The 63rd Outer Critics Circle Awards Announced their 2012-13 Season Nominees “Pippin” Heads the List with 11 Nominations! Followed by “Kinky Boots” with 9 Nominations “Chaplin: The…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:59PMNew York City Opera's production of Jacques Offenbach's LA PERICHOLE feels right at home at City Center, home of the "Encores!" series, which reintroduces audiences to lesser known Broadway …
SOURCE: opera.broadwayworld.com at 10:42PMA collection of "The Trip to Bountiful" reviews and news from around the internet.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 10:42PMLegendary performer Cicely Tyson returns to the Broadway stage with Vanessa Williams and Cuba Gooding, Jr. in the first revival of Horton Foote's "The Trip to Bountiful."
SOURCE: NY1 at 10:31PMNEW YORK (AP) — Given her legendary reputation for extravagance, Imelda Marcos seems a fitting subject for David Byrne's splashy new disco musical "Here Lies Love," a bright, novel product…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:13PMHorton Foote's "The Trip to Bountiful" is one of this country's greatest plays, saying at least as much about our national character as "The Glass Menagerie" or "Our Town."
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 10:01PMThose crazy people at the Public really know how to have fun. “Here Lies Love,” an exuberant musical inspired by the life of Imelda Marcos and set to the pounding disco beat of a…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMDavid Allen spoke with King Kong’s choreographer ‘Cha Cha’ O’Connell about the brand new epic theatrical event and more… Choreographer to the stars John “Cha Cha” O’Conell ne…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:00PMBountiful is a code name for the Fountain of Youth in Michael Wilson’s revival of Horton Foote’s “Trip to Bountiful,” at the Stephen Sondheim Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PM“Here Lies Love,” the exciting new poperetta conceived by the musician (and former Talking Head) David Byrne, sets a new standard for audience participation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMThere is no dream ballet about designer shoes in Here Lies Love, the new musical about former Filipina First Lady Imelda Marcos, at the Public Theater. And that is a good thing. This infecti…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMIt may be a cliché that home is where the heart is, but no playwright has ever made those words seem more universal than the late Horton Foote in his plays about his home state of Texas. An…
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The Film Society of Lincoln Center presented the 40th Chaplin Award honoring Academy Award-winner Barbra Streisand yesterday, April 22, at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. The celebration …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:55PMToday the 79th Annual Drama League Awards were announced. David Hyde Pierce will host the awards set for May 17th. Below is the list of nominees. OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A BROA…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 09:53PMJohn Logan is the writer behind "Skyfall" and a couple of Martin Scorsese's better recent films—not exactly the guy you'd guess came up with "I'll Eat You Last," the new one-woman play abo…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 09:26PM'The Phenomenon' airs Saturday, May 4 at 900 p.m. on NBC. Check out a first look below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:26PMIt’s apt that a drama set among soldiers should be presented with military precision; but corruption, cruelty and perversion can lurk amid the human innards of the machine of war, and in N…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:24PMBill Cain, playwright and Jesuit priest, sees the Bible less as a rulebook that believers must follow than as a series of stories describing families and how they cope with life.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:14PMThe Broadway revival of Horton Foote's beloved classic, The Trip to Bountiful, opens tonight, April 23, at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre 124 W 43rd St. Directed by Michael Wilson, the cast fe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:11PMLydia Mokdessi talks with dancer/choreographer Anna Sperber, who presents "The Superseded Third" at The Chocolate Factory Theater this week.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 09:07PMCicely Tyson has come home. As Carrie Watts, the old woman in Horton Foote’s heartbreaking play “The Trip To Bountiful,” she had been stuck all day every day with her hectoring daughte…
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James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with John Rubinstein. Please take the BroadwayRadio survey by CLICKING HERE. Subscribe to BroadwayRadio in iTunes by CLICKING HERE. If you …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 08:59PMFranklin Performing Arts Company FPAC presents Broadway Encore on Saturday, May 4 at 6 p.m. at the Putnam Club, Gillette Stadium in Foxboro. FPAC's Gala fundraiser features Broadway headline…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:49PMThe actress' turn in the Broadway revival of the Horton Foote work is graceful and memorable. But Cuba Gooding Jr. and Vanessa Williams don't measure up. — Broadway for Cicely Tyson is…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:34PMThe rise and fall of infamous Filipina first lady Imelda Marcos gets visionary musical treatment courtesy of David Byrne, with a big-beat assist from Fatboy Slim.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:30PMNEW YORK (AP) — Move over, you adorable scamps in "Annie." Settle down, weird girls in "Matilda." Broadway has a new unlikely heroine, a frail widow who hums hymns and has a bad heart.&nbs…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:06PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Move over, you adorable scamps in "Annie." Settle down, weird girls in "Matilda." Broadway has a new unlikely heroine, a frail widow who hums hymns and has a bad heart..…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:04PMAussie theatre’s Dione Joseph caught up with Ilbijerri’s Artistic Director, Rachael Maza, to explore what makes bold, black and brilliant theatre. Ilbijerri, a Woiworrung word meaning �…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:02PMImelda Marcos, the former First Lady of the Philippines, was known for two things in America –owning 3,000 pairs of shoes and dancing in discos. “Here Lies Love,” David Byrne’s i…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:00PMCicely Tyson stars alongside Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams and Condola Rashad in the Broadway revival of Horton Foote's beloved 1953 American classic.read more
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Thanks to our good friends at Opera Australia, AussieTheatre have an A-Reserve Double Pass worth $350 to give away to AIDA in Melbourne next month. Playing at the State Theatre, Arts Centre …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:53PMLighting rarely receives its full due in the theater when you're referring strictly to the electrical fixtures hanging high above the stage.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:43PMAccording to a listing on French arts TV channel Mezzo's website, the current Theatre du Chatelet production of Stephen Sondheim amp James Lapine's SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE in Paris wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:43PMAny regular showgoer knows that, due to the emotions or intensity involved, theatre can be exhausting, but rarely is that more true than with the new musical at The Public Theater, Here Lies…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:43PMAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, the legendary director, who previously helmed CLOSER and CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR, is in talks to take on the film adaptation of Jonathan Tropper's novel ONE…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:40PMRobert Creighton is quite a character – character actor that is. In fact, his "dream role" is arguably the ultimate character – Cyrano in "Cyrano de Bergerac," the hero and lead who in b…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:27PM“Broadway is and has always been a tough place for new shows to succeed, and we want to get this right,” Thomas Vierte, one of the musical's producers, told the New York Times. Vierte ad…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:24PMLast night, April 22, after arriving in New York for a three game series against the Mets, LA Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw and his wife, Ellen, attended the hit Broadway musical Newsies. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:18PMPinky Swear Productions is kicking off a three-play repertory Friday, with two one-acts by local playwrights Allyson Currin (her “Hercules in Russia” enjoyed its world premiere with Door…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:13PMNew York Women in Communications presented the 2013 Matrix Awards Monday, April 22, 2013 to honor seven remarkable women- including 5-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald- who have establis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:08PMAfter 25 years as the founding artistic director of the Nora Theatre Company in Cambridge, Mary C. Huntington is stepping down.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:04PMBROADWAY SESSIONS is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron Bway Wicked, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:03PMThe most heart-stopping moment of the Broadway season happens late in Act 2 of Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful.” As Carrie Watts stands once again on the now-sagging …
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National Endowment for the Arts NEA Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced today that the American Theatre Wing is one of 817 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:59PMAt once devastating and enthralling, “Still Alice” is not an easy show to watch, but it is riveting from first second to last. And for anyone who wishes to be reminded of the power of th…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:58PMMargot White: Favorite Credits include: Broadway/Off-Broadway: Aaron Sorkin’s The Farnsworth Invention; Rosmersholm (The Pearl, opposite Austin Pendleton); The Traveling Lady (E.S.T, Drama…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 06:49PMThe 27th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition raised a staggering 4,250,542 - eclipsing the previous high of 3,734,129 set in 2007. The grand total was announced Tuesday after six weeks of inten…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48PMJames Joseph O’Neil: Broadway: Present Laughter with Victor Garber, directed by Nicholas Martin, Roundabout. Off B’wy: The Hired Man (47th St. Theatre), Look Back in Anger (CSC…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 06:41PMTheatregoers have to wait until May 16 to see Emmy Award-winning actress Jane Lynch's take on Miss Hannigan in the Broadway revival of Annie, but "Glee" has just released an au…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:37PMIn James Barrie’s Quartets, for the price of one show in two hours we see three. 1, 2, 3... Outstanding! ShawChicago knows how to deliver invaluable entertainment. (read more...)
