My memories of Imelda by Cindy Adams

“Here Lies Love,” David Byrne’s “disco musical” about the life of Imelda Marcos, opens Tuesday at the Public Theater. It follows the controversial first lady of the Philippines fro…

Mother superior by Barbara Hoffman

Even before the show begins, she’s onstage, sitting still as a statue in a see-through box. Invited to come up and see her, theatergoers gawk and sometimes kneel in front of her before the…

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 4/20/2013

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 4202013.

‘The VIP’ at Single Carrot Theatre by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

They lived as hostages for 126 days. The rescue mission took 41 seconds. A stunning dramatic reality is explored upon the stage at Single Carrot Theatre in this compelling play based upon re…

Jekyll & Hyde *1/2 by Barry

    By: David ShewardWhy revive Jekyll & Hyde, the hideous, overwrought 1997 musical based on the classic thriller? The only saving grace of the original production was the intense,…

Photo Flash: First Look at Andrea McArdle and More in Media Theatre's MAME by BroadwayWorld

The Media Theatre's production of the classic musical 'Mame' is currently playing through May 19. The show stars legendary Tony nominee Andrea McArdle in the title role. Jesse Cline directs…

The Story Thieves: Windmill Theatre encouraging children to explore different worlds by Dione Joseph

As Artistic Director of Windmill Theatre, South Australia’s leading performing arts Company for young people, Rosemary Myers has every right to be excited. Last month saw the launch of the…

STAGE TUBE: Will Taylor Sings 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' at BROADWAY SESSIONS by Stage Tube

Will Taylor performed Taylor Swift's 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' in a Jason Robert Brown-esque arrangement at Broadway Sessions on February 21st, 2013. Click below to watch him…

Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, April 20 - BOOK OF MORMON, JERSEY BOYS and More Send Love to Boston! by BroadwayWorld

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up. Today's photos feature the theatre community sending love to Boston, including the casts of…

The Breadwinner, Orange Tree Theatre by Alexandra Coghlan

Although overwhelmingly remembered now as a novelist, Somerset Maugham was best known during his lifetime as a playwright. “England’s Dramatist”, as the newspapers christened him, prod…

Table; Children of the Sun – review by Susannah Clapp

The Shed; Lyttelton, LondonNicholas Hytner's departure is not the only change under way at the National. By the time a new artistic director arrives in 2015, large swaths of the once controv…

Ecstasy and Death; Romeo and Juliet – review by Luke Jennings

Coliseum; Sadler's Wells, LondonEcstasy and Death is the first English National Ballet programme assembled by Tamara Rojo since she assumed the company's artistic directorship last year, and…

The Seagull – review by Susannah Clapp

Nuffield, SouthamptonWe're living in an era of strong and radical Chekhov productions. We've had them from Benedict Andrews at the Young Vic, Russell Bolam at Southwark, Andrew Hilton a…

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei – review by Laura Barnett

Hampstead theatre, LondonOn 3 April 2011 Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing airport. Then began a Kafkaesque nightmare: 81 days in detention without trial; accused of being a s…

Review - Matilda the Musical on Broadway by Christopher Caggiano

I don't know how my fellow critics feel about this, but I find it much harder to write a rave than to write a pan. I guess that says something about me as a person, but I think it's also...

The Collected Works of Billy the Kid – review by Clare Brennan

Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, ParisThe prose, poems, songs and reworkings of existing texts that make up Michael Ondaatje's 1970 meditation on the life of one of the United States's best-kn…

The 10 best Othellos – in pictures by Patrick Stewart, Robert McCrum

As Adrian Lester takes the lead as the Moor of Venice in the National theatre's new production, we look back at past greatsPatrick StewartRobert McCrum

Josie Rourke: 'We make theatre like the Brazilians play football' by Rachel Cooke

The artistic director of the Donmar talks about funding cuts, how to manage actors, and her grand plan for the theatre's lavatoriesWhen Josie Rourke, the artistic director of the Donmar Ware…

Josie Rourke: 'We make theatre like the Brazilians play football' by Rachel Cooke

The artistic director of the Donmar talks about funding cuts, how to manage actors, and her grand plan for the theatre’s lavatoriesWhen Josie Rourke, the artistic director of the Donmar Wa…

Personal link for ‘Sound’ cast

CONCORD – The man has seen “The Sound of Music” numerous times and around the world. He will see it again May 5, staged by the Concord Players.    

