Wouldn’t we all kill to be invited to a dinner party at Sue Mengers’? But, as Bette Midler puts it so plainly to the auds at her solo show, “Of course I would ask you to st…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:56PMDo critics recommend taking "The Trip to Bountiful"?
SOURCE: stagegrade.com at 10:44PMCinderella
If you have a little kid at home between the ages of a seven-year-old who can sit through a show and a fantasy-prone twelve-year-old, Cinderella might be the ticket to buy if yo…
SOURCE: culturecatch.com at 10:27PMPlaybill was joined by star Bette Midler and playwright John Logan on the opening night of the new one-person play I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers. The 80-minute show features a c…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13PMA collection of "I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers" reviews and news from around the internet.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 10:11PMYou may think she's sitting on a couch, but it's really a throne.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:00PMBette Midler plays Sue Mengers, the ruthless agent of 1970s Hollywood, in “I’ll Eat You Last,” a one-woman show on Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMThere's a lot less eating on the stage of the Booth Theatre by the voracious Hollywood agent Sue Mengers than one might expect in Tony Award winner John Logan's delicious new bioplay, I'll E…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Newest installment of Culturebot Scanner to get the word out about what we’re excited to see over the next two weeks: THURSDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 25-27 Solos & Solitudes is an pres…
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 09:48PMThe lineup includes troupes from the United States, France, China and New Zealand.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 09:24PMMy review of Broadway's "I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers," the one-woman play starring Bette Midler, was published by indiewire's Thompson on Hollywood.
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 09:09PMNEW YORK (AP) — Appearing on Broadway for the first time in 30 years, Bette Midler doesn't stand up to greet her audience. She chooses to remain reclined.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:08PMBette Midler stars in Tony Award winner John Logan's new play, I'll Eat You Last A Chat With Sue Mengers, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello, which opens tonight at the Boot…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:07PMNEW YORK—Appearing on Broadway for the first time in 30 years, Bette Midler doesn't stand up to greet her audience.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:07PMKnock knock. Who's there? Eamonn. Eamonn who? Eamonn Etonian. There's an Eamonn at No 10, an Eamonn is Mayor of London, an Eamonn is even Archbishop of Canterbury. Oh, and Eamonns are third …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:06PMBack on Broadway after 33 years' absence, Bette Midler slips into the caftan of 1970s Hollywood superagent Sue Mengers to dish in John Logan's single-character portrait.read more
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As part of its "Hero/Traitor Repertory," Washington's Shakespeare Theatre Company is offering audiences the chance to see a new adaptation of a seldom staged German drama.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:54PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Appearing on Broadway for the first time in 30 years, Bette Midler doesn't stand up to greet her audience. She chooses to remain reclined....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:43PM“I Am an Opera,” by Joseph Keckler, finds that a bad hallucinogenic mushroom trip can have many side effects. One is opera.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:14PMWith music by Laurie Berkner and a script based on an Eileen Spinelli book, “Wanda’s Monster” teaches us that friends can be found in unexpected places.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:12PMA new THEATER TALK episode focuses on two of the season's best new plays. David Hyde Pierce and Kristine Nielsen, two of the stars of Christopher Durang's celebrated Broadway comedy Vanya a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:04PMChoreographer Luis Salgado knows how Roberto Clemente felt about baseball. This fact reveals itself about 15 minutes into “DC-7: The Roberto Clemente Story,” the reverent, clunky bio-mus…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:03PMIn “I’ll Eat You Last,” Bette Midler reads the phone book, to great laughter and applause. This particular phone book, the thinnest of scripts about Hollywood agent Sue Mengers, contai…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:00PMThe actress' talent buoys the monologue, but the script doesn't delve into what made Sue Mengers capable of becoming the successful Hollywood agent she was.NEW YORK — Enthroned on her …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00PM
