“Ride the Tiger,” at the Long Wharf Theater, spins a tale of Camelot, featuring Sinatra, the mob and a pretty girl.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:58PMPITCH PERFECT is out of theaters and on DVD and Blu-ray, and now the music video for Anna Kendrick's 'Cups' single from the movie soundtrack has hit the Internet. Watch it below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:57PMDirecTV is close to finalizing a deal with Momentum Television for a 1o-episode drama series from Neil LaBute for its Audience Network channel. Half-hour drama dubbed “Full Circle̶…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:25PMGood theater moves you. When I was a theater critic I always asked myself if the play moved me emotionally. (The last play to move me emotionally was “The Birthday Party” at Step…
SOURCE: Fragments at 09:20PMTonight, April 12, Jay Leno's guests include Adam Levine and Cyndi Lauper, musical guest The Airborne Toxic Event. Lauper will talk about her Broadway musical KINKY BOOTS. Get a sneak peek o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:05PMBoasting a superb clowny performance by Kevin Blake as Hollywood filmmaker Billy Wilder, Billy & Ray
is a light comedy about the making of the groundbreaking motion picture Double Ind…
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A mistaken husband’s rage has consequences in a new production of “The Winter’s Tale,’ directed by Rebecca Taichman, at the McCarter Theater Center.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:41PM25 Broadway performers cross the Brooklyn Bridge and travel deep into Crown Heights on Saturday, April 13 to teach 3rd, 4th, 5th graders and 6th graders at PS 221 how to sing, dance amp act.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:40PMNine remaining couples hit the dance floor and face an exciting new challenge MONDAY, APRIL 15 800-1001 p.m., ET. In another first for Dancing with the Stars, a new twist called Len's Side B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:37PMThe Surflight Theater, which sustained at least $750,000 in damage from Hurricane Sandy, is about to begin its 64th season with shows like “South Pacific” and “Les Miserables.” …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:25PMRock Musical Audition Pioneeress, Hal Leonard Published Author of Rock The Audition, How To Prepare For and Get Cast in Rock Musicals, and the worlds only Rock Music Repertoire coach Sheri …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:20PMPianist Donal Fox is a classical musician by training, and in style, with a yen for improvisation and, one might add, an unwillingness to let things be.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:16PMThe family can be a knot of hatred as well as a cradle of love. Rather late in this new play by Tanya Ronder comes a scene in which a separated husband and wife try to untangle this knot, an…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:01PMViolinist Augustin Hadelich plays the hell out Paganini.
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(I read this at The Paper Machete on March 10, 2012. With the news of a new strain of bird flu, I felt the time was right to finally post this on my blog.) According to an article in Tuesday…
SOURCE: Fragments at 06:52PMForget paying for lattes—Los Angeles actors will soon have their own “theater community Starbucks.”
The LA Stage Alliance, a non-profit arts group, is readying a new commun…
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:51PMBWW is excited to spend a year on the road on the bus with the cast of PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT In Episode 9 of our On the Road series, Alex DeLeo takes us on a tour of Tampa, Florida. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:41PMWith Sir Nicholas Hytner leaving the National in 2015, a quiet revolution is taking place at the top of some of the UK’s largest arts institutions
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:41PMThank Fosse it's Friday! Broadway taught us a whole bunch of lessons over these last seven days, from Andrew Lloyd Webber's surprising love of Jack Black flicks to Will Swenson and C…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:39PMCalifornia Musical Theatre's Les Miz Gala takes place on Saturday, May 4, starting at 600 p.m., at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, 1515 J Street in Sacramento. Memorial Auditorium will be el…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PMTonight marks the opening of the world premiere of Nice Fish, a play by Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins, dedicated to Nataasha van Kampen and James Hillman. Get a first look at Rylance and th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:29PMBrandon Victor Dixon stars in the real life story of the one-of-a-kind sound that hit the airwaves in 1959 and changed music forever. Motown: The Musical charts founder Berry Gordy's journey…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:28PMIn a surprising turn of events, earlier this week the Harold ArlenEY Harburg movie musical classic 'Ding-Dong The Witch Is Dead' began climbing the UK iTunes charts and even made it into the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:26PMKids Day at Annie: Michael Presser from “Inside Broadway” welcomed kids from around New York City to a “Creating the Magic” workshop which shows how a Broadway show is made and how i…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 06:24PMTweetThis is a guest post from a friend. Here in DC we seem to have skipped spring and jumped straight to summer. When I came across We Just Had Sex from Passing Strange, I knew right away t…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 06:24PMWith the government sequestration now a fact of life, we've been looking on the program at how cuts are affecting or might affect various sectors. Today, we look at the arts and arts organiz…
SOURCE: PBS at 06:20PMIt’s the first week of Macbeth previews for Broadway.com vlogger Alan Cumming! See the Tony winner endure tech, celebrate his first performance and enjoy a sunny day off in NYC.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:13PM
As I headed off to the Drury Lane Oakbrook Theatre to see “Oliver!” a friend laughingly told me about a couple she knew who had named their kids Oliver and Annie, after two of the best-k…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:59PMTwo-time Academy Award-winning actress and notable stage icon Glenda Jackson has made a similarly major mark on the world of politics, having acted as a Labor representative in the British H…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMBusy Beth Malone and Kevin Earley, in his LA comeback, are playing the leads in La Mirada's Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. They discuss the changing interpretations of their characters in …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:55PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, April 12, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway First look at Rylance and co. in NICE FISH at @G…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:49PMThis morning on 'LIVE with Kelly and Michael,' Broadway's David Hyde Pierce spoke about 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.' After discussing the production, hosts Kelly Ripa and Michael S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:35PMTonight, April 12, 2013, The New York Pops continues its 30th season with an evening celebrating the 65th birthday of Stephen Schwartz and the 10th anniversary of his hit musical Wicked with…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:35PMHartford Stage presents Abundance by Beth Henley, directed by Jenn Thompson, on stage, now through April 28. Opening night is at 8 p.m. tonight, April 12.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:33PMThe theatrical rendering of author Tucker Max's alcohol-soaked adventures has plans for a limited engagement run at The Cabaret at Roy Arias Studios and Theatres. Performances are scheduled …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:32PMChristine Toy Johnson, a stage actress, writer and producer was named the recipient of Actors' Equity Association's AEA prestigious 2013 Rosetta LeNoire Award, which recognizes outstanding a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27PMWhen we first meet Berry Gordy in "Motown the Musical," he's a bitter guy refusing to go to the 25th anniversary celebration of his music label, his monster hits and the artists he nurtured.…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 05:25PMFor 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 05:23PM By Mike Hallinan Hello readers!! So, it goes without saying that right now Broadway is in a new craze due to the resurgence of a dark menace we thought had since long left the …