"Big Fish" at Chicago's Oriental Theatre by John Olson

This musical directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman is a big show�with clever and sometimes spectacular set designs by Julian Crouch (The Addams Family) and vivid projections by Benjami…

RSC Diaries: Rosie and Dan answer your Twitter questions by Daniel Easton and Rosie Hilal

We asked AYT readers what they’d like to ask our RSC diarists… Q: “I’d love to know how rigorous the rehearsal period is; time-wise and the level of depth with textual an…

Can we all stop pretending about Ryan Landry now? by Thomas Garvey

You did have to be a little cuckoo to believe the hype. Photo(s): T. Charles Erickson.Okay - we've all sat through "Ryan Landry's M" now.  And we've all seen that the Huntington made a …

Review: (Ottawa) Taming of the Shrew by The Charlebois Post

Knights in White Satinby Valerie Cardinal@vscardinalThis is probably one of the more authentic stagings of Shakespeare I’ve seen. As in the 16th century, the cast is all male. Unlike …

Review: The Brig (Mary-Arrchie Theatre) by Scotty Zacher

Though not for everyone, this show's complete commitment to in-your-face prison realism and total lack of pretension or artiness makes this 50-year old opus feel fresh and exciting. (read mo…

‘The Lady Becomes Him’ at Faction of Fools by Justin Schneider by Justin Schneider

I’m going to start this review with two important facts. The first fact is that the night I went to see Faction of Fools’ The Lady Becomes Him, it was raining. Hard. One of those…

Big Fish; Big Hit by Michael J. Roberts

When adapting a film for the stage, it is always a creative fine line of balancing viewer expectations. In most aspects Big Fish, the latest film to stage adaptation which had its official p…

Music review: Stare, SLSO and Chorus offer fine playing in exquisite programming

Ward Stare returns to the SLSO as an accomplished programmer.

Disappointing Matilda by James Miller

Matilda, with a book by David Kelly, music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, is based on the popular children's novel by Roald Dahl. After a brief run in Stratford-upon-Avon…

Dance review: English National Ballet - Down and out in Paris and London

She may be a vision in daffodil in the central number, but Tamara Rojo's taste for purple is the immediate impression one gets from her first mixed programme at English National Ballet. Call…

Theatre review: Children of the Sun - Calm down, dear, it's just a revolution

At the Moscow premiere of Maxim Gorky's Children of the Sun in 1905, the audience started to panic as they watched the last act. When a marauding mob was heard offstage, approaching fast, su…

'Mary Poppins' returns to the Twin Cities

As the musical “Mary Poppins” swoops back into town, the notion of the British nanny as “practically perfect” persists.

Theater spotlight: 'I Love To Eat'

Dance spotlight: Emily Johnson and Catalyst in 'Niicugni'

Company Theatre benefit

The Company Theatre, a nonprofit organization formed in 1979, is holding a benefit to fund the replacement of two industrial heating and air-conditioning units. “Roxie and Velma’s Secret…

'American Psycho' musical to debut in December

A musical based on Bret Easton Ellis's "American Psycho", the disturbing tale of a Wall Street banker turned sadistic serial killer, will have its world premiere in London in December. A spo…

Theatre review: In Mamet’s Race, Nigel Shawn Williams is stellar opposite a mediocre Jason Priestley by Robert Cushman

Nigel Shawn Williams, playing a lawyer in David Mamet’s Race on now at Canadian Stage's Bluma Appel Theatre, gives a virtuoso performance

The Life of Stuff, Theatre503 by Sam Marlowe

A severed toe, a shotgun, copious blood, vomit and snot, and a live snake. Sprinkle it liberally with Shake’n’Vac masquerading as cocaine, dowse it in booze, piss and petrol, set the who…

‘Big Fish’ catches wave of America’s ‘Greatest Generation’

In its own eccentric, undogmatic way, “Big Fish” might just turn out to be the Broadway musical that best encapsulates what many describe as “The Greatest Generation” — that group …

Spare A Dime For Bok’s Memories: WPA Play Begins Tonight by Katrina Ohstrom

In less than two months, Philadelphia will add to its ranks another “theater which has been destroyed,” the auditorium of Bok Technical High School, a little known but beautifully well-p…

In Your Easter Bonnet Broadway Cares by Suzanna Bowling

In Your Easter Bonnet Broadway Cares: The 27th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition, produced by and benefiting BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS, will be held on Monday, April 22nd (4:30pm) and…

Blood Knot by Jesse Herwitz

Last Friday night Athol Fugard’s Blood Knot opened at the Malibu Stage Company. The play debuted in 1961 in Johannesburg but only lasted one performance there. Three years later it was res…

Swimming in a father's stories in the pre-Broadway musical 'Big Fish' by Chris Jones

THEATER REVIEW: "Big Fish" at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago ★★★ THEATER REVIEW: "Big Fish" at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago ★★★ ... Time surely is ri…

The Perils of Pericles by Sam Hurwitt

Acclaimed British director (and original Zaphod Beeblebrox) Mark Wing-Davey is back at Berkeley Rep with Shakespeare (& co.'s) troubled shaggy-dog drama Pericles, Prince of Tyre.