Enter a whole lot of colorful characters who knew the dead guy and come to praise him, and maybe even eventually to bury him.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:57PMA look at rehearsal for Lakeland High School’s production of “9 to 5,” through the lens of Journal News photographer Ricky Flores.The post HSMs | Rehearsing Lakeland’…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 07:56PMA rehearsal for ‘The Wiz” at Sleepy Hollow High School, through the lens of Journal News photographer Joe Larese.The post HSMs | Rehearsing ‘The Wiz’ in Sleepy Hollow…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 07:51PMA look at rehearsals for Peekskill High School’s production of “Once on This Island,” through the lens of Journal News photographer Seth Harrison. The post HSMs | Reh…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 07:43PMHere’s a look at rehearsal for Hastings High School’s production of “Footloose,” seen through the lens of Journal News photographer Melissa Elian. The post HSMs…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 07:37PMLanna Joffrey Select Theatre: OverRuled (Performa), Measure for Measure (The Public), 1001 (Denver Center), Nine Parts of Desire (Lyric Stage & Kitchen Theatre), Valiant (NY Fringe/Inter…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 07:19PMPerformances begin in just five weeks for the third annual Next Up, continuing Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s commitment to Chicago’s next generation of theater artists. Next Up features…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:14PMBob Mondello looks at Broadway's new child-friendly musical Matilda through the prism of his very first commentary for NPR 29 years ago today — a piece about how Annie was really Oliver! i…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:12PMWhat good is sitting alone in your room?-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 07:11PMVictorian-era costumes reveal changes in women's lives.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:04PMAussieTheatre is pleased to be giving away a double pass to see the World Amateur Premiere of The Phantom Of The Opera, presented by award winning musical theatre society CLOC. Last year, C…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:00PMThe play is the thing, to quote one famous bereaved theatrical son, and in this new collaboration between Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, artist Marc Rees and playwright Roger Williams, it is mos…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:00PMJohn Logan’s solo show “I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers” skips as lightly across its subject as a shard of shale whipping across a pond. Bette Midler, maki…
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00PM
BroadwayWorld recently chatted with featured performer Max von Essen about his upcoming appearance in the special celebration
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48PMThe Tony-winning Gershwin musical, which originally starred Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara, will play its final performance June 15.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:40PMAs adults, we are used to digesting the concept of sets, costumes and staging that comment onthe action. As children, we accept them as atmosphere. That is until you encounter a show where a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:38PMAward-winning stage and screen actress Fiona Shaw returned to Broadway on Monday night, April 22, for the opening of The Testament of Mary, by the acclaimed author Colm Toibin, directed by D…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:37PMOn May 6, Broadway will come together to support those affected by the Boston Marathon Tragedy. There will be two shows at 930pm amp 1130pm at The Laurie Beechman Theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:37PMEarlier this week, Huntington Theatre Company raised more than 1,005,000 at the Spotlight Spectacular gala honoring longtime supporters Trustee Judith Krupp and her husband Douglas and visio…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:30PMThese days, the undisputed king of the Great White Way is the great Tom Hanks. According to figures released by the Broadway League, Tom’s Broadway debut in Lucky Guy grossed a hefty $1…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 06:12PMThe 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 06:03PMThe 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 06:03PMBette Midler returned to Broadway as Hollywood agent Sue Mengers in I’ll Eat You Last. Did this one-woman show satisfy Word of Mouth panelists Travis, Brittany and Jane?