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 05:16PMSMOKEFALL GETS IN YOUR EYES The most amazing thing about Noah Haidle’s world premiere of Smokefall at South Coast Rep is Marsha Ginsberg’s scenic design of a simple yet beautifully craft…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:04PMKerry Butler is officially more than just a Broadway beltress. It turns out that if you strip away her roller skates, hairspray, and eleven o'clock number, you find an honest-to-goodness act…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:04PMThe Just Kidding Theater Company takes on zombies and Hamlet — and Juliet, Titania and Lady Macbeth — in “Living Dead in Denmark,” at the Gene Frankel Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:02PMMATILDA THE MUSICAL, produced by The Royal Shakespeare Company and The Dodgers, opened last night April 11, 2013 at Broadway's Shubert Theatre 225 West 44th Street. Get a look at the arrival…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:01PMThe 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 Kathleen Elizabeth Mon…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00PMThis month we conclude our extensive look at Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It’s time to dive into the language of the play. How do we find character clues in the way a charact…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMSadler's Wells, LondonWhen The Rite of Spring premiered in 1913, it detonated a cultural explosion, whose continuing effects are being explored in this season of Rite-inspired works at Sadle…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PM
Broadway’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 04:52PMMeet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of the London hit Matilda The Musical. Tim Minchin, Bertie Carvel, Rob Ashford, Megan Hilty, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Zachary Quinto were there…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PMWith tourists pouring into Gotham, summer can be a great time to be on Broadway. Off Broadway? The jury’s still out. It’s the big, splashy musicals that pull in the majority of warm-weat…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:43PMKristin Chenoweth has been cast opposite Matthew Broderick in an upcoming CBS multi-camera sitcom about a widower (Broderick) raising a tween son and trying to get back into dating.
SOURCE: Vulture at 04:41PMI Hope They Serve Beer On Broadway, a theatrical adaptation based on the books of Tucker Max, will play a limited engagement at The Cabaret at Roy Arias Studios and Theatres beginning June 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:37PMThe first official 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 04:33PMFIRST LOOK: THE WORLD PREMIERE OF TWO-TIME TONY AWARD WINNER MARK RYLANCE AND POET LOUIS JENKINS’ NICE FISH This mythic, funny and poetic story that unfolds on the frozen waters of the Upp…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:28PMPaper Mill Playhouse presents Thoroughly Modern Millie, winner of the 2002 Drama Desk and Tony Award for Best Musical. This show features Ashley Kate Adams Miss Dorothy Brown, Brenda Braxton…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:21PMJason Priestley (photo by David Hou)Pacing to the endRACE is whip-fast look at what divides us…by Dave RossThis is Canadian Stage’s 25th Anniversary season, and as it draws to a clo…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:19PMORANGEBURG, N.Y. — In the basement recording studio of a tract house in an aging subdivision, a former poet laureate of the United States rocks back and forth to the improvisational licks …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:13PMNew York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is a busy woman. Between crafting legislation and e-mailing me a daily online petition about filibuster reform or gun control, she apparently finds time t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:13PMBroadway veterans Jeremy Jordan (Newsies), Norm Lewis (The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess), Jennifer Laura Thompson (Nice Work If You Can Get It), and Julia Murney (Falling), along with Judith Cl…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:09PMNOTE: Next week I'll see Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park for the third time, after taking it in on Broadway and at Woolly Mammoth, when I visit Baltimore's CENTERSTAGE, where they're doing the …
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 04:08PMMATILDA THE MUSICAL, produced by The Royal Shakespeare Company and The Dodgers, opened last night April 11, 2013 at Broadway's Shubert Theatre 225 West 44th Street. Check out photos of the r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:07PMDylan George, Michael Goldlist (photo by Jenna Wakani)Rockin’ in TorontoBig in Germany’s charm smoothes the rough edgesby Stuart Munro@StuartMunroTOI first saw Ten Foot Pole’s Big in G…
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A premiere date for the second season of HBO’s drama The Newsroom has been officially set for July 14. Created by Aaron Sorkin, The Newsroom chronicles the inner workings of a fictiona…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMThe first trailer and premiere poster of FILTH starring stage and screen superstar James McAvoy has finally been released - and it's a doozy
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMAmerican Ballet Theatre puts on a swashbuckling show at the Kennedy Center The American Ballet Theatre, currently dancing at the Kennedy Center, turned 75 in 2012, which is a remarkable ac…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:52PMGeorgina Beaty, Bridget Esler, Wendy Noel, and Dawn Petten. Photo by Emily Cooper.Sometimes the book is betterSome of the best actors in town thoughby David C. JonesA book is an intimate exp…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 03:50PMElaine Stritch sat in her usual place on the tiny raised stage at the Café Carlyle, the pricey 100-seat cabaret/supperclub in the hotel where the actress has lived for more than a decade.…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 03:44PMIntro to Too Much Light returns May 29th, with Bilal Dardai and Trevor Dawkins on board to teach. Intro is an 8-week workshop which explores the process and tools used by ... The post In…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 03:34PMM. Burke Walker and G. Valmont Thomas return to Seattle to work on a production of “Master Harold ... and the boys” at West of Lenin through April 21, 2013.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 03:33PM Fuck it all, Hands on a Hardbody, we hardly knew ‘ye. And tomorrow, 28 previews and 28 performances into your life on Broadway, you’re closing up shop. We’re sorry t…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:27PMSomehow, a goodly dose of Roald Dahl’s puckish sourness makes it onstage.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 03:24PMWhen the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PM 2 ‘Kinky Boots’ Has Broadway on its Feet! (VIDEO) Broadway’s new high-heeled hit is Kinky Boots, by Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper. Check out the show that has audien…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:15PMThe hit “For The Record” series will leave its resident home in Los Feliz for one night only and head to Hollywood to perform “Tarantino In Concert” at famed House of Blues Sunset St…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:15PM“Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!” The superhero of Metropolis comes flying up to Frederick for a tw…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:08PMThis morning on LIVE with Kelly and Michael, Broadway's DAVID HYDE PIERCE spoke about Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. After discussing the production, hosts Kelly Ripa and Michael Strah…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PMIn this week's edition, we caught up with Ann Harada, who is starring as 'Charlotte' in Cinderella- currently playing at the Broadway Theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00PM
