Trav S.D., who is known to nytheatre.com fans for his delightful vaudeville shows and other comedic performances/presentations, to nytheatrecast fans as the long-time host of our podcast ser…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 11:59PMWith outstandingly colorful and detailed costumes, spine-tingling vocals, and breathtaking special effects, Northwest High School’s production of Disney’s "Beauty and the Beast" blew the…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:48PMAs the lights faded up on Bishop DuBourg High School’s production of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," the audience was taken back in time to ancient Rome, where a poor sla…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:45PMWilliam Shakespeare’s plays are often considered to be the more challenging options for a cast to perform. With the heightened language and vocabulary of a different age, along with elabor…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:42PMSo you think that the first "so-bad-it's-good" musical was The Rocky Horror Show?
A case can be made for a very different property: Say, Darling.
Truth to tell, Say, Darling was less of a …
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:36PMDemonstrators were out in front of Midtown's Walter Kerr Theatre on Monday protesting the show "The Testament Of Mary," which portrays the life of Jesus's mother in ways some say d…
SOURCE: NY1 at 11:29PMIn the midst of a largely disappointing and fairly fluffy Broadway season, Orphans, now playing at the Gerald Schoenfeld, shines through the mediocrity and dullness as a spark of fun and sin…
SOURCE: culturecatch.com at 11:28PMThe narrator in Broadway’s “The Testament of Mary” didn’t have the easiest relationship with her late son — she can’t even bring herself to call him by his name.
He tended to ig…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:17PMLeaping about the stage three years ago in Broadway’s “Brief Encounter,” Tristan Sturrock seemed to defy gravity. So it’s shocking to learn that he came very close to not being able …
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Warming up to the characters in Quiara Alegría Hudes’ new play “The Happiest Song Plays Last,” which opened tonight at the Goodman Theatre in association with Teatro Vista…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 10:03PMRubicon Theatre Company continues its 15th Anniversary Season with the return of Lonesome Traveler, a musical event that takes audiences on a journey down the rivers and streams of American …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01PMWhere to begin? Well, there’s a live vulture on stage, and an uprooted tree suspended in mid-air, and a pool of water that appears to be bottomless. And that’s before the house l…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMNo doubt Harvest Rain’s Artistic Director, Tim O’Connor jumped out of bed singing “Oh What A Beautiful Morning” on the opening night of Oklahoma! It may have taken twenty-eight years…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:00PMAn accident that left the actor Tristan Sturrock with a broken neck is at the center of the play “Mayday Mayday” at St. Ann’s Warehouse.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMA great actress and a fine, trenchant script are struggling to assert themselves at the Walter Kerr Theater, where Colm Toibin’s “Testament of Mary” opened on Monday night. …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMBritish actor and Theatre Damfino coartistic director Tristan Sturrock (Broadway's Brief Encounter) will tell you about the ancient rites of spring celebrated on his native Cornwall's May Da…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMWho would have thought that a play with such an iconoclastic subject matter, one that has already garnered protests from Catholic fanatics outside the theater, would prove to be so God-awful…
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The actress humanizes the iconic mother of Jesus in the Broadway staging of the one-woman play by Colm Toibin, directed by Deborah Warner. NEW YORK — Sucking on a cigarette and swiggin…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:55PMA new film about the late rock musician Jeff Buckley eschews the typical biopic formula and homes in on one of Buckley's first performances, when he performed the songs of his father, Tim Bu…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 09:51PMA review of Book-It Repertory Theatre’s production of “Huckleberry Finn: UNCENSORED,” which doesn’t abridge Mark Twain’s original language. Through May 12, 2013.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 09:30PMYou can say this for the lovers and servants in “The Lady Becomes Him,” Faction of Fools Theatre Company’s exhaustingly antic farce: They are one up on Frodo Baggins. That determined h…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:13PMThe good definitely outweighs the bad in Steep Theatre’s powerful production of The Knowledge, a title that carries three separate meanings in the play. You can attend secure in the knowle…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:12PMAward-winning stage and screen actress Fiona Shaw returns to Broadway tonight, April 22, for the opening of The Testament of Mary, by the acclaimed author Colm Toibin, directed by Deborah Wa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:08PMFiona Shaw portrays the title figure as a solitary woman, years after her son's crucifixion, in Colm Toibin's audacious fictional rumination on the grieving mother behind the iconic image.re…
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As Rita Wilson continued her week-long engagement at 54 Below, a starry audience came to cheer her on. Attendees included Elvis Costello, Rosie O'Donnell, Julianne Moore, Kristin Chenoweth, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:41PMRita Wilson's recent appearance at 54 Below, she revealed her expressive, denim-and-suede vocals in a nostalgic throwback to the soft rock of Los Angeles. Wilson performed songs from her cri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:30PMOn the Spot Theatre Company will present the world premiere of How to Make a Rainbow written and directed by Michael Brayndick beginning July 26, 2013 at the Greenhouse Theatre Center, Upsta…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:28PMBroadwayWorld recently chatted with featured performer Rob McClure about his upcoming appearance in the special celebration
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:27PMEighty-Eight Entertainment follows its current presentation of Hershey Felder’s AN AMERICAN STORY, now through April 14th at Chicago’s Royal George Theatre, with the Chicago Premiere of…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:16PMTony Award Winner and Webster University alumnus Norbert Leo Butz will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at Webster University's 2013 c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PMA collection of "The Testament of Mary" reviews and news from around the internet.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 07:01PMOrpheus, set in an imaginary Paris in the 1930s delivers an unashamedly escapist and a quite delightful evening's entertainment. The Orpheus myth is often a pretext for fantasy or fun. Maybe…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:00PMIn the lead up to the opening of Cruising Paradise — tales by Sam Shepard on 25 April, Aussie Theatre’s Brendan McCallum managed to catch up with director Terence O’Connell for a chat.…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:00PMThat Fiona Shaw is a force of nature is indisputable. As a very human Virgin Mary in playwright Colm Tóibín’s 90-minute monologue “The Testament of Mary,” Sha…
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Coming up this week, 54 BELOW, the performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:59PMBobby Miller directs the modern French classic.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:45PMTUTA has transformed its Studio Theatre into a bohemian tent draped with patterned fabrics and littered with crates and seemingly discarded light fixtures. Is there any better landscape for …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 06:35PMMore than anything else, you feel the pain.
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SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:12PMANNIE, the new production of the Tony Award-winning musical, will be celebrating 'World Book Night' on Tuesday, April 23. All Annie audience members at the Tuesday performance will receive a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:10PMTony-winning set designer Derek McLane has had a busy season. He celebrated his 30th Broadway show with Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the adaptation of Truman Capote’s classic novella centerin…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 06:09PMPodcast with Rock The Audition Creator SHERI SANDERS from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo.