The Nance Review: Nathan Lane As Gay Burlesque Entertainer by New York Theater

In the New York City of 1937 re-created in “The Nance,”  Douglas Carter Beane’s fascinating new play starring Nathan Lane, eating at the wrong restaurant could get you arrested —…

EXCLUSIVE: Joe Iconis, Krysta Rodriguez and the Family in Rehearsal for 54 Below

A 2006 recipient of the Jonathan Larson Award, composer and lyricist Joe Iconis always has several irons in the fire. Currently, he is busy with commissions for the likes of the La Jolla Pla…

‘Six Degrees of Separation’ at Port City Playhouse by Francine Schwartz by Francine Schwartz

John Guare’s award-winning Six Degrees of Separation was a tremendously successful Broadway play, eventually made into a movie, which played out the notion that all people are connect…

ARTS: ‘Sunday in the Park’ in Paris

Parisians are developing a taste for American musicals. Stephen Sondheim’s 1984 musical “Sunday in the Park With George” opened April 15 in Paris, at the Théâtre du Châtelet. &…

Love Therapy, Starring Two-Time Tony Nominee Alison Fraser, Begins Seeing Clients Off-Broadway by Josh Ferri

The doctor will see you now! Wendy Beckett’s new play Love Therapy, starring two-time Tony Award nominee Alison Fraser, begins performances at off-Broadway's DR2 Theatre on Ap…

UCB Alum Abby Rosebrock’s Rocky Relationship Comedy Different Animals Begins Off-Broadway by Josh Ferri

Upright Citizens Brigade vet Abby Rosebrock writes and stars in the off-Broadway production of Different Animals at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Directed by Bruce Ornstein, this relationship-bas…

Playwriting Exercise: The Name Game by Lindsay Price

Use this exercise to practice creating titles based on a picture.   Find a photograph. A great source for public domain photos is flickr.com/commons. Take a few moments and study the ph…

Criticism, Vitriol, and Announcing Our NewCrit Critics by HowlRound

A couple of months ago we announced that we would add criticism to the HowlRound site. The idea met with both great enthusiasm and deep skepticism. We expected this. When we originally discu…

Playwright drags Chile's conscience into the spotlight by Reed Johnson

Guillermo Calderón, alarmed as much by his country's current neo-liberalism as its hyper-repressive past, lets his characters vent for him in 'Villa + Discurso.'The stage lights rise, and M…

Short Fuse Book Review: “The Dream Merchant” — Gambling with Power and Possibility by Harvey Blume

Part of what made "The Dream Merchant" so compelling, and at times, harrowing, a read for me are its themes: love, loss, rags and riches, to be sure, but also the theme of aging, and associa…

The Sex is in the Heel (and the Shoe Factory) by Matthew Wexler

Kinky Boots is kicking up some dust on Broadway this season as the story of a meek inheritor of a shoe factory turns a dismal British production plant into a haven for stiletto thigh-highs. …

A sometimes breathtaking ‘Big Fish’ has yet to hook into its story by Bob Bullen

Who doesn’t enjoy a good story? It’s why we love the theatre. Through words, music, dance and imagination, theatre helps shape a shared moment. It transports us to another place …

Chicago Theater Review: BIG FISH (Pre-Broadway World Premiere at the Oriental Theatre) by Lawrence Bommer

A FISH OUT OF WATER Ten years ago, the Tim Burton film Big Fish with Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney, based on Daniel Wallace’s 1998 “novel of mythic proportions,” charmed audiences wi…

AMERICAN PSYCHO Musical to Debut at Almeida Festival, Directed by Rupert Goold; 2013 Lineup Announced! by BroadwayWorld

From 9 July - 9 August 2013, the Almeida Festival returns with a packed programme of fresh collaborations, award-winning artists and brand new shows. The most ambitious and extensive Almeida…

Virginia Opera 'Marriage of Figaro' an adventure in total delight

Now at GMU, Virginia Opera production breathes new live into old warhorse.