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:02PMTheater will close for a month of renovations tied to a potential sale.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 06:00PMThis is the story of an inquisitive prisoner and a legendary playwright who would become unlikely friends and collaborators. San Quentin State Prison seems the last place one would expect th…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:00PM
No one knows more about cracking a great joke than stage and screen funnyman Martin Short, so he felt right at home with the crazy hijinks of Broadway’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:59PMNEW YORK (AP) — The work is indeed nice, but it won't last forever — Broadway's musical "Nice Work If You Can Get It" will be making a lot of people unemployed this June. &nbs…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:57PMOPENING BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS. Raven Theatre presents Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical story about growing up in Brooklyn in the years before World War II. Directed by Cody Estle. Previ…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:56PMThe producers of the Tony Award-winning musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT have announced that the Broadway production will play its final performance on Saturday, June 15, 2013after…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Are you ready for tonight’s @ILLEATYOULA…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:53PMThe producers of the Tony Award-winning musical comedy Nice Work If You Can Get It have announced that the Broadway production will play its final performance on Saturday, June 15, 2013 afte…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:53PMFrank Loesser's 1950 musical Guys and Dolls is heading back to the big screen. Deadline.com reports that 20th Century Fox has obtained rights from the composer-lyricist's widow, Jo S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:53PMOne of the most dazzling aspects of the new Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella is the gorgeous set — the grand palace with its sweeping staircase, the qu…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:36PMIt'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 05:35PMThe Broadway musical “Nice Work if You Can Get It” will close on June 15 after 27 preview performances and 478 regular performances.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:27PMLesli Margherita, who plays “fantastically nice” momma Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda, gives Broadway.com a tour of her backstage digs, including a giant pink bean bag for naps, a gold…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:25PMGolden Globe and Tony Award-nominated "Glee" star Matthew Morrison will play a two-performance engagement at 54 Below in June. The concerts will celebrate the release of his upcomi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:19PM“You’re the Twilight Saga, you’re Lady Gaga, you’re Google Chrome!” If these lyrics don’t sound immediately like Cole Porter’s classic “You&rs…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:15PMNEW YORK — Almost none of us would have been invited to one of the famous parties at Sue Mengers' swishy pad in "The Hills of Beverly." Those networking opportunities — wherein F…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:15PMEmmy and Tony nominee Matthew Morrison will perform a new solo show at 54 Below. Up Close and Personal with Matthew Morrison will play the nightclub June 2 and 4.
Morrison was recently an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:14PMThis week, Harvey star, Jim Parsons, is in New York to promote the season finale of The Big Bang Theory. It has not yet been confirmed if his invisible rabbit, Harvey, will be joining him.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:14PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Pal Joey" by Porchlight Music Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Pal Joey" by Porchlight Music Theatre ★★★ ... You only had to be sitting in S…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:13PMTony Award winner Doug Hughes Doubt directs this electrifying new production of Clifford Odets's Golden Boy masterwork about keeping your integrity in the face of success.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:10PMThere is so much happening on the Great White Way that our heads are spinning! The Broadway.com Show has you covered on everything from Mamma Mia! on the move to a Woody Allen musical to a T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:04PMWhat if you had experienced the defining moment of your life — but couldn't remember it?
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:04PMFree beer (or even cheap beer) may be the easiest and fastest way to tap into a new audience. Drinks, food, socializing, and costumes (on the audience, not the performers) are what young Den…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 05:00PMThe toe-tapping Gershwin tuner Nice Work If You Can Get It, starring two-time Tony winner Matthew Broderick and Tony nominee Jessie Mueller, will play its final performance on June 15 at Bro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:00PMEpisode Thirty-Eight: The Rules What are the rules an artist needs to follow to get the job done? What are the rules that must be consistently and fiercely broken? Lindsay talks about some o…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMLegit play licensing orgs Samuel French and Daryl Roth Theatrical Licensing have teamed up for an initiative called “30 Years of Charles Busch — A Celebration,” a national push that a…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:00PMThe producers of the Tony Award-winning Nice Work If You Can Get It announced April 24 that the Broadway production will play its final performance June 15 at the Imperial Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00PMMusical portrays a legendary jam session.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:00PMThe Broadway production of Nice Work If You Can Get It will end its run at the Imperial Theatre on Sunday, June 15 after 27 previews and 478 performances. The show officially opened on April…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
As Traces, the Canadian-based circus, returns to LA at the Music Center, performer Bradley Henderson discusses the group's focus on performers as real people.