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:09PMThis week on Land of Lola, Kinky Boots star Billy Porter steps back and allows fans to meet the colorful characters inside the factory. Get to know all there is to know about life at Price &…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:05PMPodcast with Rock The Audition Creator SHERI SANDERS from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. Rock The Audition creator Sheri Sanders discusses her method for teaching actors how to properly audition …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:03PMAcclaimed director David Cromer helms the world premiere production of Tony winner Richard Nelson’s latest drama Nikolai and the Others. Set in 1948, the play imagines the creation of …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:00PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 4222013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PMFrancophiles be warned: Beau Willimon’s new play, “The Parisian Woman,” at the South Coast Repertory is not actually about a Parisian woman. Its title is a vestige of its c…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00PM
Pippin leads The Outer Critics Circle Nominations for the 2012-2013 season with 11. Kinky Boots follows with nine and Chaplin and Cinderella both have eight.
The nominations are:
OUTSTANDI…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 05:55PMCommedia Beauregard, a Chicago-based non-profit theater company, has announced the premiere of Master Works: The Van Gogh Plays, a festival of short plays based on works by Vincent Van Go…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:47PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, April 22, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Celebrate World Book Night (@wbnamerica) tomorrow…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:45PMIt'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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:35PMStarring real-life couple and legendary actors Dame Judi Dench(Shakespeare in Love, Skyfall) and her late husband Michael Williams (Educating Rita)as two middle-aged misfits embarking on…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:33PMTHEATER REVIEW: "The Happiest Song Plays Last" at the Goodman Theatre ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "The Happiest Song Plays Last" at the Goodman Theatre ★★★½ .…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:32PMFascinating, new PBS documentary explores Jewish contributions to Broadway; Performances by Barbra Streisand, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Kristin Chenoweth and many more! Engaging, humor…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:31PMTHEATER REVIEW: "The Silent Language" at TUTA Studio Theatre ★★½
One needn't be an aficionado of Bruno Bettelheim's "The Uses of Enchantment" to know that fairy tales can be a …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:31PMI’ll Eat You Last – Sue Mengers was an American original. She was the first female “superagent” at a time when women talent agents of any kind were almost unheard of. She cam…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:30PML.A. Theatre Works records David Mamet's scathingly funny Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Glengarry Glen Ross, about small-time real estate brokers who vie for the hot leads at a Chicago firm s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:29PMJoin Patina Miller and Matthew James Thomas for a dazzling first look at the new circus-inspired revival of Pippin! See the stars fly through the air in new video footage from the delightful…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:26PMANNIE, the new production of the Tony Award®-winning musical, will be celebrating “World Book Night” on Tuesday, April 23. All ANNIE audience members at the Tuesday performance will rec…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:24PMThe National Symphony Orchestra Pops will present three performances of The Wizard and I The Musical Journey of Stephen Schwartz May 16-18 in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Led by Principa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24PMThe Filament Theatre Ensemble is pleased to announce the next in its Music Mondays series, a concert series featuring local musicians that takes place on the first Monday of every month in t…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:24PML.A. Theatre Works has announced that Joe Mantegna (the 1984 Broadway production of Glengarry Glen Ross), Richard Dreyfuss (Sly Fox), Bruce Davison (The Glass Menagerie), Gordon Clapp (the 2…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:24PMBroadway's powerful new production of Shakespeare's Macbeth, starring Tony and Olivier Award winner and two-time Emmy Award nominee Alan Cumming Cabaret, 'The Good Wife', opened on Broadway …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:23PMOn Friday night, April 19, the Tribeca Film Festival presented Elaine Stritch Shoot Me, directed by Chiemi Karasawa. In the film, Broadway legend Elaine Stritch remains in the spotlight at e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMA Kickstarter campaign for the new stage adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's highly controversial and mega-successful AMERICAN PSYCHO has begun and the new musical's creative team joins Ellis …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:16PMProducers have again rotated the lead lovers in the Tony-winning musical “Once.”
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:11PMMercedes Floresislas may not know how to cook, but her new play Tamales de Puerco, running through April 28, otherwise cuts awfully close to home. The unusual trilingual production at Boyle …
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 05:10PMHistory Lessons Normally Aren't This Entertaining
By Lauren Yarger
The life of music legend Berry Gordy, written by Berry Gordy turns out to be an entertaining trip down memory lane featur…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 05:10PMHaving a little Downton Abbey withdrawal? Some Broadway stars obviously are. Actors including Laura Osnes, Matt Doyle, Tony Sheldon, Kathy Fitzgerald, Christiane Noll, and Jeremy Jordan, as …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:03PMThis week’s Movie Monologue Monday is going to look at Madeline Kahn’s performance in Paper Moon. Kahn was nominated for an Oscar for this film but lost to ten-year-old costar Ta…
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The once highly-touted musical drama series SMASH may have been unceremoniously moved to Saturday nights by its network in the wake of low ratings in its sophomore season, but some of the so…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:58PMBohemian Theatre Ensemble received the most nominations in Chicago's 2013 Non-Equity Jeff Awards, the volunteer Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee announced Tuesday. Bohemian shows admired by…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:58PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:56PMSometimes, legit critics still sell tickets. Case in point: “Matilda,” the Broadway transfer of the Brit hit that won Stateside raves after its April 11 opening – and then topped $1 mi…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:54PMThe Flea Theater will present the New York premiere of Tommy Smith's White Hot as well as the world premiere of Christopher Oscar Peña's a cautionary tail at the company's…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:49PMThe British musical earned more than $1 million last week, joining “Motown” and “Kinky Boots” as new shows that are drawing substantial audiences.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48PMBroadway’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 04:44PMRIP, Richie Havens, who died this morning, at age 72, after a sudden heart attack. Hard to believe that the man who opened Woodstock is gone. He left touring life behind him three years ago,…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 04:42PMAfter weeks in the number-two spot, The Lion King has finally overtaken Wicked as the top-grossing show on Broadway, a position it hasn't held since the week ending February 24 of this year.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:41PMThe first listen to a handful of sensational-sounding new tracks from the soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann's highly anticipated THE GREAT GATSBY have hit the web in quick succession, featuring su…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:38PMWant a chance to win 2 tickets to the hottest show in town All you have to do is snap a photo of your favorite, most colorful, snazziest or kinkiest pair of footwear and send it to us. In th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:37PM... beyond Peter Pan ... Best known now for Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie was a popular playwright in early 20th-century London and here’s a chance to see two of his witty and enjoyable comedies…
SOURCE: Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 04:36PMWhen I heard this morning that Arthur Darvill was stepping into one of the lead roles in the Broadway production of Once, I was sure I missed a press release or three. Surely producers knew …
SOURCE: Blank New World at 04:36PMHe lived hard, lived fast and was an amazing, amazing editor, Vance says of Hap Hairston, the character he plays in LUCKY GUY.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMThis latest push for parity for female writers (and directors, designers, choreographers, and actors for that matte) began for me in 2001 with Susan Jonas and the NYSCA study . I remember ho…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:25PMFiona Shaw has haunted T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" in an abandoned theater on 42nd Street. In her Tony-winning embodiment of "Medea," she made an ancient story as horrifically human as the…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 04:24PMThe Trip To Bountiful: Trapped in a cramped Houston apartment with her soft-spoken son and out-spoken daughter-in-law, widow Carrie Watts dreams of returning to her home in the small Gulf Co…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:21PMMeet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Alan Cumming's solo take on Macbeth. Cumming, John Tiffany, Julianna Margulies and Jesse Tyler Ferguson were there – so was Playb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:16PMThe D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities has selected a new operator for Lincoln Theatre, but the commission has yet to announce who that operator is, the Washington Business Journal r…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 04:08PMI am beginning the process of moving to assume a new job in Ohio. If you are reading this, either my computer is packed and on its way to a new home or I am. Fear not devoted readers, I have…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 04:07PMAt one point in "Still Alice," the new show at the Lookingglass Theatre based on the novel by Lisa Genova about the emotionally devastating subject of early-onset Alzheimer's disease, a moth…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:06PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:02PMI’ll Eat You Last – Sue Mengers was an American original. She was the first female “superagent” at a time when women talent agents of any kind were almost unheard of. She cam…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:02PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 4212013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:02PM
The Chicago Children's Theatre will reprise its production of the Broadway musical "A Year with Frog and Toad" as part of a 2013-14 season made up of just one major new production. &nbs…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:56PMIt'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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMHands on a Hardbody cast member Allison Case and Wicked's Kristy Cates are among the performers who will be part of Friends With Benefits: My Secret Obsession, a fundraiser for BC/EFA, M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:52PMThe new musical Murder Ballad will record a cast album featuring John Ellison Conlee, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Karen Olivo and Will Swenson. The recording will be released on May 28.
