic Theatre.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:33AMMore than 40 years after Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson’s entrancing musical Pippin premiered on Broadway, a new, circus-inspired revival is back on the boards, starring Pat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:31AMMOSCOW (Reuters) - A top ballet dancer is asking a Moscow court to annul official reprimands from the Bolshoi Theatre after he accused it of using an acid attack on its artistic director as …
SOURCE: Reuters at 11:30AMLet's face it, Broadway fans are the best in the whole world. It was extremely difficult for celebrity judges (and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winners) Orfeh, Nick Adams and Maris…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:30AMLONDON (Reuters) - Sergei Polunin, the Royal Ballet prodigy dubbed the bad boy of dance, has turned up in Moscow after fleeing a London performance last week, a spokeswoman for his Russian b…
SOURCE: Reuters at 11:29AMThe annual Helen Hayes Awards show makes good fun out of the business of recognizing Washington-area theatre artists for their creative achievements over the past year. But the awards ceremo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:29AMStars of Broadway will shine brightly on the April 20th episode of NBC's SMASH as Matthew Broderick, Rosie O'Donnell and Bernadette Peters join series regulars on the episode titled 'Opening…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:28AMThe full cast has been announced for the new production of Harold Pinter's early play The Hothouse, which will begin performances May 4 prior to an official opening May 9 for a run throu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:28AMThe X Factor finalist and Broadway veteran Carly Rose Sonenclar has wowed audiences across America with her soulful sound, and now she’s bringing her voice back to the New York stage! …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:27AMAre critics swearing you'll love "F#%king Up Everything"?
SOURCE: stagegrade.com at 11:17AMThe West End transfer of the NT's production of Untold Stories opened at the Duchess Theatre last week (2 April 2013).Comprising of two autobiographical recollections by Alan Bennett, the sh…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:15AMLast night, April 8th, producer Marty Richards' feast of friends and loved ones gathered in celebration of his extremely accomplished life at The Edison Ballroom 240 West 47th Street where t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:10AMSundance Institute just presented playwright and Sundance Institute Theatre Lab alum Branden Jacobs-Jenkins with the first-ever Tennessee Williams Award from the Institute's Theatre Program,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMWork of art or house of mirrors? The SpeakEasy Clybourne Park. Photo(s): Craig Bailey.Every single theatre acquaintance I've bumped into over the past month has asked me the same…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:06AMTony and Academy Award nominee Alec Baldwin is now an executive producer of "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me," the new documentary about the Tony Award-winning Broadway legend, which will…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMThe cast members who will fill out the company of the upcoming national tour of Flashdance — The Musical, led by Jillian Mueller (Bye Bye Birdie) and Matthew Hydzik (West Side Story), have…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:05AMWest End performer Daniel Boys has been chosen to record the theme song for Australian soap Neighbours. Boys was joint winner of the Neighbours Remixed competition, the search to find a new …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:03AMCynthia Nixon celebrates a birthday April 9. Playbill.com offers a look back at a theatrical career that began with her award-winning performance in The Philadelphia Story at age 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMIt’s getting hot in the West End! John Heffernan, Harry Melling, Clive Rowe, Christopher Timothy and Indira Varma complete the cast of Harold Pinter’s early play The Hothouse, fe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:00AMAwards season is upon us! And Off Broadway’s honors, The Lucille Lortel Awards, fashionably early as always, announced their nominations last week. But someone . . . or something . .…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Last night, April 8th, producer Marty Richards' feast of friends and loved ones gathered in celebration of his extremely accomplished life at The Edison Ballroom 240 West 47th Street where t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:58AMRoald Dahl's beloved children's story Matilda is finally on Broadway in a musical directed by Tony winner Matthew Warchus. Matilda tells the story of an extraordinary little girl who…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:57AMHe's the latest magician to the stars, but the streetwise illusionist is also recruiting an army of new young people to his artAge: 30.Appearance: Small, gaunt, bodypopping.Wait, was he the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMNow that performances have started, Ken has been teaching me an extremely important lesson. Listen to the audiences reaction! After each show, Ken has been standing outside the theatre just …