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:59PMA publicist for Academy Award-winning actress Anne Hathaway has confirmed to Playbill.com that that the "Les Misérables" film star will not be part of a reported Broadway re…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:54PMBeginning performances on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, Lindsay Mendez will assume the role of Elphaba in the Broadway production of WICKED. Ms. Mendez has previously worked with both the composer …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:51PMChicago's Goodman Theatre has released the complete cast list for its upcoming world premiere musical adaptation of The Jungle Book, with direction by Mary Zimmerman (Metamorphoses). Based o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:50PMWe are now entering the final hours to vote for NBC's musical drama series SMASH in round two of E Online's SAVE ONE SHOW 2013. The polls close at 9 PM PST tonight.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:46PMNathan, Adelaide, Sarah and Sky are heading back to the big screen, according to Deadline.com. 20th Century Fox has secured the movie rights to the Tony-winning musical Guys and Dolls, and t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:45PMMatt Doyle, Mandy Gonzalez, Lindsay Mendez, Andy Mientus, Laura Osnes and Alysha Umphress will be heard on "Kerrigan-Lowdermilk Live," a new album celebrating the music of songwrit…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PMTomorrow, Thursday April 25, the Strand Bookstore 826 Broadway will present an in-store discussion with playwright Douglas Carter Beane and director Jack O'Brien, of the Lincoln Center Theat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:35PMPhoto: Michael J. Lutch Allow me to cut right to the chase: Diane Paulus's revival of Pippin, which opens Thursday, is sublime. At the risk of sounding cliched, there are just not enou…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 04:30PM“A gorgeous, great play. American theater at its most engaging.” Could a producer invent a more perfect pull-quote?...Funny thing is, the line...comes from a review of another production…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:28PMThe journey has truly begun! Horton Foote’s classic play, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, officially opened on The Great White Way last night at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Get an insider’s loo…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 04:27PMThe 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 04:25PM20th Century Fox has closed a deal for the movie rights to the musical “Guys and Dolls.” Fox will now begin developing the project with no writer, director or talent currently at…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:24PMVisit ThisInteractive Paranoia and Paranormalby Jason BookerSo Visitations resembles one of those dinner-party murder mysteries. You know them? They were popular about twenty yea…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:22PMThe Goodman Theatre said Wednesday that Andre de Shields, a growing presence on the Chicago theater scene, would be part of the ensmeble cast of Mary Zimmerman's "The Jungle Book" this sprin…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:20PMNowhere do I say in the piece that The Arts Fuse is all good and everyone else is all bad.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:19PMLindsay Mendez is set to join the cast of Broadway's Wicked in the role of Elphaba beginning May 28. Wicked plays the Gershwin Theatre. Based on the eponymous novel by Gregory Maguire and s…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:13PMBetween a post Trevor O’Donnell recently wrote on bad press release practices and someone emailing me a press release where they spent two sentences explaining in the email that the pr…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 04:09PMDr. Gwen Korovin may not be a name very well-known to Broadway babies out in the audience, but she is an integral part of the theatre scene insofar as her involvement in the treatment of thr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:09PMAshley Wright and Julia Arkos. Photo by Bruce Monk.Money for NothingOnce you have Other People's Money, you never give it back.by Edgar Governo@pseudohistorianMost of the time, you don't thi…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:07PMThis world premiere may be the most hip-hop thing the Black Rep has ever presented.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:00PM
Now according to the New York Times, Roundabout Theater Company, which revived the musical back in 1998, is planning to bring the show back to Studio 54 in early 2014. Composer John Kander r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:57PMLindsay Mendez, who recently received an Outer Critics Circle nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Musical as well as a Drama League nomination for her performance as Rose Fenny in the Of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:51PMLuke Treadaway is one of eight 2013 Olivier Award nominees from the sellout London hit The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, now at the Apollo Theatre with Broadway in its sight…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:50PMFor more than 20 years, members of the Concord community have celebrated international Earth Day by gathering on the banks of the Concord River in late April to celebrate nature, the earth, …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:48PMPortland Center Stage has announced that Broadway veteran Andrew Samonsky (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) will star in a new musical adaptation of the novel and film Somewhere in Time, which wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:46PMAn entertaining trip back in timeby Robyn LesterAs soon as you enter the Ottawa Little Theatre, you know you’re in for a treat. Music from the 1960s is playing. Ray Charles.