Con…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:50PMThe eternal bond of mother and daughter is explored in The Memory Show, a new musical now in previews at The Duke at 42nd Street, starring Tony nominee Catherine Cox and stage favorite Lesli…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:50PMFollowing lengthy negotiations, the hit Fox musical dramedy “Glee” has been renewed for not one but two more seasons, ensuring the beloved show will air at least into 2015. “Glee debut…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 03:49PMThe National Symphony Orchestra Pops will present The Wizard and I: The Musical Journey of Stephen Schwartz May 16-18 in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:45PMBroadwayHollywood crossover star and WICKED Tony Award winner Idina Menzel discusses juggling motherhood, marriages and musical theatre in a new interview with People Magazine.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:43PMSorry Miss Trunchbull, looks like audiences don't find those Matilda children revolting at all. After opening to glowing reviews, the new musical took in over $1 million for the first ti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:40PMRattlestick Playwrights Theater's world premiere of Buyer amp Cellar, written by Jonathan Tolins, directed by Stephen Brackett, and starring Michael Urie, will play through Sunday, May 12, a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PM Tributes, Citizens…we bring you…THE 2ND ANNUAL BROADWAY HUNGER GAMES SEMI FINALS! Due to the Easter Bonnet rehearsals and performances, Effie Trinket was unavailabl…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 03:37PMFollowing a successful run in New York City this past November, iLuminate, the dance troupe made famous by their third-place finish in season six of NBC's hit show America's Got Talent, will…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:37PMCadence Theatre Company, in partnership with Virginia Repertory Theatre, closes its 201213 Season with the emotionally packed Broadway rock-musical Next to Normal. Performances will begin a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:31PMAlistair Hunter, who produced and directed Brecht on Brecht for Scorpio Rising Theatre in the '70s, returns to the revue at Atwater Playhouse. READ MORE.
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:25PMArthur Darvill and Joanna Christie will make their Broadway debuts starring in the 8-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical Once at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre beginning Tuesday, April 23. T…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:20PMWe’re pleased to announce that iTheatrics is now accepting registrations for the 2014 Junior Theater Festival. Whether you’ve attended in the past or this is the first time you are b…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 03:19PMPippin leads the pack with eleven nominations followed by Kinky Boots with nine. Below is the list of nominees. The 2013 Outer Critics Circle nominations were announced today for outstanding…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:13PM
Two of the world's most terrifically talented leading ladies will be joining together in song for this week's Friday Night Is Music Night concert, IDINA amp FRIENDS on BBC, to be broadcast o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMBefore breaking out as an Emmy-nominated TV star, Jesse Tyler Ferguson graced the New York stage in Spelling Bee, On the Town, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Merchant of Venice …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:56PMA spooky, reimagined revival of Macbeth is haunting the Ethel Barrymore Theatre! Tony winner and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award nominee Alan Cumming, who plays nearly every role in Shake…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:51PMYellow Sound Label's world premiere recording of MURDER BALLAD, the critically acclaimed new musical by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash, directed by Trip Cullman, will be released on Tuesday, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMRoyal heir Pippin is spurred on by a mysterious group of performers to embark on a death-defying journey to find his “corner of the sky.” The original production of Pippin, directed by B…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:35PMThe original Off-Broadway cast recording of Murder Ballad, the new musical that played an acclaimed, sold-out engagement at Manhattan Theatre Club's The Studio at Stage II and will trans…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PMThe Film Society of Lincoln Center presents the 40th Chaplin Award honoring Academy Award-winner Barbra Streisand, this evening, April 22nd, at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. The celebra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:19PMIn “Buyer & Cellar,” Michael Urie plays Alex, an actor who works in Barbra Streisand’s basement, and Barry, his boyfriend who’s worked up about the star’s relationship to her homet…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:14PMYet Another Crazy-Busy Week/WeekendMy days kind of blur together. It's the frantic pace at my day job. I really should start keeping a diary again in order to keep track of the days. Meaning…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 02:09PMProducers of the London world-premiere musical American Psycho, penned by Tony Award winner Duncan Sheik and playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, have launched a Kickstarter campaign to enhanc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PMThank you to all who submitted an entry in the 'JEKYLL amp HYDE Tell Us Your Moment' Sweepstakes The winning entry has been chosen at random. Click below to find out who is on their way to t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06PMYellow Sound Label’s world premiere recording of MURDER BALLAD, the critically acclaimed new musical by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash, directed by Trip Cullman, will be released on Tuesday…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:01PM
The American Repertory Theater has plucked a new managing director from off-Broadway: William Russo, currently the managing director of New York Theatre Workshop, the East Village company th…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:50PMNEW YORK (AP) — There will be two new star-crossed lovers at "Once" on Broadway — again.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:45PMNEW YORK—There will be two new star-crossed lovers at "Once" on Broadway—again. A little more than a month after announcing the replacements for Tony Award-winner Steve Kazee…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:43PMThis is a jewel of a production. Pristine. Reckless. Inspired.A few years ago – actually quite a bunch of years ago – I saw two productions of Beckett: Endgame and Waiting For Godot, …
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 01:43PMRECOMMENDED One of the problems with being the new impresario in town who conducts, directs and simultaneously runs another opera company on the West Coast is catching your breath long enoug…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 01:42PMCadence Theatre Company, in partnership with Virginia Repertory Theatre, will close its 2012-13 season with the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal, which begins performances April…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:40PMLondon venue will form company of child actors to perform in candlelit Sam Wanamaker PlayhouseShakespeare's Globe is to create a company of child actors for its new, candlelit indoor theatre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:39PMAyub Khan Din will take over the title role in Bunty Berman Presents…, the New Group musical for which he wrote the music, book and lyrics. The announcement comes on the heels of…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:38PMBROADWAY SINGS Stevie Wonder, starring Corey Cott, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Alysha Umphress, Danny Calvert, and more, took place just last week at le Poisson Rouge. BroadwayWorld brings you high…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:38PM“Breaking Bad” star Bryan Cranston will portray former U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson in a new play, “All the Way.” Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan wrote the…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 01:35PMHorton Foote's beloved classic, The Trip to Bountiful, starring Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams, Condola Rashad and Tom Wopat is currently in previews at The Stephen Sondhei…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:26PMREVIEW: In a subtly beautiful evening-length dance called “Niicugni,” Emily Johnson draws on her Yupik heritage.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 01:23PMNominations for the 63rd annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, celebrating excellence in Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre, were announced this morning ANNIE has been nominated for two Outer C…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:18PMBIG FISH, a new musical based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the 2003 Columbia Pictures film written by John August, opened in Chicago on April 19 for its pre-Broadway world premiere in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:18PMThe first important theater nominations are out, from the hard working Outer Critics Circle. They cover Broadway and off Broadway, so it’s pretty comprehensive. The OCC didn’t no…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:11PMHull TruckMike Bradwell says he founded Hull Truck "to make dirty and dangerous theatre". Now he's back to direct on Hull Truck's main stage for the first time in more than 30 years, and alt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:08PMTobacco Factory, BristolPractice makes perfect, even for Shakespeare. While this early effort might have won him a most promising playwright prize, it is far from being his most polished wor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:08PMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghThe macaroons devoured by Nora Helmer in Ibsen's proto-feminist classic normally symbolise her infantilism. They are a childish indulgence, cute and frivolous, for a w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:07PMText: “What you seek is seeking you.” ― Rumi Image: Sound http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2jLMWGw_C4 Suburban Beast cordially invites you to rihannaboi95 A viral performance by Jorda…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 01:07PMAhead of the official media launch on Wednesday, dates have been announced for The Commitments, the forthcoming musical adaptation of Roddy Doyle's best-selling novel at the West End's Palac…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:05PMDON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN THE NEW "HOT OR NOT" POLL! CLICK THE LOGO TO YOUR RIGHT! Here's the next in a series of blogs featuring the musicals that opened 30, 20 and 10 years ago. …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 01:05PM(l-r) Hanna Schwarz and Erika Sunnegårdh (photo: Michael Cooper)You’re my obsessionby Shannon ChristyJohn the Baptist (Jochanaan) always struck me as a rock star. A mysterious man who com…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 01:00PM
'The Kevin Gray Musical Theater Award Endowment Fund' at Duke University and 'The Kevin Gray Memorial Scholarship Award' at the Hartt School at the University of Hartford have been created t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:57PMArthur Darvill and Joanna Christie will play Guy and Girl, as temporary replacements return to standby status in the hit musical.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:56PMAfter a 25-week national tour, Jekyll & Hyde has finally landed on Broadway, and landing with it is fan favorite Teal Wicks, who plays the role of innocent Emma Carew. Wicks first tread …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:53PMThe April 27 episode of the new NBC musical drama "Smash" will air at 9 PM ET. Here is a first look.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:52PMIan McKellen and Patrick Stewart will bring No Man’s Land to California’s Berkley Rep for a limited pre-Broadway run. Directed by Sean Mathias (Breakfast at Tiffany’s)…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:51PMEdward Watson is prodigious in the lead role – but the entire company proves its greatness in this account of MacMillan’s ballet, Clement Crisp writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:50PMThis revived Somerset Maugham comedy makes for an enjoyable, illuminating and prescient evening, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:49PMWhovians can now stop wondering where the popular Doctor Who character Rory Williams disappeared to after being sent back in time by the villainous weeping angels that ended his character ar…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:49PMAnd they’re off: The Outer Critics Circle launched the 2013 legit awards-season frenzy with its annual pack of nominations, led by Broadway revival “Pippin” with 11 nods and new Rialto…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:47PMCheck out what stage veterans Jake Wilson and Alysha Umphress love, in a just-released musical short titled 'Shit I Love.' Written and directed by Wilson, the video features cinematography b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMA bevy of Broadway stars, including Laura Osnes, Matt Doyle and Jeremy Jordan, came together to imagine what it would be like if the season four premiere of Downton Abbey were an all-musical…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:40PMA host of Broadway stars staged their own version of the highly anticipated fourth season of PBS's DOWNTON ABBEY - Episode One. Check out the musical parody below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38PMSix shows opened on Broadway in the last week. In the order in which I would recommend them, they are: The Assembled Parties The Nance Macbeth Orphans The Big Knife Jekyll and Hyde Four more…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:36PMWhen in The Lady Becomes Him, the caption board goes on strike (it’s “union!”), the actors must resort to using English, Italian, and American Sign Language to wage war for love, and t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:36PMAward-winning stage and screen actress Fiona Shaw stars in the Broadway premiere of The Testament of Mary opens today. April 22, on Broadway. The production, by the acclaimed author Colm Tó…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:33PMHorton Foote's beautiful family drama The Trip to Bountiful is back on Broadway in a star-studded production led by Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Condola Rashad. T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32PMThe first national tour of the Tony-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, will play its final performance at the SHN Curran Theatre April 28. Per…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PM11 - Pippin 9 - Kinky Boots 8 - Chaplin The Musical, Cinderella 6- Golden Boy, The Nance 5- Dogfight, Matilda the Musical 4- Here Lies Love, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Trip to Bountiful…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30PMSingers bring classic Cole Porter tunes to life as James Rocco narrates the composer’s biography.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:29PMThe New York premiere of Finks, based on the true experiences of Jack Gilford and Madeline Lee Gilford and the Blacklist of the 1950s, has been given a two-week extension through May 5 at&nb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMThe New York premiere of Finks, based on the true experiences of Jack Gilford and Madeline Lee Gilford and the Blacklist of the 1950s, has been given a two-week extension through May 5 at&nb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PMArthur Darvill and Joanna Christie will make their Broadway debuts starring in the 8-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical ONCE at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre beginning Tuesday, April 23rd.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PM“Southern Discomfort” stages the diversity of the South The Broadway production of Breakfast at Tiffany’s closed yesterday, but you can still see a play it made possible. T…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:22PMThe dominance of young actors coming from private schools is a “real worry,” according to the head of Shakespeare’s Globe, as it is becoming harder for less well off children to break …
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:22PMEDINBURGH (Reuters) - Irishman Fergus Linehan will take over as director of the Edinburgh International festival (EIF) in October 2014 from Australian Jonathan Mills, the EIF said on Monday.