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:32PMThe Drama League Executive Director, Gabriel Shanks has announced the 2013 Drama League Awards Nominees for Distinguished Play, Distinguished Revival of a Play, Distinguished Musical, Distin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:23PMThe 27th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition raised a record-breaking $4,250,542 — surpassing the previous high of $3,734,129 set in 2007. The grand total was announced t
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:19PMAccoridng to the New York Times, FLASHDANCE - THE MUSICAL, the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit film that defined a generation which was previously slated to open on Broadway in August 2013,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18PM(BY DOUG GEORGE) ... One of the producers of the musical "Big Fish" is none other than Mr. Fins himself, singer Jimmy Buffett. And he's catching the show tonight (Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.) at th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:18PMThe 27th annual Easter Bonnet Competition, which this year featured a host of stars from Tom Hanks to Cyndi Lauper, raised a record-breaking $4,250,542 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:13PMA lust triangle is the framework for “Apple,” a play by Vern Thiessen fueled by bathos, tragic illness, coincidences, alcoholism and tearful confessions of star-crossed love. …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:10PMIt's official. The 2013 jobs report of an organization called CareerCast rated "newspaper reporter" as the worst job in America.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:06PMSentimental journeys don't come much more bittersweet than "The Trip to Bountiful," the wistful Horton Foote serio-comedy that lured Cicely Tyson back to Broadway for the first time in 30 ye…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 06:06PMTHEATER REVIEW: "The Pianist of Willesden Lane" at the Royal George Theatre ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "The Pianist of Willesden Lane" at the Royal George Theatre ★★…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:02PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Big Love" at Strawdog Theatre Company ★★★
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SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:02PMGrants will support 'Peter Grimes' and 'Twenty-Seven.'
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:02PMThis catchy, visually arresting fast-paced show tells the story of Imelda Marcos, former First Lady of the Philippines, writes Brendan Lemon
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:01PMMac, an amazing Dan Shaked, lives with his mother (Jeanie Hackett) in an apartment in New York City. Stiff and clumsy, with a line of chatter that is a classic example of TMI (Too Much Infor…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:01PMOk, we'll admit it: one of our favorite aspects of Christopher Durang's utterly entertaining new Broadway comedy Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike -- a hysterical, modern send-up to Chekov -- wa…
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The 75th Anniversary Gala is a celebration of Paper Mill's legacy as a world-class producer of theater and its role as a pioneer in arts education for three-quarters of a century,' stated Ma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:57PMWHO: Red Rising Marketing POSITION TITLE: Marketing Manager DESCRIPTION: Red Rising Marketing seeks a qualified Marketing Manager to join our team. Marketing Manager will oversee the day-…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 05:57PMHow much fun is it to have Bette Midler curled up barefoot on a sofa on a Broadway stage, chatting at us for 90 minutes in a periwinkle blue caftan with silver sparkles to match her long fin…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 05:54PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Happy opening to @BountifulBway and @PublicThe…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:52PMUlysses’ home in Sharr White’s “Annapurna” is a grungy trailer set in the mountains of Colorado. Thomas A. Walsh’s set is so effective you can almost smell the mold and gri…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:48PMIt was a reunion of cast members of The Mystery of Edwin Drood last night, April 22, as Chita Rivera and Stephanie J. Block celebrated with Robert Creighton post-show at his 54 Below debut. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:47PMThe Testament of Mary, Colm Tóibín’s one-person play about the latter days of the mother of Jesus, opened April 22 at the Walter Kerr Theater. Based on Tóibín’s book, the play takes …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:41PMNew York Knick All-Star Tyson Chandler and Kimberly Chandler have joined the Broadway producing team of The Trip To Bountifu, Horton Foote’s classic play which opens on Broadway on April 2…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:36PMThe death of Dale Griffiths Stamos' father led her to look into the possibility of communications with the dead. The play One White Crow is the result.