Roald Dahl's classic children's story Matilda has been transformed into a marvelous musical extravaganza! Matilda has officially arrived on Broadway in an imaginative production dire…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:51PMBarbican, LondonHow do you recapture the shock impact of Alfred Jarry's 1896 play, with its savage portrait of a grotesque monster? Given that Jarry's play started as a schoolboy prank aimed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:43PMIn light of the serious nature of the April 11 Glee episode titled, “Shooting Star,” we decided to forgo our weekly Glee Report Card (you win, this time Ryan Murphy!) In its plac…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMREVIEWED BY: JOSEPH HILLENMEYER “To The Wonder” – Terrence Malick’s recent romantic drama – begins with Neil (Ben Affleck) and Marina (Olga Kurylenko) spinning and turtle dovin…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:42PMShoreditch Town Hall, LondonI've just been arrested outside Shoreditch Town Hall in east London. A group of passersby look on but make no attempt to intervene as a man who appears to be a po…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:40PMMotown founder Berry Gordy and the world premiere Broadway production of MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL were featured on “CBS This Morning” this week when the iconic music man sat down with Gay…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:38PMThe packed Holly Near concert last night at the Barns at Wolf Trap was a coming home for me. The last time I saw Holly was in the exact same venue about ten years ago. The 90-minute stop c…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:36PMAaron Lazar hosts Arts For All's fifth annual Cabaret benefit, Arts For All Goes Public Celebrating 5 Years, on April 21, 2013 at Joe's Pub. The benefit includes performances from Mr. Lazar,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMIn a development that will shock most Broadway fans accustomed to associating Andrew Lloyd Webber with such classic musicals as The Phantom of the Opera and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolo…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:34PMConstantine Maroulis, the “American Idol” alumnus who earned a Tony nomination for “Rock of Ages,” stars in the Broadway musical revival “Jekyll & Hyde.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:33PMTony Award-nominated director Diane Paulus (Pippin) has signed on to direct the world premiere of the new Matt Gould-Griffin Matthews musical, Witness Uganda, at American Repertory Theater i…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:30PMAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, Kristin Chenoweth will be returning to the small screen in a comedy pilot for CBS. The actress will join fellow Broadway vet Matthew Broderick on the cur…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:28PMIn Bullet Catch, magic tricks raise unsettling questions – How nicely would a stranger have to ask to make you shoot him in the face? Assuming you aren’t a violent person, what a…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:28PMToday is the birthday of one of my heroes, Charles Ludlam (1943-1987). I consider it one of the great ironies of my life that I moved here just a few weeks after he died. I would have been a…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:28PMNobody sees the world in the way Rachel Rockwell does. Case in point, her new poignant production of Lionel Bart’s Oliver!, which opened last night at the Drury Lane Theatre. Ms.…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:25PMA Chorus Line at Musical Theatre West re-unites director/choreographer Roger Castellano and musical director David Lamoureux, who went through most of his career without much love for A Chor…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:25PMI like to draw. I used to draw a lot as a child. Anytime something was delivered to the house in a cardboard box, I'd flatten it out and go crazy. My characters and scene-scapes were always …
SOURCE: bricktheater.blogspot.com at 02:23PMGirl power has taken over the Shubert Theatre. Breezing into town with a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards including Best Musical, this adaptation of Roal Dahl’s story of an extraordina…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:22PMDear readers! My theater review this week for the LA Weekly is of Neverwhere, now playing at Sacred Fools in East Hollywood. To read it, click here to go to the LA Weekly’s theater page an…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:18PMThe Bottom Line: A theater's community extends further than its weekly payroll list—if your staff or leadership prey on artists using institutional access as cover, you've got a problem, a…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:17PMAlex Timbers will direct the show, an adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” featuring music by late singer-songwriter.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:12PMThe upcoming Boston pre-Broadway run of a new musical version of “Tuck Everlasting” — originally set to premiere this July — has been postponed because there are no New York …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 02:07PMRob Drummond's complex but gripping psycho-thriller about truth and perspective stirs memories of 1980s television quiz shows.
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:00PM
Max Crumm, who starred in the most recent Broadway revival of Grease, is back on the New York stage in the new Off-Broadway musical F#%king Up Everything. Check out his day at work and play,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PMTaffety Punk likes to say that its ensemble members belong to a “theatre band,” searching for new ways to fuse music and text onstage. This fun-loving, fidgety company has repeat…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:58PMUpon entering the Wild Project, the audience is confronted with plain brown boxes, clearly overflowing with memories and regret (and props). This simple and utilitarian design sets the tone …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:56PMThe plays of William Shakespeare are known for their enduring universality, so the Royal Shakespeare Company's new production of Julius Caesar -- set in a chaotic African dictatorship, with …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:52PMThe plays of William Shakespeare are known for their enduring universality, so the Royal Shakespeare Company's new production of Julius Caesar -- set in a chaotic African dictatorship, with …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:52PMOn May 16 The Mabel Mercer Foundation will celebrate the 1968 dual concert of America's then-leading cabaret performers, Mabel Mercer and Bobby Short, with an evening paying tribute to t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:51PMThe Royal Shakespeare Company's first Broadway premiere for 15 years deemed 'even more glorious than we were promised'Matilda: the Musical, winner of a record-breaking seven Olivier awards i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:45PMThe dull-brained tormentors of little Matilda – her gauche parents and terrifying headteacher Miss Trunchbull – would surely despair.