&nbs…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 03:45PMNo thinking: that’s the empty mind-set of the swinging ’60s bedroom farce “Boeing Boeing,” even though this peppy French artifact is fundamentally a math problem. Follow the numbers.…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:40PMThe deal of the day on entertainment retailer Pop Market's website is the Barbra Streisand 'mega bundle' - and besides being the most apt day on the calender for such a special today is the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:39PMLindsay Mendez is going to defy gravity nightly at the Gershwin Theatre. The fan favorite will take over the lead role of Elphaba in Broadway’s Wicked beginning May 28. For Mendez, her…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:37PMMasterworks Broadway continues to explore the rich history of its unrivaled Off-Broadway catalogue with the release of two cast recording rarities previously unavailable in CD - Elephant St…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:35PMFor much of “Pal Joey,” the edgy, funny, infrequently revived Rodgers and Hart musical now in a zesty Porchlight Music Theatre production, two women — Vera Simpson (Susie McMonagle), a…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:28PMDorothy Berwin, Mark Lee and Tom Kirdahy are pleased to announce the inaugural winners of the first annual Berwin Lee Playwrights Award. The Berwin Lee Award was created to foster and promot…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:20PMPortland Center Stage PCS is pleased to announce that Broadway's Andrew Samonskywill now star in the upcoming world-premiere production of the new musical Somewhere in Time, based on the nov…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PMThe Roundabout Theater Company is planning a new production of Cabaret in early 2014, according to The New York Times. Macbeth star Alan Cumming is eyeing a return t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:19PMMeet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of The Trip to Bountiful. Cicely Tyson, Tom Wopat, Vanessa Williams and Cuba Gooding, Jr. were there – so was Playbill.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:19PMWhat a great way to celebrate Mother’s Day as Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell performs a concert filled with Broadway’s Show-Stoppers at The Kennedy Center’s Conc…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:13PMBroadway veteran André De Shields will play King Louie the orangutan; veteran Boston actor Thomas Derrah will play Kaa, the wily serpent; and 10-year-old Akash Chopra will play little boy M…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:12PMThe 16th Street Theater, which has developed into an important cultural outpost in the Berwyn community in recent seasons, has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 Broadway In Chicago …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:04PMThe New York theater scene is buzzing with spring openings, but Broadway.com is here to take you on a cross-country trip to check out hot shows all over the USA! This week’s best regio…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:02PMAn institution that gives equal weight to the visual and performing arts and engages in programming which integrates all forms of art? It exists. I’m fortunate to be the director of Perf…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 03:02PMTony Award-winning stage and screen crossover star Alan Cumming discusses his new Broadway role in the radically re-imagined revival of William Shakespeare's MACBETH in a new interview but a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00PM
Earlier today, the U.K.'s Daily Mail reported that Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway would make her Broadway debut in September as Sally Bowles in the Tony winning musical Cabaret. Now acco…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMAndrew Samonsky has replaced Ryan Silverman in the Portland Center Stage world premiere of the new musical Somewhere in Time, which will premiere May 28 in Portland, OR.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:58PMAs BWW reported earlier, NBC will air the Season 2 finale of SMASH on a special night and time. The two-hour episode is scheduled for Sunday, May 26 from 900-1100PM ET. Today, the network re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:43PMHorton Foote’s beloved 1953 drama The Trip to Bountiful is back on the Great White Way for the first time in 60 years, and on April 23, the company celebrated the play's official o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:39PMAndrew Samonsky (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) will step in for previously announced star Ryan Silverman in the world premiere production of Somewhere in Time. Silverman departs the production…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMThe cast recording of the 2012 Broadway revival of James Lapine's new production of ANNIE will feature three bonus tracks by Glee star and replacement Miss Hannigan Jane Lynch in addition to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMCasting has been announced for the world premiere of The Jungle Book, which will play Chicago's Goodman Theatre June 21-July 28 prior to a run at Boston's Huntington Theatre Sept. 7-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:33PMThe Broadway revival of Horton Foote's beloved classic, The Trip to Bountiful, opened last night, April 23, at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre 124 W 43rd St.Directed by Michael Wilson, the cast…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:28PMSpend a two-show day at Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike with Genevieve Angelson, making her Broadway debut in the role of Nina.