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:35PMWatch & share video of this year’s Easter Bonnets at http://youtu.be/zqxPaA_1M4s The 27th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition raised a staggering $4,250,542 – eclipsing the previou…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:32PMA decade ago, almost to the month, Nicholas Hytner launched his new regime at the National with Adrian Lester in the title role of a searingly sceptical modern-dress version of Henry V, time…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:31PMA decade ago, almost to the month, Nicholas Hytner launched his new regime at the National with Adrian Lester in the title role of a searingly sceptical modern-dress version of Henry V, time…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:31PMOlivier, LondonTo call this production eagerly awaited would be an understatement. Ever since Adrian Lester gave us a taste of the Moor, when playing the 19th-century American actor Ira Aldr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30PMThe galleries were formerly part of SLAM's temporary exhibit space.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:21PMBroadway.com is thrilled to bring you an exclusive look behind the scenes at the recording session for the upcoming original cast album of Motown: The Musical. The new tuner is currently dri…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:16PMThe 27th annual Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Easter Bonnet Competition raised an all-time record of $4,250,542 in six weeks of nightly curtain-call appeals. The number was revealed at t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:14PMPlanned for August, the musical based on the 1983 movie is now being aimed for Broadway later in the 2013-14 season, one of the show’s producers said.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:11PMEarlier today, Darren Criss announced his first ever 16-city North American summer tour. He announced it to the world through all forms of communication, including YouTube In his video annou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:07PMNow in its 15th season, Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook celebrates the best in American singing and songwriting with a new chapter in the Songbook story 'American Songboo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00PMBroadwayWorld recently chatted with featured performer Liz Callaway about her upcoming appearance in the special celebration
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00PMAmid the annual onslaught of legit season announcements, the Public Theater’s 2013-14 slate stands out — not so much for what’s unexpected on the lineup, but for its array of projects…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:00PMBecause I live in a small corner of Canada and my plays are often performed far away from me, I don’t get to see many productions. So I love it when a director or a teacher reaches out…
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Tony Award winning, Kennedy Center Honree and Broadway and concert legend Barbara Cook The Music Man, She Loves Me, Candide, Sondheim on Sondheim, Tony Award-winner Steve Kazee Once, 110 in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMIt'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 04:54PMNew York Knick All-Star TYSON CHANDLER and KIMBERLY CHANDLER have joined the Broadway producing team of THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, Horton Foote's classic play which opens on Broadway on April 23…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PMOn Sunday night, Broadway Arts Factory presented Broadway leading lady Sierra Boggess in Lessons in Love- a very special evening in which Boggess shared her love of life, the theatre, and so…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:44PMLooks like summertime just got a little bit hellish. I Hope They Serve Beer on Broadway, Tucker Max’s stage adaptation of his book I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, will play The Cabaret…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:41PMJerick Hoffer, whose alter-ego Jinkx Monsoon is among the favorite contestants of "RuPaul's Drag Race" this season, will star as Velma Von Tussle in the 5th Avenue Theatre'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:39PMJerick Hoffer, whose alter-ego Jinx Monsoon is among the favorite contestants of "RuPaul's Drag Race" this season, will star as Velma Von Tussle in the 5th Avenue Theatre's…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:38PM…in the post-performance talkback I attended, an audience member asked actor Jonathan Majors if he would take off his shirt again. This audience member viewed the actor’s body, like his …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:25PMYou may remember the Unicorn Theatre’s production of Something Very Far Away from when it was on last year. You may also remember how much we loved it (read Jake Orr’s review…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:23PMCHICAGO CAD MAKES BAD LOOK GOOD Sassy and brassy Pal Joey is a wondrous rouser that spins the tale of a roué gone rotten in Depression-era Chicago. Porchlight Music Theatre gained the excl…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:22PMNorthlight Theatre will produce the Midwest premiere of "Detroit '67," the Skokie-based theater said on Tuesday. Penned by Dominique Morisseau and set in the Motor City during the Motown era…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:18PMThink formalizing your final will is one of life's more soporific labors. I'm afraid it's not much more interesting watching Shakespeare accomplish the task in The Last Will, Robert Brustein…
SOURCE: Blank New World at 04:11PMThe popular British television series "Downton Abbey" gets a musical comedy makeover in a new video featuring Tony Award winner Randy Graff and Tony nominees Jeremy Jordan, Laura O…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:10PMMore than 25 years after Roddy Doyle wrote "The Commitments," the bestselling book-turned-movie is bound for London’s West End.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:10PMBack in 2006 I wrote on an NPR story that is probably even more relevant now than then. The story centered around the Museum of Online Museums, a curated list of museums of all sorts around …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 04:08PMThe Gong Show is coming to a stage near you! The Cutting Room will be the home for a stage adaptation of the popular 1970s talent show, which will play a six month-long pre-off-Broadway tryo…
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Also "NCIS: Los Angeles"'s Barrett Foa in 'The Music Man;' Steve Hayes in 'A Funny Thing'"Wheel of Fortune" 's host Pat Sajak retuyrns to Connecticut Repertory Theatre's Nutmeg Summer Se…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:59PMWhat Nikos Kazantzakis did to de-sanctify Jesus in The Last Temptation of Christ, Colm Toibin has done for the Madonna in The Testament of Mary -- with, predictably, the some outraged respon…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 03:39PMThe theatrical extravaganza iLuminate: Artists of Light is heading back to the off-Broadway stage! Directed by Miral Kotb, co-written by Kotb and Bienvenu and composed by Christopher Tignor,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:37PMIn less than a month, Glee Emmy winner Jane Lynch will make her Broadway debut as the tyrannical orphanage headmistress Miss Hannigan in the Broadway.com Audience Choice Award-nominated musi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:34PMMeet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of The Testament of Mary. Fiona Shaw, Debora Warner, and Colm Tóibín were there – so was Playbill.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:27PMMeet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of The Testament of Mary. Fiona Shaw, Debora Warner, and Colm Tóibín's were there – so was Playbill.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PMTony winner, Olivier Award nominee and 2012 Theater Hall of Fame honoree Betty Buckley will offer her Song Interpretation & Monologue Workshops this summer in Fort Worth, Denver and Los …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PMTony Award winner Jonathan Pryce and Academy Award-winning actress Cloris Leachman are two of the major names now confirmed to perform in a special one-night-only gala performance of Alan Ja…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:19PMChe Ayende (Hartford Stage's "The Whipping Man") and Joe Pauiik (Hartford Stage's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer") join the previously announced Kate McCluggage in William Shakespeare's…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:17PMNBC's musical drama series SMASH feautures a handful of well-known Broadway regulars acting as guest stars on this week's episode, with Daphne Rubin-Vega and Jesse L. Martin continuing their…
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Ayub Khan Din, creator of the book and lyrics for “Bunty Berman Presents…,” is replacing Erick Avari in the title role.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:55PMThere’s a thrilling cat fight in Beau Willimon’s "The Parisian Woman," being given its world premiere at South Coast Rep. It's so good that it draws as much blood and potentially wounds …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:53PMWith arresting theatricality, humor and great psychological insight, John Guare probes the lives of an exiled actress, a writer and a mysterious traveler. In 3 Kinds of Exile, he wea…