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:41PMBeginning Saturday, May 4th, Tyler Maynard will assume the role of the hapless Sgt. Pembry in Off-Broadway's smash hit SILENCE! The Musical at the Elektra Theatre in Times Square.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:40PMTony Award winners Nikki M. James and Sutton Foster and Tony Award nominees Jeremy Jordan and Josh Young are among the lineup of performers set for composers Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:38PMChristian Coulson, George Morfogen and Jonathan Hogan will star in the Mint Theater Company's American premiere of N.C. Hunter's A Picture of Autumn, which will debut May 23 Off…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:37PMPlaywright Amy Herzog has arrived in a hurry. First New York: she has conquered off-Broadway with three acclaimed productions in the past 12 months, starting with the Lincoln Center Theater�…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:28PMIs there peace in the web? Can it be?
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:28PMThe National Theatre has thrived under Nicholas Hytner
This week, Nicholas Hytner confirmed that he'll be stepping down as artistic director of the National Theatre in March 2015, after 12 y…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:26PMAhead of a new production of ‘Othello’, Rory Kinnear talks to Sarah Hemming about what makes Iago such a complex character
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:19PMIn Anthony Neilson’s new play, it is up to the audience to construct their own story from a series of often semi-absurd scenes, writes Ian Shuttleworth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:19PMThe 18-member troupe was intent on establishing its ballet and street cred, its grounding in classicism and in black experience, writes Apollinaire Scherr
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:18PMA revised American production of the Gipsy Kings-scored Zorro: A New Musical, which premiered in London in 2008, has begun a new adventure at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. The musical sta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:16PMMore than 60 of Britain’s most acclaimed luminaires of stage and screen have called on Culture Minister Ed Vaizey to respond to a report outlining the threat Government funding cuts pose t…
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:15PMTony winners, unite! Kristin Chenoweth has been tapped to play Matthew Broderick’s sister in the untitled CBS comedy pilot from Scrubs alum Tad Quill, reports TVLine.
The multi-came…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:15PMExtra! Read All About It! One of the Pleasant Surprises of the Season
By Lauren Yarger
A film star in a Broadway show. That's not really news nowadays, when producers increasingly are relyin…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 01:12PMThe 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 Dale Soules in the Bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PM
Our friends at whatsonstage.com have been keeping track of West End ticket trends this year, and they've put together this handy-dandy infographic. Take a look for information about average-…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:57PMChicago alum and film regular Rita Wilson returns to NYC with a fun new concert at 54 Below. While her Oscar-winning husband Tom Hanks plays the lead in Lucky Guy, Wilson is perfor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:55PMAs a founding member of psychedelic pioneers Soft Machine, Kevin Ayers found himself ahead of his time and at odds with himself. Disenchanted with the limelight and despite the band’s succ…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:42PMLead producer of Rebecca, the Broadway musical that was cancelled last Fall, is still intent on bringing the show to Broadway this year. Sprecher told BroadwayWorld that the producing team h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38PMMatilda the Musical, based on Roald Dahl’s 1988 children’s novel about a precocious little girl overcoming neglectful parents and a monstrous headmistress, opened at the Shubert Theater …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:38PMWith SHOUTS!’s theme of female empowerment, why not cater to a Girls Night Out at the theatre? While marketing to women as a whole may seem obvious, we’ve seen the most success wit…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:38PMMichael Wolfe’s superb translations of classic epitaphs from the Greek Anthology begins in prehistory and ends in the sixth century C.E. Cut These Words Into My Stone: Ancient Greek Ep…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:33PMConsider this a late contribution to this year's Womens' History Month.
When most people think of the involvement of women in music they probably think of performers or composers. To be sur…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 12:30PMShaping Sound, a new contemporary dance company that features Emmy nominee and Bare choreographer Travis Wall ("So You Think You Can Dance"), will launch a 13-city tour May 18 in L…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMIt’s been a year since Disney’s mega-popular, two-time Tony-winning musical Newsies opened at Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre. In honor of the show's birthday, Broadway.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:26PMThe American Repertory Theater will present the world premiere of the new Matt Gould-Griffin Matthews musical Witness Uganda, staged by Tony Award nominee Diane Paulus, in early 2014.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:21PMIrish actor Lisa Dwan will set a new record for the performance of Mouth, one of theatre's most challenging roles, for the 40th anniversary of the play's British premiereA disembodied mouth …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:20PMThe upcoming West End production of Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan has announced its full casting, which will include Ingrid Craigie, Pádraic Delaney, Sarah Greene, Gillian Hann…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:20PMSam S Shubert Theatre, New York: What a difference a year makes. In April 2012, director Matthew Warchus and his regular theatrical collaborators that include designer Rob Howell, lighting d…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:19PMThe West End smash hit Billy Elliot The Musical will welcome four new cast members to the Victoria Palace Theatre beginning May 13. Anna-Jane Casey (Spamalot) will join in the role of Billy…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:17PMThe four little girls who alternate in the title role of the Broadway musical "Matilda" — including Sophia Gennusa, whose name was picked from a hat to perform on opening — had a 10:45…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:16PMTo prepare for her performance in the Broadway revival of “A Trip to Bountiful,” Cicely Tyson visited Wharton, Tex., and the family home of the playwright Horton Foote. …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:10PMI’m glad to be back in my hometown of Arlington, Massachusetts to see SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM at the local community theater. Granted, you may giggle a bit when you hear the official nam…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:10PMDon’t be so smart. When I say “forgotten” I’m not talking about his current CBS night-time show, or even the long-running NBC late-night show that preceded it. The …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:01PMWhat could be a more intriguing way to begin a show that covering the house of a theatre with strands of dismembers Barbie dolls hanging across the isles? There is no lack of spectacle or ta…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:01PMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 4122013.