SOURCE: Reuters at 12:21PMArts Work FundDeadline: June 17th, 2013, 6:00pmThe Arts Work Fund invites proposals from multi-cultural and culturally-specific arts organizations that have not previously received a grant f…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:21PMThe Two Pence Lab: It’s Not A Workshop - It’s A WorkoutYou Bring: 10 - 15 lines of Shakespeare’s text, Comfy Pants, A Generous Spirit // Two Pence Brings: A Guided Warmup, Space to Pla…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:19PMFortune Theatre, London: A group of masked men in black run on to the stage to music from Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino. Heads covered, masking their faces with ladies' tights, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:15PMAfter a good deal of work, the next ConnectorCon is underway. You can read more about it and grab the limited number of early bird seats HERE. The group tickets are still the best deal. I st…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 12:13PMGet 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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PMThe musical comedy, Silence! The Musical, has extended its run at the Elektra Theatre through to 01 Sep 2013.
SOURCE: New York Theatre Guide at 12:12PMSuranne Jones & Jake Davies in Beautiful ThingTonight we're taking over 110 theatregoers to see Jonathan Harvey's play Beautiful Thing at the Arts Theatre.
The play, which celebrates its 20…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:11PMBette Midler officially opens in the solo show, I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers, on April 24, and fans are clamoring to see this legend live on stage at the Booth Theat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:10PMOlivier Award-winning playwright Ayub Khan Din has stepped into the title role of his new Off-Broadway musical Bunty Berman Presents... following the injury of original leading man Erick Ava…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMNew musical “Big Fish” has a high-class problem. In the six months between the end of this Chicago tryout and its Broadway launch in September, creatives need to resist tampering too muc…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMThe Norris Center for the Performing Arts will present the West Coast premiere of Real Men Sing Show Tunes… and play with puppets April 26—May 12, 2013. The new, song-filled adult musi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMThe Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations have been announced and there are a few Off-Broadway nominees (Off-Broadway nominees are in GREEN)OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAYGraceLucky GuyThe Na…
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 12:00PM
Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson's Tony Award-winning 1972 pop musical Pippin dares audiences to enter the tent of a new circus-inspired staging, now playing on Brodway at the Music Box …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMThe Outer Critics Circle has announced nominations for the 2012-2013 season. The nominees are as follows: OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
Grace
Lucky Guy
The Nance
The Testament of Mary …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:59AMMaura saw Marya Wethers and Enrico D. Wey/Jon Kinzel at Danspace Project. She wrote about it, sent it to the artists, and one of them responded.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 11:56AMNominations for the 62nd annual Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced on April 22, with the revival of Pippin leading the group with 11 nominations. New musicals Kinky Boots and Ch…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:55AMLondon standup snaffles top prize at Melbourne international comedy festival, with Luke McGregor named best newcomer Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMInstead of silly disputes over his identity, we should be spending Tuesday's anniversary considering his workTuesday is Shakespeare's birthday, and there's no shortage of Bard news in the UK…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:53AMI’m verklempt! It’s what I’ve always wanted! Yes folks, as the goosebumps started emerging on my arms during the sweet strains of Megan Hilty’s “Don’t For…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:52AMThe Associated Press reports that Chrissy Amphlett of the group Divinyls has passed away at age 53. The Australian singer died at her home in New York City on Saturday, April 20 after a batt…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:52AMThe reviews and audiences may have yawned when “Chaplin” debuted on Broadway last summer, but the bio musical received some love this morning when Robert Cuccioli and Laila Robbi…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:51AMArthur Darvill and Joanna Christie will make their Broadway debuts starring in the 8-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical ONCE at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre beginning Tuesday, April 23r…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:45AMThe new Broadway production of Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful, featuring Emmy-winning stage and screen star Cicely Tyson, began previews March 30 at 8 PM at the Stephen Sondheim Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMAnd the Nominee's Are: The Outer Critic Nominations Lead the Way: “Pippin” Heads the List with 11 Nominations! “Kinky Boots” with 9 Nominations and “Chaplin: The Musical” & …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:44AMAlan Cumming’s near-solo version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth opened April 21 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Originally produced by the National Theatre of Scotland and seen at last summer�…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 11:44AMHere’s your weekly update on Smash, NBC’s musical dramedy and apparent ratings thrill ride. Bombshell finally opened on Broadway and the story of the belabored Marilyn …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:43AMToday is the birthday of the great be bop bass player and composer Charles Mingus (1922-1979). Who did more good for the soul of America during the Cold War? Some army general? Wrong! Billy …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:42AMThere’s a feisty new bootlegger at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre, and we’ve got your first look at Jessie Mueller in action with co-star Matthew Broderick in Nice Work I…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:40AMDirector and writer celebrated for his work at Chichester Festival theatre and the BBCThe career of Patrick Garland, who has died aged 78, was as varied as it was productive. An actor, produ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:35AMThe revival of Stephen Schwartz’s Pippin earned 11 Outer Critics Circle nominations, the most of any production of the season, Kinky Boots, nine; Chaplin: The Musical and Cindere…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:34AMCircus Space, the UK’s national centre for circus arts, is to receive £600,000 over the next three years following a pledge of support by the American philanthropist Aileen Getty. The don…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:32AMRobert Cuccioli and Laila Robins announced the nominees for the Outer Critics Circle Awards April 22 at The Friars Club.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMLUCKY GUY, starring two-time Academy Award®-winner Tom Hanks, had its best week yet. The production, which opened April 1 at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street), grossed $1,41…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:25AMPlaybill'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 11:21AMOpening tonight is THE TESTAMENT OF MARY starring Fiona Shaw in an acclaimed return to Broadway. The Michael Wilson-helmed THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, starring Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding Jr. and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:20AMHistory Theatre’s regional premiere of “This Side of Paradise” dramatizes the tempestuous marriage of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 11:19AMOffering seven weekly roundtrip flights to Paris, via the swinging sixties, Rep Stage is currently flying Boeing Boeing direct from the Smith Theatre at Howard Community College.Camoletti’…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:16AMArthur Darvill and Joanna Christie will make their Broadway debuts as the leads of the Tony-winning musical Once. The duo will officially begin performances on April 23, replacing temporary …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AMIt's a fitting farewell, and at the after party at the Maritime Hotel's Cabanas, Chiemi gave me some of the backstory. "Was anything off-limits for Stritchie as far as filming?" I wondered. …
SOURCE: Village Voice at 11:10AMJohn Logan's I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers, the one-woman play starring award-winning singer and actress Bette Midler, began previews April 5 at the Booth Theatre prior …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMRatings of the second season of NBC's "Smash," the Emmy Award-winning musical drama about the creation and inner workings of a Broadway musical, remained at a series low follow…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09AM Today is the birthday of comedian Byron Allen (b. 1961). At age 14 he was already working as a joke writer for Jimmy “J.J.” Walker; at 18, he was the youngest stand-up co…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:06AM"Doctor Who" star Arthur Darvill and Joanna Christie will take on the soulful leading roles in the Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning musical Once beginning April 23 at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMDealing with the emotional highs and lows of adolescence is tough enough, but in Daniel Talbott’s coming-of-age drama, Slipping, the lead character Eli also has to contend with the sudden …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 11:00AMI’m from New England. And you know what they say about weather in New England? “Don’t like the weather? Wait five minutes.” The funny thing is I’ve heard th…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMAfter acclaimed engagements in Scotland and at the Lincoln Center Festival last summer, Tony Award winner Alan Cumming opened his one-man Macbeth on Broadway April 21 at the Ethel Barry…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM
Erin Davie (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) and Shawn Fagan (The Whipping Man) are set to star in a staged reading of Noël and Company's Liliom at The Players Club on April 23. Ferenc Molnár's…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:58AMOlivier Award winning actress Anita Dobson is set to star in new musical Carnival of the Animals, which premieres at London's Riverside Studios from 4 to 14 July 2013.