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 02:49PMA gala to honor Barbra Steisand is filled with glittering names, but her status as a feminist role model is worth lingering on.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:46PMThe latest episodes from Broadway.com’s trio of star video bloggers (Laura Osnes, Billy Porter and Alan Cumming) took three of the five slots in this week’s list of most-watched …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:34PM"Glee" and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying star Darren Criss will hit the road this summer in a 16-city tour. The Listen Up! tour is in anticipation of a new studi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:23PMConnecticut arts groups will receive 11 grants totaling $440,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts ( NEA ) $26.3 million in grants to nonprofit national, regional, state, and …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:22PMStuck Elevator, a new musical featuring a hybrid of musical theater, opera, and solo performance, receives its world premiere at San Francisco's A.C.T for a run through April 28. Raymond…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:20PMJohn Gregorio has joined the cast of Around the World in 80 Days, a comedic play by Mark Brown based on the Jules Verne novel that will begin previews at The New Theater at 45th Street May 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:14PMTony nominee Fiona Shaw returns to Broadway as Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the new solo play The Testament of Mary. Hear from Shaw, director Deborah Warner and author Colm Toibin on their …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:13PMRannells' NBC series, The New Normal, was honored as the year's 'Outstanding Comedy Series.' Hear what he had to say on the show, the GLAAD honor and more below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:11PMBelgrade, CoventryChekhov's Platonov, written when he was 20, is an untidy beast that several writers, including Michael Frayn and David Hare, have successfully tamed. But this new version, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:10PMThe Emmy and Tony award-winning actress talks about her latest role in Richard Greenberg’s Broadway play, “The Assembled Parties.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:08PMAt once devastating and enthralling, “Still Alice” is not an easy show to watch, but it is riveting from first second to last. And for anyone who wishes to be reminded of the power of th…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:06PMThe Drama League Nominations join the Award Season: The nominations for The Drama League’s took on the 2012-13 awards season of Broadway and Off Broadway productions. The nominations compe…
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Place theatre, LondonThe judges for this year's Place prize might not be declaring their winner until Saturday, but already the public are deciding. Audiences at each of the 10 acts in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:58PMPlayed out on a minimal set with a couple of stones, a leafless tree, and a backdrop of a blue cloudy sky, Waiting for Godot, as the title suggests, is about these two guys, Vladimir (Gary W…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 01:57PMWhen F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote that “there are no second acts in American lives,” he wasn’t thinking of the theater. (He should know: He wrote a play for Broadway with a second and a t…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:56PMEvery day on Broadway, actors and crews work tirelessly to entertain audiences, but they are also working hard to be as green as possible. Overseeing these efforts is The Broadway Green Alli…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:55PMWin 2 tickets to the new, haunting production of Macbeth starring Alan Cumming. It's fast and free to enter by joining Audience Rewards
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:54PMJekyll and Hyde: Jekyll and Hyde sets music to Robert Louis Stevenson‘s iconic story of Dr. Henry Jekyll, a devoted man of science driven to find a chemical breakthrough that can solve som…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:52PMWatch a sneak peek of Matilda The Musical, powered by The Broadway Channel.
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:51PMThe Drama League announce their nominees this morning, and once again Off-Broadway was nicely represented, most surprisingly in the Outstanding New Musical category, a category that is usual…
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 01:51PMLONDON (Reuters) - Irish author Roddy Doyle's bestselling novel "The Commitments" is finally being made into a musical, more than 25 years after the heartwarming tale of a group of aspiring …
SOURCE: Reuters at 01:50PMHoward Teichman, artistic director of West Coast Jewish Theatre, discusses his decision to concentrate on Jewish theater as he directs I'm Not Rappaport.
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:49PMSt Peter's Civic Hall, CarmarthenInspired by conversations with farmers about the challenges they face in the 21st century, Tir Sir Gar begins with tea and cake in a Dutch-style barn in the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:49PMProfiles Theatre Artistic Directors Darrell W. Cox and Joe Jahraus announce the 25thAnniversary Season featuring a full slate of new and challenging works premiering at the Profiles Thea…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:46PMOriginal "Weather Girl" Martha Wash, Tony Award nominee Christiane Noll and nightlife performer Molly Pope will be part of the third annual Night of a Thousand Judys, celebrating s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:39PMI come away from this taut opera with powerful images indelibly planted in my brain. I can’t shake the mysterious, disturbing, and yet powerful atmosphere that has been created in Paul’s…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:38PMThe Drama League has announced the 2013 Drama League Awards Nominees. First awarded in 1922 and formalized in 1935, The Drama League Awards are the oldest theatrical honors in America. They …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:37PMThe five shows to open on Broadway this week have all gotten an awards-season boost to contribute to their opening-night media spotlight, with the Drama League naming a wide-ranging slate of…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:35PMWith Brad Pitt attached and Sony now on board to distribute, the World War II pic “Fury” has slowing begun assembling its ensemble with Shia LaBeouf in talks to co-star.
SOURCE: Variety at 01:26PMThere are a lot of layers to mentally process while watching the Lookingglass’ emotionally wrenching premiere of Still Alice. Based on the book by Lisa Genova and adapted/directed by ensem…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:25PMLookingglass Theatre Company has a proven flair for effectively incorporating visual effect into scenarios and scripts that don’t outright scream for it. And after “Eastland,” …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 01:24PMTony winner Nina Arianda, Broadway.com Audience Choice Award nominee Lilla Crawford, Max von Essen and a starry gang of Broadway celebs hit the red carpet at Ted Baker’s Fifth Ave…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:17PMBroadway.com resident artist Justin “Squigs” Robertson perfectly captures Chauncey Miles’ (Nathan Lane) signature punch line, “Hi, simply hi!” in the latest Bro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:08PMNikolai and the Others, the world-premiere play from Richard Nelson that imagines a weekend shared by Russian artists George Balanchine, Igor Stravinsky, Nikolai Nabokov and more, begins Off…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06PMRoddy Doyle says admiration for shows such as The Producers finally persuaded him to allow staging of bestselling novel Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMRoddy Doyle says admiration for shows such as The Producers finally persuaded him to allow staging of bestselling novelOne very big reason why it has taken 25 years for The Commitments to hi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMHow history changed the current revival of “The Big Knife” Period plays and their dated references can be daunting not just for audiences, but for the actors. That’s where …
SOURCE: TDF at 01:00PM
The 27th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition raised a staggering $4,250,542 – eclipsing the previous high of $3,734,129 set in 2007. The grand total was announced Tuesday after six weeks of i…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:57PMStuttgart Ballet’s triple bill boldly combines challenging works by Balanchine, Robbins and Glen Tetley, Gerald Dowler writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:55PMTheater Hall of Fame 2012 honoree, Tony Award Winner and legendary Broadway star Betty Buckley will be offering her Song Interpretation amp Monologue Workshops this Summer in Fort Worth, Den…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:55PM Written by JK Clarke Richard III is a fun play. It is one of the few of Shakespeare’s histories that is easily adaptable to modern settings or to cine…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:55PMThe place beyond the pecs . . . Ryan Gosling in Pines.It is hard, I admit, for me to argue with Ryan Gosling when he takes his shirt off. As he does immediately in the opening man-cand…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:53PMThe limited engagement of I Hope They Serve Beer On Broadway, a theatrical adaptation based on the books of Tucker Max that will play The Cabaret at Roy Arias Studios and Theatres beginning …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:52PMAt a time when many other Chicago have reduced the number of new shows in their seasons, Profiles Theatre has bucked the trend by announcing six plays, five of which are Midwest premieres, a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:51PMBill Clinton almost stole the show from Barbra Streisand on April 22 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center tribute, where the actress-helmer received the Chaplin Award.