STAGE TUBE: First Look at Highlights from PIPPIN on Broadway! by Stage Tube

Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's beloved coming-of-age musical comedy Pippin is currently in previews at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th Street. This all new production is directed…

Motown The Musical

Seriously. Have you ever been to a musical where the entire audience hummed along with every song? Or clapped. Or sang. Or cheered. Hmnn?Well, then you just might want to get on over to…

Fuse Book Review: “The Virtues of Poetry” — Fascinating But Frustrating by Arts Fuse Editor

James Longenbach's ear for the nuances of diction, tone, stress, and the material aspects of poetry is so good, and his grasp of context and biography so assured, one wonders why the essays …

The Big Knife by Theasy.com

American Airlines Theatre, Roundabout, Broadway By Zak Risinger BOTTOM LINE: The first Broadway revival of a lesser-known work by a literary icon, featuring a cast filled with stars …

Elaine Stritch takes a bow at Tribeca by Jake Coyle

NEW YORK (AP) -- Elaine Stritch would rather get on with it....

The NEA 4 Are Back...and at the New Museum by Ludlow Lad

Karen Finley, John Fleck, Holly Hughes, and Tim Miller - collectively known as the NEA 4 because of their battle with the NEA over funding in the 1990s - are in residence at the always inspi…

Opening Night Tickets by Hunter Chancellor

Ok everyone….I have a HUGE announcement… We are selling an EXTREMELY limited number of seats to our OPENING NIGHT performance of Macbeth tomorrow night!  As you may or may not…

Jekyll and Hyde: A Tale of Two Views by New York Theater

Jekyll and Hyde: A Tale of Two Views The critics hate it. The fans adore it. Jekyll and Hyde Review: Good vs. Bad on . .. – New York Theater 1 day ago … Me: The return of Frank W…

‘The Hallelujah Girls’ at Vienna Theatre Company by Anne Tsang by Anne Tsang

I am so impressed by the stellar quality of Community Theatre in this area, and I am happy to say that Vienna Theatre Company’s production of The Hallelujah Girls, produced by Bill Mullins…

Stage Door’s Jeffrey Feels Dated, But Funny And Touching by Bill Hirschman

It’s weird but wonderful that two full decades after the height of the AIDS crisis that Paul Rudnick’s touching but hilarious satire Jeffrey now revived at Miami Beach Stage Door Theatre…

Easter Bonnet Competition by Barry

             Brings BC/EFA Fundraising Season to Eclipsing Close    By: Ellis NassourThere were scene-stealers galore at Monday and Tuesday's 27th Annual Easter Bonnet Competi…

HOT or NOT: 2 Polls! The Male and Female Ensembles of JEKYLL AND HYDE by JK

Well, here we are!  The last musical of the 2012 - 2013 season to get the HOT or NOT treatment!  The show is Jekyll and Hyde, and this week, there are TWO polls - be sure to do bot…

Motown's Jibreel Mawry on the 'Beautiful Spirit' of His Musical Idol, Michael Jackson by Broadway.com

Get ready, ‘cause here they come! Broadway.com is taking a deep dive into some of the musical icons who grace the stage in Motown: The Musical, which charts the life of Motown mogul Be…

Going for 2013 Tony Gold! Handicapping the Race for Best Musical by Broadway.com

It's Tony time on Broadway, and as always, we can't stop thinking about who'll be going for the gold on June 9! In anticipation of the 2013 nominations, which will be announced o…

'American Psycho' musical to debut in London

Everett Collection Christian Bale in a scene from the movie version of "American Psycho" A musical based on Bret Easton Ellis's novel "American Psycho" will first try to slay an audience…

The Cumming Attraction: Backstage at Macbeth with Alan Cumming, Episode 6: We’re So Meta! by Broadway.com

Video blogger (and BACA nominee!) Alan Cumming is eating, sleeping and breathing Macbeth as he prepares for the show’s April 21 opening. See Cumming show off his talk show mug collecti…

Broadway By The Year 1972 by Barry

          By: Ellis Nassour In its 13th year, Town Hall's critically-acclaimed series Broadway by the Year continues to enthrall audience with its concert productions of landmark an…

15 Days Left! Who Are the Youngest and Oldest Audience Choice Awards Winners? by Broadway.com

Just over two weeks to go before the biggest theatrical party of the seasons, the 2013 Audience Choice Awards! Fans have chosen stars of all ages, but can you figure out who reigns as the yo…