The new musical, set…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:55AMThe 11th edition of the Bistro Award-winning series If It Only Even Runs a Minute is held April 22 at (le) Poisson Rouge. This edition features a cast reunion of the entire original cas…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMBroadway's powerful new production of Shakespeare's Macbeth, starring Tony and Olivier Award winner and two-time Emmy Award nominee Alan Cumming Cabaret, 'The Good Wife', opened on Broadway …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:49AMThe Sam Wanamaker Playhouse will open its season with a production of The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster and a co-production with the Royal Opera House of Cavalli’s opera L’Ormindo. Di…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:46AMWow. Here I am, sitting in my room at 1 AM after opening night and to be honest, I’m speechless. How do I possibly even begin to describe this evening? Starting with the celebrity ar…
SOURCE: The Associate Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMSpoiler alert: Here’s what’s going on with the tortured, institutionalized man depicted by Alan Cumming in the new Broadway production of "Macbeth."
SOURCE: Variety at 10:42AMCity Island Theater Group presents Marc Camoletti’s French farce “Boeing Boeing,” directed by Nick Sala, at 8 p.m. May 3 and 4 and 3 p.m. May 5. Also 8 p.m. May 9-11. Buy t…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:42AMAfter acclaimed engagements in Scotland and at the Lincoln Center Festival last summer, Tony Award winner Alan Cumming opened his one-man Macbeth on Broadway April 21 at the Ethel Barry…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMThe hit musical comedy Nice Work If You Can Get It welcomed Tony Award nominee Jessie Mueller, John Treacy Egan and Conrad John Schuck to the production on March 29th, in the roles of Billie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:37AMWinners of the 37th annual Olivier Awards, the UK's most prestigious
stage awards, are announced this Sunday evening (28 April 2013), in a
star-studded ceremony at the Royal Opera House, h…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:32AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending April 21, 2013: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm ANN $266,291 3,611 40.55% $73.74 ANNIE $813,203 9,403 68.82% $86.48…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:26AMThe downtown theatre troupe The Amoralists will stage the world premiere of Derek Ahonen's The Cheaters Club and the New York premiere of Mark Roberts' Rantoul and Die as part of a 1…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMThe Kite Runner comes to the stage in Nottingham, there's an all-male Wuthering Heights in Glasgow, Chichester opens its season with The Pajama Game and Forest Fringe takes over the Gate in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMThe Kite Runner comes to the stage in Nottingham, there's an all-male Wuthering Heights in Glasgow, Chichester opens its season with The Pajama Game and Forest Fringe takes over the Gate in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMCorey Cott, Rebecca Naomi Jones and Jay Armstrong Johnson were among the performers who took part in Broadway Sings Stevie Wonder, featuring new arrangements of songs from Grammy Award …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:23AMIn an era where interchangeable and mediocre bubblegum pop music reigns supreme on the radio, it’s hard to believe that less than a century ago two brothers, George and Ira Gershwin, were …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:21AMToday is the birthday of John Waters (b. 1946) foremost heir to the cinematic showman mantle worn by the earlier likes of Roger Corman, William Castle and Herschel Gordon Lewis. A gifted sa…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:21AMBerkeley Rep artistic director Tony Taccone announced at the nonprofit's April 20 annual gala that the company will be hosting Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart this August for a pre-Broadway…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:17AMThe new indoor Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at London's Shakespeare's Globe has announced its inaugural season to open next January, which will feature early modern drama, opera and a ser…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AMThere have been a number of stage plays devoted to the lives of visual artists -- Georges Seurat, Pablo Picasso and Mark Rothko have all received the grand theatrical treatment. But Chinese …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:12AMOlivier Award winner Tim Flavin will star in the premiere of WAG! The Musical at Charing Cross Theatre this summer.
The show, billed as "contemporary comedy musical", centres on two girls w…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:10AMColm Toibin's The Testament of Mary, starring Tony nominee Fiona Shaw, officially opens April 22 at Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre. Directed by Tony nominee Deborah Warner, the Scott…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:06AMChristina DeCicco, last seen on Broadway as the alternate Eva Peron in the recent revival of Evita, will join the cast of the high-flying musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. She will begi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AMGLEE star Darren Criss 'How to Succeed in Business' performed a special rendition of 'Call Me Maybe' at the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 20. Check out the performance…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:05AMThe relationship between home, history and hatred is potently explored in Bruce Norris’ edgy living room comedy Clybourne Park, the 2011 Pulitzer Prize winning play now housed at CenterSta…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:04AMIf It Only Even Runs A Minute 11 is the eleventh edition of the Bistro Award-winning series of rare songs, behind-the-scenes tales, and inspiring photos from Broadway musicals that may not h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AM
Guest contributor Scott Redman recaps the first two books in a trilogy by Ruby Preston about the high drama of Broadway. Looking for a page-turner that pays homage to Broadway? Cast your e…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:59AMFor an animal lover like me who grew up watching Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom with host Peter Gros, it was a spectacular treat to see him live. Introducing himself and showing a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:55AMMatilda's Mind Magic is Big on Broadway
By Lauren Yarger
The hype is big, with phrases like “The best musical to hit Broadway since….” “The hottest thing since Book of Mormon” and …
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 09:55AMYes, students have got lots of academic work to do. But abandoning your dignity under spotlights is an education in itselfTaking part in Lysistrata has been a perfect excuse to squirt boys i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:51AMEmmy Award-winning "Glee" actress Jane Lynch, who will make her Broadway debut as tyrannical orphanage matron Miss Hannigan in Annie, will be a guest on "Ellen" April 22.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:46AMRoyal Opera House, London: Anyone who believes that ballet is little more than a repository of pretty myths and innocuous romanticism should be forced to see Mayerling. Sex, drugs, suicide a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:34AMBroadway.com is home to exclusive video blogs made by your favorite Broadway stars. Over the years, these popular videos have given viewers a look at everything from backstage secrets to dre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:33AMSt Leonard's Church, London: To say that The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is an audacious piece of work would be something of an understatement. Stephen Adly Guirgis' metaphysical Americ…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:32AMLauren Class Schneider and Sean McDermott discuss Sean's role as Hannibal Lecter in SILENCE! THE MUSICAL.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:29AMRoyal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh: Light on its feet, Graham McLaren's production of A Doll's House gives Zinnie Harris' new version of the play a clarity of purpose which was p…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:28AMThe new director of the Edinburgh International Festival has been appointed.