SOURCE: Variety at 12:48PMTyler Maynard will play the role of 'Sgt. Pembry' from 04 May 2013 in the Off-Broadway musical SILENCE! The Musical, playing at the Elektra Theatre. Maynard assumes the role from Topher Nucc…
SOURCE: New York Theatre Guide at 12:45PMThe main parking lot at the Sheldon Concert Hall was full on Sunday afternoon; on the sunny sidewalk outside the entrance, wide-eyed children in their Sunday best worked out a few wriggles a…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:45PMProtesters from a non-profit Catholic organization returned to protest the April 22 Broadway opening night of Colm Tóibín's The Testament of Mary, starring Fiona Shaw as th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43PMIt'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 12:40PMLondon’s Garrick Theatre will host the world premiere of the second instalment of the stage adaptation of Terry Deary’s Horrible Histories. Barmy Britain – Part Two, will run at the We…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:40PMTheater stars led by Tony nominees Kelli O’Hara and Victor Garber came out on April 22 for the 11th annual gala benefitting Our Time, a nonprofit offering arts programming, summer camp…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:38PMBroadway.com Audience Choice Award winner and 2012 host Darren Criss is embarking on a national tour this summer. Kicking off on May 29 in Criss’ hometown of San Francisco, the Li…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:37PMBroadway.com Audience Choice Award winner and 2012 host Darren Criss is embarking on a national tour this summer. Kicking off on May 29 in Criss’ hometown of San Francisco, the Li…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:37PMTony winner John Logan's one-character play I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers
stars Bette Midler as Sue Mengers, a self-invented woman in the boys' club of Hollywood agents. Ou…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:37PMLast night, April 23, Ted Baker's Flagship store on 5th Avenue hosted an evening of appetizers, cocktails, music and shopping in support of Zara Aina. The entire Ted Baker collection was 10 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PMFusebox Festival blogger Aaron Sanders sends this report from underneath The Austin Pig Pile.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:30PMBaseball hero Roberto Clemente was once quoted saying: “If you have the chance to make things better for people coming behind you and you don’t, you are wasting your time on eart…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:29PMJeremy Jordan, Krysta Rodriguez, and more recently took part in Joe Iconis amp Family at 54 Below. After a sold-out holiday run, musical theater writer Joe Iconis brings his 'unique mash-up …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:25PMLauren Gunderson: Do you think about gender parity when writing a new play? Lydia Diamond: I don’t really. I take it for granted that I have a sort of built-in consciousness around gender,…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:25PMThe nominations for this year's Drama League Awards were announced this morning at a ceremony at Sardi's Restaurant in Midtown, hosted by Patina Miller (star of "Pippin") and Michael Urie ("…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:24PMThe Jeff Awards Committee announced 120 nominations in 25 categories of Non-Equity Jeff Awards for productions that opened between April 1, 2012, and March 31, 2013. The Non-Equity Awards ho…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:23PMBen Caplan, best known for his role as PC Peter Oakes in BBC drama Call the Midwife, will appear in Playing with Grownups at London’s Theatre503 from next month. Directed by Hannah Eidinow…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:22PMLandor, London: Judging by the amount of popular chick lit foisted onto the public every summer, it was only a matter of time before some enterprising composer attempted a musical adaptation…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:20PMBelow is a list of the nominations for the Drama League Awards for 2011. (Unlike other theater organizations that give out annual awards, membership in the Drama League is open to the genera…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:19PMThe Drama League announced the nominations for the 2013 season at an event hosted this morning by Patina Miller and Michael Urie at Sardi's. The nominees are as follows: Outstanding Produc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:16PMWalter Kerr Theatre, New YorkThe Testament of Mary, a monologue scripted by novelist Colm Tóibín from his novella of the same name and performed by Fiona Shaw, boasts the most unusual pre-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:16PMtheatreWashington is partnering with Dance Metro DC and The Actors Fund for this special event to share important information on affordable health care for anyone who works artistically or a…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 12:15PMSteve November has been appointed as ITV’s director of drama. November, former head of continuing drama, has been acting director of drama at ITV since January, when Laura Mackie announced…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:13PMCelebrate opening night of Macbeth with Alan Cumming! The Tony winner takes on the challenging task of performing nearly every role in Shakespeare’s thriller, and on April 21, his star…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PM(This post is the first post of the Audience Engagement arc #TCG13 blog salon–learn more here). It’s time to think outside the black box. That’s what we do over at 2amt–check us …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:01PMThe Drama League Executive Director, Gabriel Shanks has announced the 2013 Drama League Awards Nominees for Distinguished Play, Distinguished Revival of a Play, Distinguished Musical, Distin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMBoo! Featuring music, comedy bits and stories from vintage horror comic books, Captured Aural Phantasy Theater (CAPT) presents its Ghastly Horror Variety Show at the historic El Cid for One …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 4162013 - 4232013.
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SEVEN CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF A PLAY Undernourished as this commissioned play may feel, it is, in fact, the last of the “Elliot Trilogy” by Quiara Alegría Hudes (bookwriter for In the H…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:55AMOur 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 11:55AMIt’s high drama! The Drama League Award nominations have been announced. First awarded in 1922 and formalized in 1935, The Drama League Awards are the oldest theatrical honors in Ameri…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:50AMAbout the author:
Tony winner and three-time Oscar nominee John Logan is back on Broadway with I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers, his first show since the 2010 award-winning …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:50AMUstinov, BathIt's 3am when Leo, 21, turns up at the Manhattan apartment of his 91-year-old grandmother, Vera. Leo's estranged mother is frantic with worry as she hasn't heard from him in a w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:47AMArtist of Light, a stage show from glow-suit dance group iLuminate, who rose to fame on television's "America's Got Talent," will return to Off-Broadway following a world-p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47AMTony nominee Fiona Shaw (Medea) stars in Broadway’s The Testament of Mary, a Colm Tobin-scribed solo piece about Mary, the mother of Jesus, and her unheard story of her son’s Cru…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:46AMAfter much speculation, there will indeed be Bullets Over Broadway next year! The new Broadway musical adaptation of Woody Allen’s and Douglas McGrath’s screenplay of the 1994 fi…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:45AMThe Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation has joined forces with The Charles Wolfson Trust to donate £2 million over four years to establish The Music In Secondary Schools Trust, which has be…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:42AM"Office" actress will star in "Nunsense Muny Style!"