SOURCE: The Associate Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMTony Award winner Alan Cumming stars in his one-man Macbeth, staged by Tony Award-winning Once director John Tiffany, which begins previews April 7 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMTheatergoers attending the West End production of "Billy Elliott the Musical" voted at Monday's performance to retain the song "Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher," whose lyrics refer to celebr…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:30AMNew Chicago cast members Tony Award nominee Adam Pascal (Memphis) and Christine Pedi (Talk Radio) enjoyed their first night in the long-running production on Monday, April 8 at the Ambas
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:30AMWhen I was a kid, I used to watch this movie Highlander. It was about these immortals who roamed the earth trying to find other immortals to do battle with and when they finally met, one wou…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMEach day, we'll be combing through submissions and 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 you…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:28AMThe 29th annual Helen Hayes Awards, representing excellence in Washington, DC-area professional theatre, were handed out April 8. Natascia Diaz, Paul Downs Colaizzo and E. Faye Butler a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15AMIn the latest installment of Land of Lola, Kinky Boots headliner Billy Porter offers a behind-the-scenes look at the show's big opening night! From pre-show to the party, enjoy this Kink…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:13AMTheatregoers at the West End production elect to have song calling for the late prime minister's death performed as normalMargaret Thatcher's days of fighting elections may be long over, but…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:10AM We’re back with a special Spring Break Edition of the #BwayBookClub! I am so happy that you’re able to join us despite it not being summer. Don’t worry, we will be b…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AM“Hands on a Hardbody,” the new musical about cash-strapped Texans competing for a truck, couldn’t pick up speed on Broadway.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AM
Matilda opens on Broadway April 11th, a musical based on the children’s novel by Roald Dahl about a little girl with extraordinary powers, but it is clearly not like your normal childr…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:48AMWhile it's far from the dressy production that "Timon" may need to help mask its pedestrian script, this "Timon" is at least a clearly told tale.
SOURCE: NewsWorks at 09:39AMThe April 8 broadcast of Katie Couric's new talk show "Katie" featured a reunion of the female cast members of the award-winning situation comedy "The Mary Tyler Moore Sho…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:38AMYoung theatrical talent is a very delicate thing. Up-and-coming writers, directors and performers need to be nurtured, supported and encouraged by those who have already cut their teeth in t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:37AMWhatsonstage.com Offer All Tickets £14
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:34AMTo coincide with the West End premiere of Once tonight (9 April 2013), we thought we'd take a look at some of the other successful musicals running in the West End at the moment that are bas…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:25AMOn Monday, April 8, 2013, Broadway's Chicago welcomed Tony Award nominee Adam Pascal in the role of slick criminal lawyer Billy Flynn and comedienne and radio host Christine Pedi made her Ch…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:22AMRoyal Exchange, ManchesterRory Mullarkey's first full-length play delivers a swift dramatic response to the horse-meat scandal. Set in a remote, post-Soviet region plagued by war and starvat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:22AMMichael Douglas, who won Academy Awards for his work in “Wall Street” and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” stars as late pianist Lee Liberace in the upcoming …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AMIf Thornton Wilder had dropped acid, he might have written "Smokefall," a new play by Noah Haidle being given its world premiere at South Coast Repertory.