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:28AMIan McKellen and Patrick Stewart will perform a pre-Broadway engagement of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land this summer at Berkeley Rep.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:27AMRosemary Branch theatre, London: Six actors, six chairs, six books and a little piano music are all that's needed to evocatively create the gothic world of Charlotte Bronte's novel…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:26AMTony Award winner Alan Cumming brings a new brand of toil and trouble to Broadway in his one-man Macbeth, staged by Tony Award-winning Once director John Tiffany, which opened on Broadway Ap…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AMThe Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens in real-time on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay.* Join us Thursd…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:15AMFergus Linehan has been appointed director of the Edinburgh International Festival, replacing Jonathan Mills, who last year announced he would step down from the post in 2014, after eight ye…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:11AMSaturday night's episode of NBC's SMASH tied its series low with a 0.4 adults in the 18-49 demographic, even with last week's broadcast.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:08AMMusical theater writer Joe Iconis and his family of performers returned to Broadway nightclub 54 Below for their second concert in a four-show engagement on Saturday, April 20. Produced by J…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:04AMStruggling to Wait for the Call -- and Confirmation that It's Really Life's Calling
By Lauren YargerQuestions of race and motive come into play as a white couple seeks to adopt an African-Am…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 09:02AM
With a private fortune estimated at £825 million, Cameron Mackintosh is the highest-ranking creative talent listed in this year’s Sunday Times Rich List. Mackintosh added £100 million to…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:54AMAccording to our docile mainstream media, Boston enjoys a perpetual Renaissance -- the merchandise in the cultural window is always worth buying. And that predictability makes for very borin…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:43AMImagination Stage presents Roald Dahl’s The Magic Finger, adapted for the stage by David Wood and directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer. Young Lucy has a magical finger that doles out justice wh…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AMI write frequently about the benefits of joint ventures between arts institutions. They can lower cost, improve the quality...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:28AMHannah Cabell and Elliot Villar. Photo: Carol Rosegg
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By Allison MooreDirected by Jackson GayThe Women’s Project What’s It All About? A dark comedy about the effects of the coll…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 08:27AMBroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the night, check out photos below from the opening night curtain call.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:25AMBroadway's powerful new production of Shakespeare's Macbeth, starring Tony and Olivier Award winner and two-time Emmy Award nominee Alan Cumming Cabaret, 'The Good Wife', opened on Broadway …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:25AMBy Sam Thielman (Once again, we are happy to have Ad Week's Sam Thielman reviewing for Parabasis, this time he shares his take on "Matilda"): Early on in the April 6 performance of…
SOURCE: Parabasis at 08:22AMBarry Manilow checked out the Broadway competition while in town searching for a sound designer for his upcoming musical, “Harmony,” last week. But while the “Copacabana” singer caug…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 08:21AMToday is the birthday of the great tin pan alley songwriter Paul Dresser (for my full article on him go here). But if you don’t feel like reading, you can always play Lux Radio Theat…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:21AMEvery creative work is at least a little autobiographical, and rarely more so than in Round House Theatre’s newest production. The thread that playwright Bill Cain uses to weave together h…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:14AMToday is the birthday of Bull Moose Jackson (1919-1989), a saxophonist and bandleader, whose band specialized in jump blues and R & B. Nowadays his most famous tune is the 1952 “Bi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:11AMA movie critic can’t help but tie the Boston Marathon tragedies to the cinema, and so John Frankenheimer’s "Black Sunday" (1977) obviously flashes to mind.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:10AMLucille Lortel Theatre, Red Bull Theatre, Off Broadway
By Regina Robbins
BOTTOM LINE: A skillful production of a relentlessly pessimistic (if sometimes amusing) classic of the twenti…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:05AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 22 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
New Diorama, London: This new piece focuses on episodes in the life and death of mathematician, inventor and war hero Alan Turing. Much of the same territory is covered in Hugh Whitemore…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMFergus Linehan, a former director of the Sydney festival, is to take over the Edinburgh international festivalFor the second time in a row, the Edinburgh international festival has looked to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:55AMHull Truck Theatre, Hull: Mike Bradwell promised something "dirty and dangerous" for his directorial return to Hull Truck Theatre, and this new comedy delivers, as holidaying frien…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMFergus Linehan, former director of both the Sydney Festival and Dublin Theatre Festival, has been appointed director designate of the Edinburgh International Festival. Linehan will begin the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:51AMTwo very different Irish-themed projects within a year of each other gave the character actor Milo O’Shea the breakthrough he had been hankering after for almost 30 years. As the cuckolded…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AMWilde Theatre, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell: Local newspaper headlines abound with OFSTED results and the lack of school places at this time of year, and the playground is full of …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMOrange Tree Theatre, Richmond upon Thames: In language, fashion and class delineation, it is very much a play of its time, yet this sparkling 1931 comedy by Somerset Maugham deals with peren…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMAnita Dobson is to star in a new musical based on a piece of music by French composer Saint-Saens. Carnival of the Animals will run at the Riverside Studios from July 4 until July 14....