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:41AMNominations for the 79th annual Drama League Awards have been announced. The awards ceremony will take place May 17 at the Marriot Marquis, hosted by David Hyde Pierce. The Drama League Awar…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:40AMLast week, I was powerfully reminded of theatre’s ability to heal. We gathered at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater in Washington, D.C. for a press event celebrating …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:38AMTHE WHALE: VICTORY GARDENS THEATER Cast members Dale Calandra (Hairspray), Leah Karpel, and Cheryl Graeff discuss their roles in Samuel D. Hunter’s critically acclaimed play THE WHALE,…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:37AMOver years of repeated exposure what seems impossible when you’re young finally comes to pass – you gradually come to “know” Shakespeare. Actually, on an intuitive level, I felt I kn…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:35AMThe 2013 theater awards season is underway and heating up! Actors Patina Miller and Michael Urie announced the nominees for the 79th Annual Drama League Awards on Tuesday morning in a ceremo…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:33AMIt has been 22 years since The Silence of the Lambs won the Oscar for Best Picture. Feeling old?
Then come to New York City and see Silence: The Musical, the way funny parody of that award-…
SOURCE: stickyegg.com at 11:32AMThe federal arts agency awarded 15 grants to New Jersey organizations
SOURCE: NJ.com at 11:24AMLaurie Veldheer, Brenda Braxton, Jeff Kready, Burke Moses and Lenora Nemetz star in Paper Mill Playhouse's new production of Thoroughly Modern Millie. Paper Mill Producing Artistic Director…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMThe Muny announced principal casting for the third show of its fantastic 95th Season, Nunsense Muny Style, directed by Matt Lenz, choreographed by Teri Gibson, and supervised by Dan Goggin.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:23AMThe Film Society of Lincoln Center honored Academy Award winner and Tony Award recipient Barbra Streisand — the first American woman artist to receive credit as writer, director, produ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AMAcademy Award winner Richard Dreyfuss and Tony Award winner Joe Mantegna will star in the L.A. Theatre Works production of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, which will run May 16-19 at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22AMThe greatest songwriters revered him. And his songs-from All the Things You Are to The Way You Look Tonight-remain a vital part of our cultural conversation. It is no accident that Jerome Ke…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:21AMOn April 23, Christina DeCicco will join the cast of Broadway’s high-flying spectacular, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, in the role of “Arachne” at the Foxwoods Theatre. Ch…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:20AMWant 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 pair of footwear or kinkiest boots and upload it belo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMPatina Miller (Pippin) and Michael Urie (Buyer and Cellar) announced the 2013 Drama League nominees for Distinguished Production of a Play, Distinguished Production of a Musical, Distinguish…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMFor your consideration: An evening of theatre with echoes of “The Twilight Zone” and “Star Trek.” And if you look closely, you also might find glimmers of Waiting for Godot. The thes…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:07AMThe musical "Spamalot" opens the TriArts Sharon Playhouse running June 26 to July 7 in Sharon, CT. Jennifer Werner directs and choreographs with music direction by Eric Kang.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:07AMCollected Stories - American Blues Theater at Victory Gardens Biograph Theater 2433 North Lincoln Avenue is offering a limited number of $10 industry tickets for the following performances: …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 11:06AMA generous gift will support League of American Orchestra's annual meeting.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:05AMANN, the new critically acclaimed play written and performed by Emmy Award-winning actress and 2013 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominee Holland Taylor, is launching the Great American Women T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:03AMLast week, the Producers of the upcoming (and from what I hear, wonderful) new musical Tuck Everlasting, announced they were postponing its pre-Broadway Boston tryout due to the lack of an a…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
After last playing the role of Glinda on Broadway in 2010, Katie Rose Clarke will rejoin the Broadway company of Wicked in the same ‘Popular’ role of Glinda beginning on April 23…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:59AMNow including a 50-member artistic ensemble, The Amoralists have moved from basement theaters to off-Broadway in the seven years since the company's founding in 2007. This summer, The Amoral…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:59AMA new stage adaptation of Roddy Doyle’s best-selling novel The Commitments is getting ready to rock out in the West End! Directed by Jamie Lloyd, the previously announced producti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:57AMKrister Henriksson, best known for his starring role in Scandanavian detective series Wallander, has brought his performance of one-man drama Doktor Glas to the West End's Wyndham's Theatre …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:57AMAnn, the new critically acclaimed play written and performed by Emmy Award-winning actress and 2013 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominee Holland Taylor, is launching the Great American Women T…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:57AM“Children’s theatre is not a soft option,” said David Wood, Magic Finger playwright and longtime creator of children’s theatre during its opening night at Imagination Stage. The op…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:55AMThe Film Society of Lincoln Center presented the 40th Chaplin Award honoring Academy Award-winner Barbra Streisand yesterday at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. The celebration in honor of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:50AMThe Film Society of Lincoln Center presented the 40th Chaplin Award honoring Academy Award-winner Barbra Streisand yesterday at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. The celebration in honor of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:50AMOff-Broadway's shining stars gathered at The Library at the Public Theater to celebrate their nominations for the 2013 Lucille Lortel Awards. The annual honors will be handed out in a ceremo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:46AMAs I mentioned yesterday, there was a secret back room during the opening night party where the entire marketing, ad agency and press teams worked tirelessly as the reviews for the show bega…
SOURCE: The Associate Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMYou’re invited to join Suzan-Lori Parks from the lobby of The Public Theater for Watch Me Work which will be livestreaming for the global, peer-produced, open-source HowlRound TV project. …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:45AMIrish 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 10:44AMToday is the birthday of Roy Orbison (1936-1988). I’ll never forget how shocked I was when my friend told me Orbison had just died; I can even remember right where I was standing. I re…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:41AMPrincipal casting has been announced for the St. Louis Muny's upcoming production of Nunsense Muny Style!, which will run July 1-7 at the famed outdoor venue.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMThe Broadway musical Annie has announced plans to participate in today's "World Book Night" by handing out a free paperback book, courtesy of World Book Night, to each audience member. The b…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:35AMThe actor performs a scene from Jonathan Tolins’s play about a gay man who is hired to work in the basement of Barbra Streisand’s home.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:33AMYou'll often hear people in business mentioning the phrase "Follow up or fail" and it certainly is true. Your ability to follow up is one of the major factors in moving any venture…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:32AMAs the line Frank Sinatra made famous goes, “If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere. It’s up to you, New York, New York.” More than a few Broadway hopefuls hav…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 10:31AMNow a mother of three -- her daughter is nine, one son is seven and another is almost five -- Lauren Ward is back on Broadway at least through the summer in a role she has been playing since…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:23AMThe Globe plans 'authentic' illumination for its new indoor Jacobean playhouse – what next, bear-baiting before the play?The Globe theatre is planning to illuminate performances in its ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:20AMOn April 23, Horton Foote‘s The Trip To Bountiful, starring Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award-winning actress Cicely Tyson, officially opens at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. The sta…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:20AMThis is Part One of a series of interviews with the talented cast of Round House Theatre’s How to Write a New Book for the Bible. Today, meet Mitchell Hébert. Joel: Why did you want t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:14AMRobin Amos Kahn and Gary Richards’ new off-Broadway play Scrambled Eggs begins performances at The Beckett Theatre on April 23. Featuring direction by Matthew Penn, the comedy will off…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:14AMToday (23 April 2013) is William Shakespeare's 449th birthday. To mark the occasion, we've rounded up a selection of quotes from our greatest playwright on the issue of birthdays and ageing …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:13AMThe Public Theater’s newest and most innovative musical Here Lies Love officially opens on April 23. The multimedia theatrical experience, which has a dance club score writte…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:06AMIn the February 2013 issue of Opera News, director Michael Mayer offered a lengthy explanation of why he chose not to set his new production of Verdi's Rigoletto for the Metropolitan Opera i…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 10:05AMThe Drama League Executive Director, Gabriel Shanks has announced Patina Miller and Michael Urie will co-host the announcement of the 2013 Drama League Nominees for Distinguished Production …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMBaz Luhrmann took me by surprise four years ago when he confided over lunch that he intended to shoot "The Great Gatsby" as his next movie — he explained that he had become obsessed with t…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMThere are many factors that have affected where I have chosen to go to school and why. One major consideration of Johnny and me is monetary. Our various degrees (an MFA and BFA for him, a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00AMWith only 4 slots open in the Best Musical category, and (usually) several more shows than that eligible, some shows just can't make the cut. Every year, it seems, at least one show ma…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 10:00AM