Stars of Slapstick #93: Harold Lloyd by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of Harold Lloyd (1893-1971).  Lloyd did not start out to become a comedian, but an actor. After a few years doing theatre with amateur and stock companies, he broke …

The Nance

What a sad and shameful society we can be when we put our minds to it. And the fact that we find humor and love in the dirty little allies where we are forced to hide reminds us that hope i…

Theater News: Harry Potter Comrades Imelda Staunton and Toby Jones will star in Annie Baker's Circle Mirror Transformation at the Rose Lipman Building by Hayley Levitt

Vicky Featherstone has announced the roster of productions to open her first season as artistic director of the Royal Court. Two of the upcoming productions will be part of the Theatre Local…

How Punchdrunk conquered Manhattan by Joanna Walters

After phenomenal success Off Broadway, Punchdrunk plans London return to stage 'event' with National TheatreThey came, they saw and they conquered the hearts of the notoriously discerning au…

‘Filichia on Friday’ ‘Mainstream Broadway, 2013′ by Peter Filichia by Guest Author

Here is a new article from Peter Filichia’s column on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday. It’s an honor to bring Peter’s column every week to our readers on DCMT…

Lionel Hampton at the Apollo Theatre, 1954 by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of the great jazz vibraphonist Lionel Hampton (1908-2002). Here he is with his band in a variety film called “The Rhythm and Blues Revue” taken at the Apoll…

BWW's On This Day - April 20, 2013

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 20 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Baron Paucci by Trav S.D.

Peppino “Baron Paucci” Magro was billed as the “World’s Smallest Perfect Man”. Born in Sicily in 1894, he garnered some publicity at age 15 when he survived bei…

Turning on the Ghostlight by Jan Simpson

It's crazy time on Broadway—six shows opened this past week and five more are due next week before the season officially closes on April 25—and so I should be here writing like a madwoma…

MOTOWN-MANIA - the gang’s all here by Oscar E Moore

Can it be possible?  Can MOTOWN, the musical produced and written by Motown’s founder Berry Gordy (an excellent Brandon Victor Dixon) run off with many of the musical awards this seas…

Theatre News: T-PAC Young Actors Summer Training Course by A Younger Theatre

If you read our AYT blog last month about where to train before you train and have been thinking about signing up for some pre-theatre school courses, then The Transatlantic Performing Arts…

Review: Big Fish/Broadway In Chicago by Johnny Oleksinski

“Part epic tale/ Part fire sale/ But all sincere/ And standing here.” And all true, I might add, of the new musical “Big Fish,” which opened last night at the Oriental Theatre ahead …

Leading Lady — Marina Prior is back on the road with a brand new album by David Allen

It’s hard to know where to begin when talking about Marina Prior. Her career in the Australian music theatre industry began thirty years ago and her impact on that industry has been powerf…

Patch Theatre’s Mr McGee and the Biting Flea by Stephen House

Patch’s magical Mr McGee and the Biting Flea has been delighting children (and some adults, I’m sure) for years now. It’s played to over 10,000 children in Australia and the USA, and w…

Shortlist for STC’s Patrick White Playwrights’ Award announced by Erin James

A climbing number of entries are received each year for the Sydney Theatre Company’s annual Patrick White Playwrights’ Award, with a staggering 158 submissions taken for the coveted 2012…

Jennifer Hudson Stars in Lifetime's Original Movie 'CALL ME CRAZY', Premiering Today by TV News Desk

The Lifetime Original Movie event CALL ME CRAZY A FIVE FILM, which brings together an all-star ensemble cast with five interwoven stories about how everlasting bonds of love and family can o…

Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman Star in ANNAPURNA at Odyssey Theatre, Now thru 6/9 by BroadwayWorld

Annapurna, by award-winning playwright Sharr White, is a funny and surprising exploration of love and loss. Emma and Ulysses haven't laid eyes on each other in twenty years. Now she's back, …

THE MANY FACES OF MICHAEL CRAWFORD Airs on BBC Two Today by Pat Cerasaro

BBC Two series THE MANY FACES OF... will pay tribute to one of the most remarkable musical theatre figures of the modern age with a special salute to Michael Crawford today, April 20.