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:28PMHere’s the thing—theater should lead culture, not follow it. If the theater we are making today solely reflects society, then we’re failing it. We are not a mirror, we are a lens. We s…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:25PMCollage Dance Ensemble aims to build bridges through dance and music. The Boston-based dance troupe, founded by Ahmet Luleci, a native of Turkey, is as likely to dance a chasidic-style folk …
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 02:25PMNew York Stage and Film and Vassar College announced the line-up for the 2013 Powerhouse Theater Season, which includes new works from Steve Martin, Broadway.com Audience Choice Award and To…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMMary Zimmerman returns to the Huntington Theatre Company for The Jungle Book, a world premiere stage adaptation produced in association with Chicago's Goodman Theatre. The production premier…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:15PMBIG FISH has its pre-Broadway world premiere at Chicago's Oriental Theatre in a limited 5-week engagement opening Friday, April 19, 2013, and playing through Sunday, May 5, 2013. Check out t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:15PMShow opens May 24 and is Pittman's first major Midwest exhibit
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:14PMTony nominee Constantine Maroulis and Grammy-nominated recording artist Deborah Cox are hitting the Broadway.com couch to answer your burning questions about their spectacular new revival of…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:10PMAccording to Careercast.com (via the Wall Street Journal), these are the five best jobs of 2013: 1 Actuary 2 Biomedical Engineer 3 Software Engineer 4 Audiologist 5 Financial Planner Accordi…
SOURCE: StageSource at 02:08PMIn “Barzee Sings Bacharach,” the Broadway star Anastasia Barzee interprets the Bacharach-David songbook at the Metropolitan Room.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:07PM Legendary musician Jimmy Buffet and film producer Frank Marshall dropped in to see the April 23rd performance of the pre-Broadway smash musical BIG FISH currently playing through May …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:05PMBoHo Theatre will present the musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, by John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Terrence McNally, based on the novel by Manuel Puig, as the final production in its 2012/201…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:00PMTony winner Barbara Cook began a limited engagement at the Manhattan nightspot 54 Below April 23, and Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM
Actress Lindsay Lohan enjoyed a night on Broadway on April 23, when she stepped out to see Alec Baldwin, Ben Foster and Tom Sturridge in Orphans. Lyle Kessler's drama…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:58PMBroadway In Chicago has announced that individual tickets for the musical BUDDY – THE Buddy Holly STORY go on-sale to the public Friday, April 26, 2013 at 10 a.m. Based on the life o…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:55PMFor the past 12 years, Collaboraction has produced the annual SKETCHBOOK festival, a whirlwind showcase of world premiere theater pieces, each ranging from seven to 50 minutes in length and …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:52PMThe revival of The Trip to Bountiful, Horton Foote’s play about the search for home starring Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Vanessa Williams, Condola Rashad, and Tom Wopat, opened April …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:51PMBroadway In Chicago has announced that individual tickets for the tour of the smash hit Broadway revival of WEST SIDE STORY go on-sale to the public Friday, April 12, 2013 at 10 a.m. Tony …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:48PMGuest contributor Lindsay B. Davis reviews a captivating interpretation of the most famous mother of them all (besides Joan Crawford). Theater is at its finest during The Testament of Mar…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:48PMIt'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 01:44PMThere’s something mesmerizing going on at the Public Theater, and it’s got at least one giant disco ball! The show is Here Lies Love, an immersive theatrical experience that open…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:41PM A mix of Broadway stars and indie pop artists can be heard on Kerrigan & Lowdermilk’s sophomore album Kerrigan-Lowdermilk Live, due to release on May 21, 2013. Performers inc…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:39PMBright Star, a new musical by comedian-actor-musician Steve Martin and Edie Brickel, as well as the Lin-Manuel Miranda hip-hop piece The Hamilton Mixtape are on the bill for the 2013 Powerho…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:38PMPeter Pan never wanted to grow up, but Michael Lluberes' Peter Pan: the Boy Who Hated Mothers re-tells the familiar Barrie story with an eye on the grown-ups in the audience. The West Coast…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:37PMJust