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Open letter calls on Ed Vaizey to respond to report showing evidence that British theatre is hurting as a result of funding cutsLuminaries of the theatre, including playwrights Sir Tom Stopp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:58AMTwo college students and six high school students at the New World School of the Arts have written short plays that will debut at this weekend's 2013 New Playwrights Festival. Directed by fa…
SOURCE: Miami Herald at 11:57AMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AM(Editor’s note: this blog series, inspired by the themes of our 2013 TCG National Conference: Learn Do Teach, will focus on stories honoring the elders, teachers, mentors and colleague…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:53AMName: Jill Campbell Hometown: New York, NYEducation: BFA, Theatre, Ithaca College and Bernard Kops Advance Playwriting Workshop, London, UK.Favorite Credits: Couple in the …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:53AMRod Beacham was an actor and writer, and one of the founder members of Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre. He trained at RADA from 1960 to 1962, and joined Olivier’s National Theatre Co…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:52AMTyler Maynard (The Little Mermaid, Altar Boyz) will join the cast of off-Broadway’s Silence! The Musical on May 4 in the role of Sgt. Pembry. The recently extended Silence of the Lambs…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMTwo Great Silent Comedy Screenings in New York This Weekend You Shouldn’t Miss! On Saturday, April 13th at 2:30, The Silent Clowns Film Series presents a 90th anniversary screening of…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:43AMNow in previews at Broadway's Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Tony and Olivier Award winner and two-time Emmy nominee Alan Cumming's acclaimed one-man interpretation of MACBETH is set to officially…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:40AMTony Award recipient Carol Burnett will be honored April 18 when the intersection of Highland Avenue and Selma Avenue in Hollywood, CA, will be officially named Carol Burnett Square.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMThe world premiere production of the new musical ‘Tuck Everlasting,’ scheduled to play Boston’s Citi Performing Arts Center Emerson Colonial Theatre (106 Boylston Street) from …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:27AMJohn Pollano's Small Engine Repair, which was delayed last season due to cast scheduling issues, will receive its Off-Broadway debut at MCC Theater this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AMIt was a fight well fought, but Ike Holter’s Stonewall Riot drama Hit the Wall will play its final performance at off-Broadway’s Barrow Street Theatre on April 28. Directed by Er…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:16AMInternational sensation Billy Elliot the Musical is set to welcome a slew new faces to its West End cast. Starting May 13, Anna Jane-Casey will star as Billy's dance teacher, Mrs. Wilkin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:11AMToday is the birthday of David Cassidy (b. 1950). Son of the actor Jack Cassidy and step-son of his wife, Shirley Jones, Cassidy co-starred with Jones on the hit series The Partridge Family…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:10AMSilence! The Musical, which recently resumed performances Off-Broadway at the Elektra Theatre, will welcome Tyler Maynard to the role of the hapless Sgt. Pembry beginning May 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMUntil I saw Zero Hour, a solo biodrama about the brilliant, difficult Zero Mostel, a few years back, I wasn't aware that Jerome Robbins had given names of suspected communists to the House U…
SOURCE: Blank New World at 11:10AMMany familiar Broadway veterans -- some previous champs and some looking for their first trophy -- will face off against quite a few newcomers at this year's Tonys. Acting contender…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:01AMOne hundred years ago the ballet provoked a riot and orchestras dreaded playing it. Now you can even hear it in Pret a Manger. The Rite of Spring is still astounding, despite its famili…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:01AM. . . at least this once. See, Trump sued someone last week. And no, it wasn’t about a birth certificate. And it wasn’t his hair stylist. It was a cyber squatter. Mr. Celebrity…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
BBC Radio 4 has commissioned what is has called its “most ambitious drama serial” to date, with a production to mark the centenary of the First World War that will be broadcast over four…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:58AMThe cast is complete for the London revival of Martin McDonagh’s comedy The Cripple of Inishmaan, featuring previously announced Harry Potter alum (and four-time Broadway.com Audience …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:58AMDoctor Who star Alex Kingston is set to join Kenneth Branagh as Lady Macbeth in the Manchester International Festival production of Macbeth this summer, reports The Daily Mail.
The show w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:56AMThe Lads decided to join Eric Hunter, our baritone’s son, to see the World Premiere of “The Fabulous Lipitones”, a play written, assembled and performed by local talent in Atlanta.
SOURCE: cumminghome.com at 10:55AMStephen Schwartz, Norm Lewis, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Leslie Uggams are among the artists who will celebrate Tony Award-winning entertainer Ben Vereen in Magic to Do May 20 at LaGuardia Arts H…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMSeth Numrich (recently seen in Golden Boy) and Kim Cattrall (of Sex and the City fame) will star in Tennessee Williams’ Sweet Bird of Youth at the Old Vic, reports The Daily Mail. Open…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54AMAs the spring season continues, Broadway is welcoming a slew of exciting musicals to the boards (Kinky Boots, Matilda, Motown, Pippin). With the addition of each musical, fans are given an o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:52AMLondon's Old Vic has announced that Broadway favorite Seth Numrich will be joining Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall in the upcoming production of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth, w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:50AMLast week, I talked about several of the great marketing campaigns we have started to promote the show. But there was one that I didn’t mention, my personal favorite project. Well …
SOURCE: The Associate Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMIf you haven't had the chance to catch up on your theater news, look no further than today's recap of all things theater - exclusive features, interviews, reviews and more - around the Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:41AMToday is the birthday of that Holy Saint of the neo-vaudeville movement, Herbert Khoury, ak.a. Tiny Tim (1932-1996). Oh, I wish, I wish, I wish he could be alive today to see what God Hath W…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:39AMBroadway, as in the national tour of Camp Broadway, is back -- and it's bigger and better than ever. Currently in its thirteenth year and still going strong, the traveling Camp Broadway prog…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:39AMRoald Dahl's beloved children's book about a precocious bookworm with magical powers comes to life in a new mischievous, visually-absorbing production Matilda The Musical, which open…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMLast night 11 April 2013, the West End production of Billy Elliot the Musical welcomed its 4 millionth patron to the Victoria Palace Theatre. At the end of the performance Sharon Hick from Y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMThis week there's no guest blog but I did happen upon a really great tool this week. If you haven't seen PrepWork, yet. You definitely should. It takes an email that has been sent to you and…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMJustin Stentz performs in every piece, a testament to his stamina and artistic director Bill Wade's tribute to the dancer, who'll leave the Cleveland company after this week to continue stud…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:30AMAward-Winning Actors and Playwrights Help Send Kids to Camp in The Theatre Lab’s Dramathon The Theatre Lab’s third annual Dramathon, April 26 at 10:30 p.m. at Theater J, will once ag…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:27AMKristin Chenoweth comes south for her Australian debut in June at the 2013 Adelaide Cabaret Festival. Presented by Arts Centre Melbourne in association with Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Kristi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:26AMThe Nyack-based nonprofit ArtsRock will present an evening with Tony and four-time Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce. Elliott Forrest, the Peabody Award-winning WQXR/WNYC broadcaster, will…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:24AMDutch actress Willemijn Verkaik is currently defying gravity as Elphaba in the Broadway production of Wicked for a limited 15-week engagement at the Gershwin Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:23AM“Matilda: The Musical,” the stage incarnation of Roald Dahl’s famed storybook, made its Broadway debut Thursday at the Shubert Theatre.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:23AMEach 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 10:21AMHooray for Bollywood! The off-Broadway musical Bunty Berman Presents…, starring Erick Avari and directed by Scott Elliott, begins performances at the Acorn Theatre on April 12, with a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:20AMSpring brings daffodils, rain, moss, more rain and a slew of 2013-14 theater season announcements. (Some have already sprung: Broadway at the Paramount, Seattle Rep, 5th Avenue, Village Th…