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMBlackheath Halls, London: Not long before he came out on stage, Rich Hall was being crowned, in absentia, the Barry Award winner at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. According to …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AMNextStop Theatre Company, the Herndon-based professional theatre company which has grown out of one of the DC-area’s best community theaters, announced an ambitious five-production season …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:31AMIrishman Fergus Linehan has been appointed as the new director of the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), replacing Jonathan Mills who steps down::E8831332184472 following the 2014 festi…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:28AMPalladium, Cologne: During his lifetime - he died in 1933, aged 55 - the Austrian composer Franz Schreker rose to a position rivalling that of Richard Strauss in the German operatic world; b…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:08AMCarina Allen knows “Legally Blonde.” In January, the Mamaroneck senior appeared in the Play Group Theater production of the musical based on the Reese Witherspoon film. She was i…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 06:02AMIn Mayerling, Kenneth MacMillan creates a world on stage, a stifling, glittering court that boils over with repression and need. Telling the story of the doomed Crown Prince Rudolf, who comm…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:00AMJessica Lynch thought she had been in her last high-school musical when “The Music Man” closed at Briarcliff High on March 10. She played Zaneeta Shinn, the mayor’s daughte…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 06:00AM
In the second of our new series, The Secret Actor asks why fading household names sometimes can't grasp that sexual allure often diminishes with box-office appealPicture a male actor, once a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30AMBroadway quintuple threat, Robert Creighton, who has just concluded his critically lauded role of DurdlesNick Cricker in the Roundabout Theater Company's production of The Mystery of Edwin D…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMOuter Critics Circle, the organization of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, reports that multi award-winnin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMTonight, April 22nd, Our Time - a non-profit organization that has been helping children who stutter for over a decade - will hold its 11th Annual Benefit Gala, Worth the Wait, celebrating t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMNew York Women in Communications will present the 2013 Matrix Awards today, April 22, 2013 to honor seven remarkable women who have established themselves in the communications industry. The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMCornelia Street Cafe presents Happy Birthday William Shakespeare, an evening of sonnets and music in celebration of the Bard as part of its ongoing poetry series. The Shakespeare tribute fea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMAward-winning stage and screen actress Fiona Shaw returns to Broadway tonight, April 22, for the opening of The Testament of Mary, by the acclaimed author Colm Toibin, directed by Deborah Wa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMDancers Over 40 DO40 will present its third song and dance concert entitled DO40 CARES The Story of our Lives to benefit Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS and Dance for PD Parkinson's Disease…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMCABARET GOURMET -- the Obie Award-winning Play Company's annual benefit that combines gourmet foods from top NYC restaurants with an evening of first-rate entertainment -- will be presented …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMBroadway's Danny Quadrino Bye Bye Birdie, Andrea Ross Whistle Down The Wind and Lindsey Carothers Bring It On are among the cast of Pace University students for a one night only concert of s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe Film Society of Lincoln Center presents the 40th Chaplin Award honoring Academy Award-winner Barbra Streisand, this evening, April 22nd, at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. The celebra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe stars will align for the 27th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition when Tom Hanks, Cyndi Lauper, Harvey Fierstein, Andrea Martin, Nathan Lane and more than 200 of Broadway and Off-Broadway's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMBroadway's Leslie Kritzer, currently starring in The Memory Show with The Transport Group through May 18 returns to Joe's Pub with her all-new extravaganza Beautiful Disaster for four perfor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMALICE FALLS THROUGH AT LOOKINGGLASS “I miss myself.” That’s the plaintive cry from the titular character of Still Alice, adapted from Lisa Genova’s book, and presented by Lookingg…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:19AMRudolf Serkin, Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra perform the second movement of Mozart's C Major Piano Concerto, K. 467:...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"I do think that if a book is really well written, it's terribly difficult to see how it's done. I...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM'Pain & Gain' Star's Surprising Pre-Shoot Prep
The stunning Bar Paly stops by the Studio to share with us her experiences appearing in the action-comedy 'Pain & Gain', including meeting co-s…
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45AMToday, the Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) opens its applications for Australian and New Zealand artists and companies to present and pitch their work to national and international …
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SOURCE: Vulture at 12:16AMThis Week in the Nation's Theatreby Chris Lane@chrislanetweetsSeasons announced: Toronto’s Luminato Festival of arts released this year’s lineup. In June, audiences can see work by …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:05AMHere's something CharPo would like to suggest to every adult out there - Canadian or not. If you have never read it, or if you only know the TV series, or if you haven't read it since you we…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:04AMWhat it Meansby Estelle RosenChristina Manolescu is the founder of Prince Chameleon Press: www.princechameleon.com. She has written, designed and published interactive story-workbooks for ch…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMI’ve lived in Sydney for six years and been to Wollongong twice. The third trip occurred over the weekend to see Marina Prior live in concert and I am beyond thrilled to say that it was wo…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:00AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Sunday, April 21, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMIn one of my earliest memories, I am maybe four years old, curled up in the back of a classroom, listening to my mother read out loud from a book called Matilda. I was not the intended audie…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMFiona Shaw returns to Broadway for the first time since 2003 in this one-woman tour-de-force performance at the Walter Kerr Theater. In the play, adapted from a work by Irish novelist Colm …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMThe monthly missive from Across the Pond takes readers to John Logan's imaginative piece Peter and Alice, James Graham's political work This House and Henry Goodman in The Winslow Bo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNew York Women in Communications presents the 2013 Matrix Awards, honoring seven women who have established themselves in the communications industry, April 22. Five-time Tony winner Audra M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Film Society of Lincoln Center honors Academy Award winner and Tony Award recipient Barbra Streisand — the first American woman artist to receive credit as writer, director, produc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award nominees Carolee Carmello, Rebecca Luker and Emily Skinner salute Broadway director-producer Harold Prince during the Signature Theatre's fourth annual Stephen Sondheim Awards…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAndrew Keenan-Bolger and Tuck Everlasting songwriters Nathan Tysen and Chris Miller are part of broadwayUNLOCKED, a benefit for the Crime Victims Treatment Center, April 22 at The Greene Spa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOur Time's 11th annual benefit gala, Worth the Wait — celebrating the bravery and achievements of young people who stutter as well as those who inspire their success &mda…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Story of Jo-Beth is presented in a New York City staged reading — as part of the First Look/Deeper Look Musical Theater Series — April 22 at the JCC in Manhattan. Derek …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDaniel Quadrino (Bye Bye Birdie), Andrea Ross (Whistle Down The Wind) and Lindsey Carothers (Bring It On) are among the cast of Pace University students taking part in a one-night-only conce…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBeau Bridges (How to Succeed, Who's Who in Hell), Jean Smart (The Man Who Came to Dinner, Piaf), Michael McKean (How to Succeed, "Laverne & Shirley") and Cecily Strong (&qu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 27th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition, presented by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, plays the Minskoff Theatre April 22 at 4:30 PM and April 23 at 2 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRobert Cuccioli and Laila Robins announce the nominees for the Outer Critics Circle Awards April 22 at 11 AM at The Friars Club. Nominations in 23 categories will be posted on Playbill.com s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway singing actress Leslie Kritzer, who recently married musical director Vadim Feichtner, returns to Joe's Pub April 22 with her critically acclaimed cabaret act Beautiful Disaster.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMusicals Tonight! continues its ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway standbys, understudies and alternates with its latest edition of At This Performance, which is held April 22 at Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIrish novelist Colm Tóibín's The Testament of Mary, starring Tony Award nominee and four-time Olivier Award-winning actress Fiona Shaw as Mary, the mother of Jesus, officia…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDouglas Carter Beane’s “The Nance” (at the Lyceum) is a nearly perfect work of dramatic art, whose power derives from its equitable compassion and its unromantic view of my…
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