over a month after the first casting change of the two starring roles of Broadway’s “Once,” the lead actors have changed again. British actors Arthur Darvill and Joanna Christie t…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 01:36PMBroadway veteran Christina DeCicco (Evita) joined the Broadway cast of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark on Tuesday, April 23 at the Foxwoods Theatre. The actress plays the role of Arachne, previ…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:35PMRumors are swirling that Oscar Winner Anne Hathaway will be playing opposite Tony Winner Alan Cumming in a revival of Cabaret on Broadway. Cumming has previously won a Tony for his role as t…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:35PMThe Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced additional casting today for the 2013 season of free Shakespeare in the Park at the Delaco…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:34PMFeaturing a terrific cast headed by Judith Light, Jessica Hecht and Jeremy Shamos, the play takes place in a huge and elegant apartment (even by the standards of non-New Yorkers) on the Uppe…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:30PMHANDS ON A HARDBODY might have played its final Broadway performance on April 13, but that's not the end of the road for the new musical. The show has been picked up for theatrical licensin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:25PMBillboard.com reports that Katharine McPhee has begun recording her new studio album. The yet-untitled LP marks her debut with Columbia Records and the third non-holiday album overall.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:22PMChristina DeCicco, last seen on Broadway as the alternate Eva Peron in the recent revival of Evita, joined the cast of the high-flying musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark April 23.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:18PM“Wicked,” “Jersey Boys” and “Evita” will all come to San Jose, Calif. to help the city celebrate the fifth anniversary of its Broadway season. All shows will be held at the San J…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 01:17PMI’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 01:15PMBroadway Global Partners and Queens Theatre will present the world premiere of BROADWAY ROMANCE from May 1 - 5, 2013 at Queens Theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:15PMLionsgate has revealed an all new trailer for director Joss Whedon's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, opening in North America on June 7 and in the UK and Ireland on June 14. The film is a modern ver…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:15PMWord of Mouth panelists Yiping, Ruth and Phyllis traveled to the Stephen Sondheim Theatre to witness the emotional performances of Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Vanessa Williams in…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:10PMNew York Stage and Film Johanna Pfaelzer, Artistic Director Thomas Pearson, Executive Director Mark Linn-Baker, Max Mayer, Leslie Urdang, Producing Directors and Vassar College Ed Cheetham, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:09PMOn April 24, John Logan‘s (Red) new play I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers, the one-woman play starring Bette Midler officially opens at the Booth Theatre. Appearing on …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:07PMStage favorites Matthew Morrison, Jeremy Jordan and Stephanie J. Block have joined the starry list of presenters at the 2013 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. Hosted by daytime …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PMWorld-premiering at the Goodman Theatre, Mary Zimmerman's production stars 10-year-old newcomer Akash Chopra as "man cub" Mowgli.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:00PM
Casting has been announced for the Public Theater’s 2013 Shakespeare in the Park season, which will feature The Comedy of Errors, starring previously announced headliners Jesse Tyler F…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:59PMLincoln Center Theater presents Betsy Aidem, Blair Brown, Michael Cerveris, Anthony Cochrane, Lauren Culpepper, Alvin Epstein, Kathryn Erbe, John Glover, Jennifer B. Grace, Katie Kreisler, S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMRomeo Castellucci’s new work brings together Hölderlin, dogs and astronomy to baffling effect, Laura Cappelle writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:58PMThe Public Theater has announced casting for its upcoming Shakespeare in the Park productions of The Comedy of Errors and Love's Labour's Lost, A New Musical. As previously announced, Jesse…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:57PMImportant word nerd news: In its third annual ranking of the Most Well-Read Cities in our great nation, Amazon has crowned Alexandria, Virginia, as #1 for the second year in a row. To celebr…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:55PMNEW YORK (AP) — Jacques Offenbach's "La Perichole" struggled to break through and was ultimately suffocated in Christopher Alden's heavy-handed and annoying production, the last of New Yor…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:52PMTony Award nominees Daniel Breaker, de'Adre Aziza and Jonathan Hadary, as well as Colin Donnell, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Patti Murin and Heidi Schreck will be part of the Public Theater'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:52PMNew York Philharmonic acclaimed concert telecast Friday on PBS Live from Lincoln Center