SOURCE: blogs.seattletimes.com at 10:16AMThe winners' list in each year's Audience Choice Awards is always starry, but 2009 was an especially exciting time on the Great White Way—and Broadway.com put together a must-s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:13AMIke Holter's new off-Broadway play, Hit the Wall, has scheduled its final performance at Greenwich Village's Barrow Street Theatre for April 28. Directed by Eric Hoff and featuring original …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:12AMJay Manuel, known for appearing on television's "America's Next Top Model," will host The Broadway in South Africa 5th Anniversary Celebration, which will be held May …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:08AMAn industry reading of the new musical Nighttime Traffic will be presented April 23 in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AMIt was a full house at the Music Center at Strathmore on the evening of April 11, 2013 as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Michael Krajewski, prepared to pay tribute …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00AMWesley Taylor and Mitchell Jarvis' web series "It Could Be Worse" chronicles the ups and downs (and there are a LOT of downs!) of struggling actor Jacob Gordon (Taylor) as he navigates chall…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM
The American Repertory Theater A.R.T. at Harvard University is pleased to announce that it will present the world premiere of the musical Witness Uganda, created by Matt Gould and Griffin Ma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:58AMI've been a bit disheartened of late by crowds going full-tilt bug-nutty during, and at the end of, shows that, at least from my perspective, are seriously deficient in quality. It happened …
SOURCE: Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals at 09:56AMAnna-Jane Casey will join the West End cast of the original production of Billy Elliot the Musical, still running at the Victoria Palace, beginning performances May 13. Last seen in the West…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:55AMBelow, check out the trailer for SUMMER IN FEBRUARY, from CrossDay ProductionsApart Films. The period drama stars 'Downton Abbey' star Dan Stevens along with Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:52AMPerformed with Wallenstein as part of STC’s Hero/Traitor Repertory, Shakespeare’s less-performed Roman tragedy roars to life at the STC. Director David Muse sheaths the tragedy&#…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:45AMThe League of Professional Theatre Women (the League) will present an Oral History interview with two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone June 3 at 6 PM at the Bruno Walter Auditorium of the New Y…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AMBECTU will ask for a 2% plus inflation increase in pay for its members working at Theatrical Management Association venues as part of this year’s review of the agreement between the two gr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:44AMAnd then there were five.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41AMShe's a little bit naughty and a whole lot of fun.
SOURCE: Time Out at 09:40AMThe Broadway production of Matilda the Musical celebrated its opening night at the Shubert Theatre on Thursday, April 12 with a post-
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:33AMMatilda The Musical, the Olivier Award-winning production based on the beloved Roald Dahl children's book, opened on Broadway April 11 and the reviews are now in.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMWant to learn one more arts marketing lesson from the WWE? Then let's explore the idea of rebranding. Let's start by defining our terms. A brand is a promise. There are obviously a lot of wa…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:28AMStreets, the newest production from the youthful Interval Productions, makes the bold claim to be “a new kind of musical”. That sets up a huge amount of expectation in an audienc…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:27AMMATILDA THE MUSICAL, produced by The Royal Shakespeare Company and The Dodgers, opened last night April 11, 2013 at Broadway's Shubert Theatre 225 West 44th Street. The four girls sharing th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:24AMA shadowy, twisting off-stage tale that rivals any mystery written for the stage hasn't deterred embattled Rebecca producer Ben Sprecher from pushing forward with Broadway plans for the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AMIt started innocuously enough with Sam Mark’s “The Delling Shores,” a drama crafted around three artists: three writers. We have a father and daughter who are both aspiring to unreach…
SOURCE: www.engine31.org at 09:18AMIf you haven't heard, the actor playing 'Cat' in our show is an actual feline. That's not a baby in a cat suit. It's the real deal. Thus the interest from the press. 'It's a real CAT How cra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:17AMActor Edward Petherbridge was preparing to play King Lear in New Zealand, when, just two days into the rehearsal process, he suffered a stroke. Despite the extreme physical trauma Petherbrid…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:16AMHere is our second interview with the cast of Pride and Prejudice at Annapolis Shakespeare Company. Meet Caitlin McWethy. Hi! I’m Caitlin McWethy and I am from Virginia Beach originally…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AMAlex Kingston will return to the U.K. stage to star opposite the previously announced Kenneth Branagh in Macbeth at the Manchester International Festival 2013, where it will be staged within…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:15AMFull casting has been announced for Michael Grandage's new West End production of Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan, which will begin performances June 8 prior to an officia…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:12AMIf, with its greasy foodstores and eccentric costumes, Camden is the circus of London, then for the next few weeks the Roundhouse is, without a doubt, our capital’s big top. Throughout…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:11AMJermyn Street, London: While undoubtedly a frothy affair, Frederick Lonsdale's On Approval provides a very comfortable night out. He may lack the epigramic talents of Wilde or Coward bu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:09AMThe stakes are high in the Cold War, and each act of aggression – or non-aggression – will come at a cost. With countless lives and the future of diplomacy riding on every decision, how …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:04AMPaul Michael Glaser will star as Tevye in a new U.K. touring production of Fiddler on the Roof, beginning performances Sept. 5 prior to an official opening Sept. 10 at Southampton's Mayf…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:03AMNEW YORK (AP) — Fiona Shaw's small Broadway dressing room had the look of a makeshift bar. There were more than a dozen bottles of wine stashed on a high shelf.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:02AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Fiona Shaw's small Broadway dressing room had the look of a makeshift bar. There were more than a dozen bottles of wine stashed on a high shelf....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:00AMRemember when the great Nathan Lane and the late, great Gregory Hines hosted the Tony Awards? The year was 1995. Lane was a wee one, having recently set the theater world ablaze with his per…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AM
A collection of "Matilda" reviews and news from around the internet.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 08:58AMAccording to John Felstiner, Theodor Adorno considered Paul Celan “the only authentic postwar writer to stand with Samuel Beckett.” [1] (Adorno, Beckett, Celan: there’…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:57AMThings are coming along nicely for the Broadway revival of the 1975 musical Good Time Charley. And as you've certainly heard, for the last few weeks the production's powers-that-be have been…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 08:56AMBroadway's Seth Numrich will join the previously announced Kim Cattrall in a new production of Sweet Bird of Youth at London's Old Vic, beginning performances June 1 prior to an offi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:51AMMonty Python’s Spamalot now at The National Theatre for its brief and final visit to DC, is a musical romp through a favorite film that shouldn’t be missed. A delight we’r…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:48AMAt the heart of religion are mystery and terror; peace, joy, gratitude, and forgiveness, it seems to me, are byproducts of, responses to, our encounters with the divine, which is maybe just …