SOURCE: Variety at 09:18AMALMOST MAGIC Although the magic tricks in Bullet Catch are not so much ends in themselves as they are tools used to help explore the show’s themes, the effectiveness of the play – named…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:12AMDetails have been announced for the April 13 and 20 episodes of the new NBC musical drama "Smash," which will air at 9 PM ET both nights.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:10AMFolger Theatre's The Taming of the Shrew and Signature Theatre's Dreamgirls took home the big two prizes at last night's Helen Hayes Awards, winning statues for outstanding resident play and…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 09:01AMBE SURE TO VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S "HOT OR NOT" POLL!Despite the huge fan bases and social media frenzy surrounding such shows as Wicked and Newsies, Broadway just doesn't generate household nam…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:00AMYou might know him as golf pro Shooter McGavin. It's possible you could recognize him as greaser Goose McKenzie. He might even bear some resemblance to former Attorney General Harry M. Daugh…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AM
As their Advertising Standards Authority gets tough on unfair pricing practices, lawyer Neil Adleman examines the rules and regulations governing extra charges on theatre ticket sales.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:59AMThe Stand Up for a Cure 2013 Concert Series www.WeStandTogether.org announced today that its next show will be a performance by X Factor finalist and Broadway vet from both WONDERLAND and LE…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:57AMNEW YORK (AP) — Every performer has a special routine before hitting the stage. For the last few months, you may have found Deborah Cox singing into a computer.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:57AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Every performer has a special routine before hitting the stage. For the last few months, you may have found Deborah Cox singing into a computer....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:54AMAfter he completes his new musical that tells the story of the Profumo Affair from the perspective of Dr. Stephen Ward, Andrew Lloyd Webber may turn his attention to Jack Black's 2003 fi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:45AMOn last night's THE VOICE on NBC, Broadway's own Sasha Allen caused a sensation when she performed the Dixie Chick's 'Not Ready to Make Nice' during the competition's Blind Auditions Round. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:43AMTwo additional performances of Another Medea, a "disturbing monodrama" written and directed by Aaron Mark, have been added for the limited engagement at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:40AMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO0-4yeprwo Civil Debates 2: Arts Boards was co-produced and created by The Theatre Centre and Praxis Theatre on April 1, 2013. More information on the debater…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 08:17AMPlus: Jim Davidson too 'unpleasant' for theatre in Kent, Frankie Boyle wades in on Thatcher – and is TV comedy a closed shop?This week's comedy newsArrested last week for allegedly "insult…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:09AMMr. Kantor sings the number “If I Didn’t Believe in You” from the Second Stage revival of the Jason Robert Brown musical.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 9 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Diversity in the arts should be the same as biodiversity in a rainforest, says the writer-director – the more, the betterCongratulations on your new role at the Independent Theatre Council…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:59AMHaydn Gwynne as Margaret Thatcher in The AudienceFollowing the death yesterday of Margaret Thatcher, the audience at last night’s performance of Billy Elliot voted to keep in the show …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:54AMFollowing the announcement of the death of former U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher April 8, that evening's performance of the musical Billy Elliot went ahead in full, complete with …
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:47AMDiscover the journey of the finest craftsman in the Broadway business for just £6!
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:30AMDiscover the journey of the finest craftsman in the Broadway business for just £6!
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:29AMVincent Pastore, who starred in “The Sopranos,” on the set of his new play, “Wild Children,” at the Nyack Village Theater. The show, directed by Richard Quinn, runs A…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 06:00AM
Sheridan Smith has received her first BAFTA nomination, in recognition of her performance in ITV’s Mrs Biggs. Smith is up for best leading actress at this year’s BAFTA Television Awards,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:57AMLaurie Veldheer, Brenda Braxton, Jeff Kready, Burke Moses and Lenora Nemetz are set to star in Papermill Playhouse's new production of Thoroughly Modern Millie. Here, the cast gave an early …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:54AMPaul Hunter & Edward Petherbridge
One of the most memorable moments in Withnail and I comes when the late, great Richard Griffiths proclaims as Uncle Monty that “it’s the most de…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:53AMA work of great depth, a showcase of first-rate acting: Lucky Guy, Nora Ephron’s final play and Tom Hanks’s Broadway debut, is neither.