Public theatre, New YorkImelda Marcos, the shoe-crazed wife of ex-Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, loved the nightlife. A habitué of Studio 54, she installed a disco ball in her New Y…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:53AMNow's the time to apply for a spot in the region's best training orchestra.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:36AMAs NTW embarks on an international collaboration in Tokyo, what can we learn from conversations across borders?In 1956 Kenneth Tynan wrote a series of pieces for The Observer on the resurgen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMTony Award nominee and four-time Olivier Award-winning actress Fiona Shaw stars in The Testament of Mary, the stage adaptation of Colm Tóibín's recent novella, which depict…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:31AMIf you made a list of the singer/songwriters whose work pointed them toward the theater, let alone made them seem likely to have a Broadway show built around them, let's be honest, would Ste…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 09:30AMThe Trip to Bountiful is bringing a taste of small-town Texas to Broadway, starring Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams, Condola Rashad and Tom Wopat. Michael Wilson directs the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:27AMThe 2013 Audience Choice Awards are coming up fast, with a new set of actors set to join the winners’ list. The awards were launched in 2000, too late to honor the original production …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:26AMBohemian 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 09:23AMAdam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe, who co-star in the Second Stage Theatre's new production of Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years, will be the special guests at Seth's Broadway Chatterbo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:20AMNEW YORK (AP) — The other night at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, Cuba Gooding Jr. came bounding onto the stage.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:15AMJonathan Harvey's seminal play Beautiful Thing is 20 years old. Following a recent production at the Royal Exchange, the play is back - this time in London and then on tour. We caught up wit…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:14AMNEW YORK (AP) -- The other night at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, Cuba Gooding Jr. came bounding onto the stage....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:13AMThe Commitments, a stage version of Roddy Doyle's best-selling novel of the same name, will begin performances at the West End's Palace Theatre Sept. 21, prior to an official opening…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:12AMAmy Herzog's 4,000 Miles, which premiered at Off-Broadway's Duke on 42nd Street under the auspices of Lincoln Center Theater in 2011 before being remounted at Lincoln Center's Mi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:10AMOh, Charlie Rosen. You know him. Late of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and One Man, Two Guvnors, Charlie has perfected the art of being a member of an onstage Broadway band. In his latest ven…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:05AMI am pleased to announce the first professional season for NextStop Theatre Company. We have developed an exciting season that is focused on the idea of re-imagining ‘possible’ – …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
When it comes to having an artistic experience there are always fears: Is this play too long? Will I understand this art exhibition? Will I be able to find a place to park or eat? All of the…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 08:56AMStefanie Zadravec's play is onstage at the Marion Huber Theater
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:54AMAward-winning stage and screen actress Fiona Shaw returned to Broadway last night, April 22, for the opening of The Testament of Mary, by the acclaimed author Colm Toibin, directed by Debora…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52AMColm Toibin's novella adapted as a star vehicle for Fiona Shaw.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:34AMI was curious to see how the Boston Marathon bombing and subsequent events would filter into the fest. It began with my Facebook newsfeed displaying “Going to Worcester to blow off steam�…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:29AMTheater J Artistic Director Ari Roth’s new play, Andy and the Shadows, isn’t entirely autobiographical. But when you’ve been working on a script for twenty-six years, it’s probably i…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:27AMReligious protesters singing "Ave Maria" and chanting "Our Father" outside the Walter Kerr Theatre didn't stop Broadway's The Testament of Mary from celebrating its opening night
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:01AMWhen Michael Bloomberg became the mayor of New York on Jan. 1, 2002, he took the reins of a city still reeling from the devastating aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks just four months earlier.
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 23 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
The Richard Greenberg prolific writing factory has been working overtime this season. With mixed results. His adaptation of BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S has prematurely closed. His boo…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:56AMDigital Theatre has created the first dedicated on-demand television channel providing access to filmed theatre productions in a partnership with telecoms provider TalkTalk. The Digital Thea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:53AMJonas Kauffmann has won the prize for best male singer at the inaugural International Opera Awards. The judges said he was “a phenomenon on the operatic stage” and that he brings “inte…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:47AMA master of epic production, Basil Coleman directed the premieres of the Benjamin Britten operas Billy Budd (1951) and The Turn of the Screw (1954) before moving on to take charge of stellar…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:41AMWhen plans were being made for the 25th season of The Studio Theatre’s 2ndStage, those in charge wanted to do something special to commemorate its silver anniversary. The initial idea …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:37AMBBC1 controller Danny Cohen has been appointed as the Corporation’s new director of television. Cohen, who was made BBC1 controller in 2010, will oversee the Corporation’s four main chan…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:32AMQueen's Theatre, Hornchurch, Essex: Don't be swayed by the critically panned movie rendition that hit cinemas earlier this year, as 30 years on from first leaving West End audiences in …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:28AMAndrew Lloyd Webber is backing a multimillion pound scheme aimed at implementing compulsory musical instrument lessons in selected secondary schools. Together the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundat…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AMA stage version of Roddy Doyle’s book The Commitments will open at London’s Palace Theatre in September, directed by Jamie Lloyd and featuring a cast of “genuine raw talent”. The sho…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AMDoctor Who and Broadchurch actor Darvill to take lead in Once opposite Joanna Christie, also making her Broadway debutAs Rory Williams, the Doctor's companion in Doctor Who, Arthur Darvill i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AM
This pair of German giants met whilst performing in a London revue. He was actually from Austria and had been billed as Prince Yose; she was from Bernstadt, Germany. They got married in 193…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:56AMThe Outer Critics Circle Awards announced their nominees Monday. These precursor prizes offer lots of hints as to next Tuesday's Tony Awards nominations. However, the OCC comparison come…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:54AMEYEING AMNERIS IN AIDA In this well-loved 150-year-old Guiseppe Verdi classic of Grand Opera, it may be heretical to question the relationship of the principle characters and their so-calle…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:46AMAhead of the official media launch on Tuesday, dates have been announced for The Commitments, the forthcoming musical adaptation of Roddy Doyle's best-selling novel, which receives its premi…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:39AMTwo-time Academy Award-winning actor Christoph Waltz is set to direct a new production of the classic Richard Strauss opera DER ROSENKAVALIER at the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp, Belgium later t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:25AMSuranne Jones & Jake Davies in Beautiful Thing
Last night we took over 110 theatregoers to see Jonathan Harvey's play Beautiful Thing at the Arts Theatre.