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 08:48AMBut if a dramatists massacres everything - what will can be put in its place? In the case of “M” it is nothing; nothing I can see or understand.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:43AMOn the next live results show airing Thursday, April 18 800-900 PM ET livePT tape-delayed, one woman's IDOL journey will end. Also, Grammy-winning artist, Broadway star and Season Three winn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:34AM"Hit the Wall," the show about the Stonewall Riots that began with the emergent Chicago theater company called The Inconvenience, is to end its run at the Barrow Street Theatre earlier than …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:31AMThe fifth generation circus performer talks about PIPPIN, family tradition, and what makes a proper circus
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:28AM'Riotously enjoyable' with 'addictive songs' – New York critics help the RSC's London hit to preview takings of more than $4m"Even more glorious than we were promised," raves the New Yor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:08AMMike Bradwell returns to Hull Truck to explore sex tourism in Egypt in Queen of the Nile, farmers' woes are examined in Tir Sir Gar in Carmarthen and Chekhov is renamed in CoventryScotland a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 12 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
NEW YORK (AP) — The last Broadway performance of "Mary Poppins" — that sugary-sweet ode to good children and even better caregivers — was delivered March 3. Twenty-four hours later, th…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:55AMToday is the birthday of Virginia Cherrill (1908-1996), one in a long line of young women Charlie Chaplin plucked from obscurity in order to co-star with him in films. From rural Illinois, s…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:50AMThe Off-Broadway production of Ike Holter's Hit the Wall, which imagines the events of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, will end its run April 28 at the Barrow Street Theatre, producers announc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:49AMPaul Michael Glaser, still best remembered by TV fans as Starsky in the seminal 1970s American cop series Starsky and Hutch, will star as Tevye in a new touring production of classic Broadwa…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:25AMBilly Elliot stays in the news this week, after Margaret Thatcher's death, but this time for more standard production reasons, with new principal cast members announced. Anna-Jane Casey and …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:24AMA narrative is any account that presents connected events, usually with a certain structure. When we read/hear/tell stories there’s almost always a beginning, a climax and an ending. Even …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:19AMUnlike our contemporary Serpentina, snake-charming star of the Coney Island Circus Sideshow, the original Serpenta (possibly named Irene Ferrill, b. circa 1898), was billed to be boneless, l…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:08AMIt’s getting to where you feel uncomfortable attending a Broadway musical without a little girl in tow. Joining the current tween-friendly line-up of Wicked, Annie and Rodgers and Hamm…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 07:06AM
Review: With its epic burps, parenting parables and anarchic high spirits, it's no wonder the RSC's musical has New York enchantedThe RSC's Matilda opened on Broadway this week, and it was s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:59AMCampaigners calling for more television production in the Midlands have written an open letter to the BBC’s new director general, highlighting the Corporation’s “astonishing retrenchme…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMFewston Village Hall, North Yorkshire: Billed as a loose sequel to the company's Back To The Land Girls (2009), Badapple Theatre's newly premiered Lights Out Land Girls, which is n…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMAfter more than 15 months of wending its way through the New York court system, the lawsuit between the producers of the Broadway musical Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark and Julie Taymor, the s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMThis play by the 23 year old Alfred Jarry caused a sensation when it was premiered in Paris in 1896. A somewhat hysterical W B Yeats subsequently asked “what more is possible? After us, th…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:15AMAn all-star cast, including Zoë Wanamaker and Owen Teale, come together for a revival of Peter Nichols’ provocative comedy PASSION PLAY, directed by David Leveaux. Come on our hosted What…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:02AMThe UK tour of the Theatre Royal Bath's acclaimed revival of August Wilson's FENCES starring Lenny Henry comes to the West End this summer. Come on our hosted Whatsonstage.com Outing on 17 J…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:01AMGraham Linehan’s Whatsonstage.com award-winning adaptation of the classic Ealing comedy THE LADYKILLERS returns to the West End this summer following it's critically acclaimed West End deb…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00AM
The competition on Broadway isn’t as cutthroat as it seems. When Ben Hope — starring in the Tony-winning musical “Once” — recently spotted Tom Hanks, the star of the neighboring pl…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 05:54AMPaul Michael Glaser, best known for playing Starsky in TV series Starsky and Hutch, will take the lead role of Tevye in a touring production of Fiddler on the Roof. The musical is being dire…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:52AMSeth Numrich will join Kim Cattrall in Sweet Bird of Youth at the Old Vic this summer. Numrich, who has previously appeared in the Broadway production of War Horse as Albert Narracott, will …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:40AMAnna-Jane Casey is to join the cast of Billy Elliot the Musical in the role of dance teacher Mrs Wilkinson. She will take up the part from May 13, at the same time that Kevin...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:39AMLast week I looked at the growing role of the freelance independent producer, and this week I have been running around seeing how things happen. Audiences hopefully end up seeing a glorious …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:36AMAlex Kingston will play Lady Macbeth alongside Kenneth Branagh in the title role of Shakespeare’s play at this year’s Manchester International Festival. The production, which is …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:27AMShakespeare's ambiguity is often taken as a challenge by those who would pin him down. But we should instead see the play as a starting point, and trust actors to finish the jobA novel can t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:01AMPeople who are awesome in many ways. By Gregory Jacobs-Roseman (Composer-Lyricist) Ladies and gentlemen, this, if you are unaware, is Mr. Frank Rich: I don’t think I can accurately put int…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:01AMRECOMMENDED Detroit’s leading contemporary dance company visits the Auditorium Theatre for the first time, representing D-town through the music that made the city famous. “Motown in Mot…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMThis week, I discovered Suzan-Lori Parks' "Tradition and the Individual Talent." Technically, it's about writing plays, but I think it can be applied to really any art form. Though I highly …
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:00AMIt makes an "ass" out of "u" and "me'...or...don't look a gift horse in mouth. Fuck. I can't get my cliches down right. Screw it. Just don't compare yourself to other people. It's not a good…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:00AM
Alex Kingston will play Lady Macbeth opposite Kenneth Branagh in the title role in of Macbeth, which, as previously announced, runs for two weeks only from 4 to 21 July 2013 as part of this …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:40AMFor its online auction, Playwrights Horizons has come up with dozens of items to bid on — some great; some elaborate; one a really, really bad idea. The theater’s fundraising onl…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:18AMWow…oh wow… this episode was light on the singing but heavy on the acting though it was a worthy sacrifice. I’m just going to dive right into it because this episode was intense an…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 03:13AMGeorge Bernard Shaw's first staged play, "Widowers' Houses," premiered Dec. 9, 1892, at the Royalty Theatre in London. Since it was produced by the Independent Theatre Society, a private sub…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMChildren make up one of the most open and attentive audience groups. They will happily and willingly suspend disbelief for all kinds of entertainment.