Taye Diggs Joins The Yale Whiffenpoofs for CONCERT TO END BULLYING at Palace of Fine Arts Tonight by BroadwayWorld

CONCERT TO END BULLYING, a benefit performance featuring the nation's premier vocal group and stage and screen star Taye Diggs - best known for his roles on ABC-TV's 'Private Practice' and o…

Andrea Martin Stars in Hallmark Movie Channel's AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, Premiering Today by TV News Desk

Tony Award winning actress Andrea Martin will star in Hallmark Movie Channel's original movie AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

InDepth InterView: Julian Ovenden Talks RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN AT THE MOVIES, SUNDAY In Paris, DOWNTON ABBEY, SMASH, 1ST NIGHT & More by Pat Cerasaro

Today we are talking to a charming and affable presence onstage and onscreen who has scored in a wide range of roles in the West End and throughout the UK from his work as Bobby in COMPANY t…

This week's new live comedy by James Kettle

The Lumberjacks | Stewart Lee: Work In Progress | David KayThe Lumberjacks, On tourCanadian stand-ups seem to make a good living on the British circuit. There's hyperactive surrealist Tony L…

Motown, the musical - a legacy of love by Oscar E. Moore

A marathon of pure entertainment that deserves the sixteen million dollar advance and sold out houses. MOTOWN is a blast - signed, sealed and delivered.

Win tickets to Griffin’s The Bull, The Moon and The Coronet of Stars by AussieTheatre

AussieTheatre is partnering with Griffin Theatre Company this year to bring our readers some special giveaways to main stage productions. Our second AussieTheatre/Griffin Giveaway is for the…

STG’s 2013-14 season: John Malkovich, John Waters and Peter Pan

Seattle Theatre Group’s 2013-14 season at its three Seattle theaters includes “Peter and the Starcatcher,” the return of “The Book of Mormon,” “The Infernal Comedy” with John M…

The Abominable Showman, April 20, 2013 by The Charlebois Post

The Gospel of JackieCanada’s foremost singer of gospel, jazz and blues, Jackie Richardson, is also one hell of an actress and stars in the critically-hailed musical Big Mama! The Willie Ma…

Theatre For Thought, April 20, 2013 by The Charlebois Post

POP QUIZ: WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A PLAY?joel fishbane@joelfishbaneIt was like being in school all over again. And not just because I was in school.I’m sitting in my last screenwriting clas…

creating a/broad, April 20, 2013 by The Charlebois Post

Tapestriesby Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreI have three different cities to check in with over the next week, for shows that won’t be happening until the fall, some that will be taking place i…

Alec Baldwin, Harold Prince, Tina Fey, Patti LuPone and More Offer Elaine Stritch a Quotable Sendoff by Adam Hetrick

Elaine Stritch, the celebrated, Tony Award-winning actress who was named a Living Landmark by the New York Landmarks Conservancy, played her farewell performance at the Café Carlyle t…

Alec Baldwin, Harold Prince, Tina Fey, Patti LuPone and More Offer Elaine Stritch a Quotable Sendoff by Adam Hetrick

Elaine Stritch, the celebrated, Tony Award-winning actress who was named a Living Landmark by the New York Landmarks Conservancy, played her farewell performance at the Café Carlyle t…

Hottest Articles on BWW from Friday, Apr. 19

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Friday, April 19, 2013.

THE SCREENING ROOM: Our Favorite Elaine Stritch Performances (Video) by Playbill Staff

Unstoppable showbiz icon Elaine Stritch, the Tony-winning leading lady with a singular voice and demeanor who has become synonymous with Stephen Sondheim's "The Ladies Who Lunch,&qu…

THE WEEK AHEAD, April 20-26: Macbeth, Testament of Mary, Bountiful, I'll Eat You Last and Pippin Open on Broadway by Blake Ross

Playbill.com's weekly planner reminds you that solo shows from Alan Cumming, Bette Midler and Fiona Shaw surface on Broadway… Pippin's got new "Magic to Do"… …

BBC Two Series Showcases "The Many Faces of…" Michael Crawford April 20 by Michael Gioia

The BBC Two series "The Many Faces of…" traces the career of Tony Award-winning Phantom of the Opera star Michael Crawford April 20 on the U.K. network.

Love Therapy, Starring Two-Time Tony Nominee Alison Fraser, Begins Off-Broadway Run by Andrew Gans

The Off-Broadway production of Wendy Beckett's new play, Love Therapy, begins previews at the DR2 Theatre April 20 at 8 PM prior to an official opening April 29.

STAGE VIEWS: Black Suits and "Smash" Composer-Lyricist Joe Iconis by Andrew Gans

Playbill.com's series features theatre artists commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they're looking forward to and more. Here, via email, we hear fro…