The play, which celebrates its 20t…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:18AMChristopher Durang has enjoyed great success off Broadway with long-running hits like "Sister Mary Ignatius" but found little love on Broadway till now.
However, that coul…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:02AMDominic Dromgoole shimmied down the staircase in the foyer at Shakespeare’s Globe yesterday – and the steps didn’t light up one by one, as they did in the West End for Mich…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:00AM
SMASH's pivotal upcoming musical sequence featuring 'The Goodbye Song' by Joe Iconis will apparently figure into this week's episode of the NBC musical series, as the track is now available …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:34AMBeginning performances today, April 23, 2013, Katie Rose Clarke will return to the role of Glinda in the Broadway company of Wicked. Ms. Clarke last played the role of Glinda on Broadway in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMBroadway star and singer Sarah Brightman will headline the closing ceremony of the 2013 Beijing International Film Festival tonight, April 23 at the China National Convention Center.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMChristina DeCicco will join the cast of Broadway's high-flying spectacular, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark in the role of 'Arachne,' beginning today, April 23, 2013. Katrina Lenk played her fi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMIn Shakespeare for American Actors and Directors Limelight Editions, April 2013, 14.99, Aaron Frankel defines and asserts the acting tools by which American actors may freshly and truly illu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMNighttime Traffic, a musical with music and lyrics by Alex Wyse and book by Alex Wyse and Steve Wargo, will have an industry reading today, April 23 in midtown Manhattan.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMBroadway and Hollywood crossover star Alan Cumming is bringing his MACBETH mettle to the recording studio with a new solo album of Shakespearean monologues titled THE HEAD THAT WEARS A CROWN…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMJOE'S PUB AT THE PUBLIC welcomes SMASH star Megan Hilty tonight, April 23 for two sets at 730 PM amp 930 PM to celebrate the debut album IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME PortraitSony MasterworksColum…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe Broadway revival of Horton Foote's beloved classic, The Trip to Bountiful, opens tonight at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre 124 W 43rd St.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMBy Johnny Oleksinski The 2013 Non-Equity Jeff Award nominations have been announced, with Bohemian Theatre Ensemble and The Hypocrites leading with fourteen and twelve nominations respective…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 01:17AMExperience theatre the old fashioned way… What better company to showcase Sydney’s The Rocks’ association with arts and theatre than Bell Shakespeare? With their offices situated right…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:07AMOnce again The Wall Street Journal has given me two extra slots this week to report on the many shows...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties." E.M. Forster, Aspects of the Novel...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMZac Efron's On-Screen Ladies, Heather Graham & Maika Monroe
It's a double-blonde bombshell when both Heather Graham and Maika Monroe each stop by the Studio to chat about their film, 'At Any…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMA mellow yet sometimes very funny Jewish family slice of life Christmas comedy with somewhat sad overtones where some things are a bit too convenient to be believable and many loose ends rem…
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SOURCE: Vulture at 12:34AMHow to Review Danceby Valerie Cardinal@vscardinalWhen I spend every weekend reading reviews, I can become jaded. However, there’s one type of review that I find endlessly fascinating. Thos…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMTeal Wicks, who plays Emma Carew in the new Broadway revival of Jekyll & Hyde, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMSoftly, SoftlyThese are odd timesby GaëtanL. Charlebois(This week I'm going to speak softly but still wield a fairly big stick...strap in.)In the last two weeks the theatre-sphere has been …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMTony Award nominee Lily Rabe stars in Tony Award-nominated playwright Neil LaBute's new adaptation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie, which premieres April 23 at the Geffen Playhouse…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNoël & Company presents a staged reading of Ferenc Molnár's Liliom April 23 at 7 PM at The Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South).
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe new Broadway production of Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful, featuring Emmy-winning stage and screen star Cicely Tyson, officially opens April 23 at 6:30 PM following previews th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPatina Miller (Pippin) and Michael Urie (Buyer and Cellar) co-host the announcement of the 2013 Drama League nominees for Distinguished Production of a Play, Distinguished Production of a Mu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"Smash" star Megan Hilty celebrates the recent release of her debut album, "It Happens All the Time," with concerts April 23 at 7:30 PM and 9:30 PM at Joe's Pub.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMActress Katie Rose Clarke returns to the role of Glinda in the Broadway company of Wicked April 23 at the Gershwin Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMGeorge Street Playhouse presents David Ives' Tony Award-nominated Best Play Venus in Fur, the final production of its 2012-13 season, beginning April 23 in New Jersey.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMChristina DeCicco, last seen on Broadway as the alternate Eva Peron in the recent revival of Evita, joins the cast of the high-flying musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark April 23.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Trip to Bountiful returns to Broadway April 23, 60 years after its debut.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe political ascent of Filipino leaders Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos swirls to life in Here Lies Love, the flashy pop musical by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim that officially opens April 23 at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Epic Theatre's version of Shakespeare's Richard III (here called Richard III: Born With Teeth) aims for immediacy, edge, and individuality, and it largely succeeds. With a strong cast le…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 12:00AMDanny Burstein and Sarah Paulson talk about starring in Roundabout Theatre Company’s new off-Broadway production of “Talley’s Folly.” At the end of World War II, a Jewish immigrant w…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Monday, April 22, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMBountiful, Texas has finally made its way back to Broadway. The star-studded production of Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful will celebrate its opening night this evening at the Stephen S…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMRock of Ages. The colossal throwback musical. Sure, it's been covered by the press. It's seen five Tony nominations, multiple U.S. tours, a $75 million dollar movie, a London run; to the unt…
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