Voice of the Wood performs "How th…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AM
A physical theater work that asks all the right questions.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:41AMWith his Devo-esque brand of electronic music and highly physical live performances, Dan Deacon has been a Philly favorite since 2007's Spiderman of the Rings. Deacon thinks as much of this …
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:32AMTonight, April 12, 2013, The New York Pops continues its 30th season with an evening celebrating the 65th birthday of Stephen Schwartz and the 10th anniversary of his hit musical Wicked with…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMPaul Garman, Executive DirectorProducer of Musical Theatre West, has announced the cast of A CHORUS LINE, previewing tonight, April 12, opening April 13 at 8pm, and continuing through April …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMLa Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment present an all-new revival of one of the greatest musicals of all time, SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, book by Lawre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMBroadway's Omar Lopez-Cepero guest stars on VEGAS on CBS tonight, April 12 at 98c. Click below to get a sneak peek at the actor singing singing 'Besame Mucho' in his episode of VEGAS
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMIn today's Wall Street Journal I review Matilda and The Last Five Years. Here's an excerpt. * * * The...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMIn today's Wall Street Journal "Sightings" column I pay tribute to Otis Ferguson, a great American critic who has yet...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"History is bright and fiction dull with homely men who have charmed women." O. Henry, "Next to Reading Matter"...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMCesar Millan & Son's Doggie Dos & Don'ts
We sit down with dog behaviorist Cesar Millan, his son Calvin, and a few good furry friends, Coco, Taco, Alfie, and Junior, to talk about doggie dos …
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMAisha Tyler's Perfect Day
Star of FX's "Archer", co-host of CBS's "The Talk", host of the New Now Next Awards, host of the reboot of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", book author, and Cher impress…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMThere's a mathematical elegance to the plot of Jane Austen's debut novel, Sense
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AM'42' Star Reveals Surprising Jackie Robinson Facts
Andre Holland stops by the Studio, bringing his arsenal of Shakespeare quotes with him! The classically-trained actor chats about his on-sc…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
HEDY WEISS: The playwright’s “Head of Passes,” about to receive its world premiere at Steppenwolf, is a modern-day take on the Book of Job.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:42AMWhen you see a show at the Williamstown Theater Festival, the first thought that runs through your brain usually isn’t, “In three years, I’m going to be sitting down with t…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:05AMAfter Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s taboo-toppling ways on Comedy Central’s “South Park’’ made them rich and famous, they ventured into the more decorous arena of the Broadway music…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:03AMThe Suffering of ChildrenMonsieur Lazhar should make us all proudby Gaëtan L. CharleboisI think most of us have become used to the well-portrayed emotional suffering of adults in theatre, c…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMDress Upby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonThere is something about costumes and props that actors love. Particularly with period costumes, it changes the way an actor moves and has him runn…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMLast week, you voted (and voted and voted...thank you!) and selected the finalists for Featured Male and Female from the cast of Pippin. You can see who moves on by clicking the "HOT o…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01AMShubert Theatre, Broadway
By Bradley Troll
BOTTOM LINE: Why haven't you bought tickets yet?
I don’t think there are many of us who haven’t been touched by the magic of Roald Dah…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 12:00AMThe show: "Abundance" by Beth Henley at Hartford Stage
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMIf you liked “Oklahoma!” you’ll love “The Book of Mormon.” Wait, what about “Oklahoma!” did you dig?If it was Rodgers & Hammerstein’s jaunty melodies and big dance routin…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:00AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Thursday, April 11, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMTriad Stage presents a reimagined production of My Fair Lady, the Tony Award-winning musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, officially opening April 12, following previews that bega…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMGoodspeed Musicals' new adaptation of the Jazz Age musical Good News!, about college romance, football and a certain dance called "The Varsity Drag," begins performances April …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"Total Faith: Live from the Royal Room at The Colony," the new solo recording from Tony winner Faith Prince, is released digitally April 12 (and physically April 16) on the Broadwa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWith the 2012-13 Broadway season coming to a close this month (April 25 is the cut-off date for eligibility for the 67th Annual Tony Awards), Playbill.com offers a four-part look at the curr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe New York Pops celebrates the music of Academy Award-winning and Tony-nominated composer Stephen Schwartz with a starry April 12 concert at Carnegie Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJeremy Jordan, Norm Lewis, Julia Murney and Jennifer Laura Thompson perform with the New York Pops April 12 in a celebration of the music of Academy Award-winning and Tony-nominated composer…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe world-premiere musical Bunty Berman Presents…, penned by Olivier Award nominee Ayub Khan Din and Grammy and Emmy Award winner Paul Bogaev, begins performances April 12 at Off-Broa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM 