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:51AMRoyal Exchange, Manchester: Mancunian writer Rory Mullarkey shows a lot of promise in this, his first full-length professionally produced play.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:50AMDagobert Roehmann (sometimes given as Dagmar Rothman, 1920-1952) was one of the sideshow world’s most legendary geeks and regurgitators. Billed as Waldo the Great or “the Human O…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:49AMLeicester Square Theatre, London: Kudos to the amiable Gary Delaney for trying to deconstruct the often deadpan world of one-liners. It's a risky gamble to break up salvos of quality li…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:48AM“King Lear is an oak and I'm more of an ash tree, or a silver birch – or privet,” declares Edward Petherbridge in his silvery, whimsical way. The seventy-six year old actor can smuggle…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:45AMAwarded an Oscar for her portrayal of the former PM in The Iron Lady, actor pays tribute to her 'grit' and model as a female leader, while Arnold Schwarzenegger adds to chorus of praise and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:19AMA play about the comic and tragic life of actor Buster Keaton, "Stoneface" was the big winner at the 34th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards on Monday night. The show, honoring the best …
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:16AMThe two current West End productions that include depictions of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - The Audience and Billy Elliot - handled her passing yesterday in very differ…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:10AMOnce upon a time – in those distant pre-internet days – life was simple and clear-cut. To buy tickets for a West End show, you either went into the box office in person and bought...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:06AMBilly Barrett talks to Declan Donellan of Cheek by Jowl as Ubu Roi arrives at the Barbican this week.The post “All the art I do is about life”: An interview with Declan Donellan …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:00AMRECOMMENDED During the intemperate months, the stage of the Pritzker Pavilion is protected from the elements by massive windows spanning the entire proscenium. It allows park visitors to gaz…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AM
Lincoln Center Theater presents an LCT3 Special Event of Mr. Joy, a 90-minute one-man show written and performed by Daniel Beaty and directed by Sheryl Kaller. The workshop production will b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMJacques Brel was alive and living on the stage of the 29th Helen Hayes Awards last night as the MetroStage spectacular swept three of the big musical theater awards, but it was also a dream …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:19AMJapanese choreographer- late bloomer...started Juilliard at age 20, invited to dance with Paul Taylor immediately after...choreographs the songs of his youth at Joe's Pub this weekend. Must …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 01:14AMI've been so busy of late that I nearly missed Inventing Abstraction, 1901-1925, the Museum of Modern Art's current blockbuster,...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"A story with a moral appended is like the bill of a mosquito. It bores you, and then injects a...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMAly Raisman on Olympics vs. "DWTS" Training
Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Aly Raisman returns to the Studio, but this time with a new goal in her sights -- the Mirror Ball Trophy from "…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
It’s hard to figure out exactly where to look while watching “The Intergalactic Nemesis Book One: Target Earth.” Geared for kids ages 7 and older, this new “live-action graphic novel…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:44AMPeter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Tom Hewitt. Reviewed: Kinky Boots, Lucky Guy, Finks, and Buyer & Cellar. Please take the BroadwayRadio survey by …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:23AMI heard a kid tell a joke the other day that was probably pretty old when I told it to my parents 30 odd years ago. I frequently amaze my nephews by beating them to the punchline on knock kn…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:13AMOn Wednesday, April 8, 1964, Variety told me that Anyone Can Whistle had opened the previous Saturday to three raves and three pans. I’d never seen such an extreme split from the New York …
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:04AMIt Was Great, But…by Valerie Cardinal@vscardinalWe’ve all been there; sitting in a play that is perfectly enjoyable, yet just a little something is off. The actors are good, you’re enj…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMFringe RulesThings we can share after a quarter-century of Fringingby Gaëtan Charlebois and the contributors of The Charlebois PostThis article started as a series of Tweets which got retwe…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMThe show: Katori Hall's "The Mountaintop" at Hartford's TheaterWorks
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Monday, April 8, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMRachel Bay Jones, who plays Catherine in the new Broadway revival of Pippin, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Accidental Pervert, the autobiographical play about one man's obsessive love of pornography that is in its fourth year Off-Broadway, receives its second international production. Per…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony Award-winning musical Once, which continues its critically acclaimed run at Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, officially opens at the West End's Phoenix Theatre Apr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"70's and Sunny: Live At 54 Below," the new recording from Tony-nominated singing actress Andrea McArdle, who created the title role in the original Broadway production of Anni…
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