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:49PMBroadway’s Best Shows is hunting down the best Broadway-related snaps you created for our newest series: Broadway Photo of the Day! Living in a world in which our daily lives are flood…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:49PMArches, GlasgowThe Arches' Platform 18 award is a barometer of what the next generation of theatre-makers is thinking. Where last year's recipients reflected on the legacy of Margaret Thatch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:47PMSteve Kazee, Barbara Cook, Rebecca Faulkenberry and Jonathan Tunick and more will offer concerts at the intimate 54 Below in the coming months. They offered a preview the morning of April 2…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PMA mix of Broadway stars and indie pop artists can be heard on Kerrigan amp Lowdermilk's sophomore album Kerrigan-Lowdermilk Live, due to release on May 21, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45PMThe Public Theater presents the world premiere musical Here Lies Love, with concept and lyrics by David Byrne, music by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, additional music by Tom Gandey and J Pard…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMThe U.K.'s Daily Mail reports exclusively that Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway will make her Broadway debut as Sally Bowles in the Tony winning musical CABARET.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:40PMBroadway stars of today will celebrate three Broadway icons of yesteryear — namely, songwriters Frank Loesser and Jule Styne and actor Danny Kaye — at Carnegie Hall on April 29, in honor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMA second, longer trailer for cult-favorite filmmaker Joss Whedon's upcoming Much Ado About Nothing has been released. This U.K. trailer for the film is a little less flashy than the U.S. ver…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:35PMI'm currently fussing over the interior design of Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington. This morning I sent an e-mail...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:33PMThere were scene-stealers galore at Monday and Tuesday's BC/EFA's 27th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition, and some nice change was raised...
SOURCE: at 12:32PMWord of Mouth panelists Anna, Elyssa and Fernando gave heed to the unheard story of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the stage adaptation of Colm Toibin's The Testament of Mary, starri…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:28PMTonight marks the opening for Bette Midler’s return to Broadway in John Logan’s new one-woman play I’LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS, directed by Joe Mantello at the Booth The…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:25PMAhead of the 37th Olivier Awards ceremony, which takes place on Sunday (28 April 2013) at the Royal Opera House, we caught up with the Society of London Theatre's Julian Bird and actor (and …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:19PMThere’s a new spider woman in town, Christina DeCicco, who proved she can deliver a Broadway-style anthem during her stint as the alternate Eva Peron in last season’s hit revival…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:19PMThe York Theatre Company has announced three new musical works to join its developmental reading series this May. The readings will take place at the York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's. I…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:19PMAlan Cumming will reprise his Tony Award-winning performance as the Emcee and Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway will make her Broadway debut as chanteuse Sally Bowles in an upcoming revival…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:19PMGet ready, Broadway—here comes Anne Hathaway! The Oscar-winning Les Miserables star will make her Broadway debut this fall in Cabaret, according to the U.K.’s Daily Mail. Hathawa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:11PMIs Anne Hathaway ready to make her Broadway debut? The Oscar-winning Les Miserables star may make her Broadway debut this fall in Cabaret, according to the U.K.’s Daily Mail. Hathaway …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:11PMAcademy Award-winning actress Anne Hathaway may star as Sally Bowles in a Broadway revival of Cabaret opposite 1998 Broadway revival Tony Award winner Alan Cumming, according to the Daily Ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PMAcademy Award-winning actress Anne Hathaway will star as Sally Bowles in a Broadway revival of Cabaret opposite 1998 Broadway revival Tony Award winner Alan Cumming, according to the Daily M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PMHi, I'm CreatorKPT! I like to do animations and music videos!
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:06PMSouth Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California presents a new addition to the 16th annual Pacific Playwrights Festival : a playwrights' panel delving into the question “Why this play, now…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:03PMZooNation will perform the world premiere of Groove on Down the Road at the Southbank Centre in London this summer. Written and directed by ZooNation founder Kate Prince and commissioned by …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:03PMOne of the great challenges for adults waiting to see a children’s show like Huraclown, currently running in a four-show limited engagement at the 24th STreet Theatre, is trying to strip a…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMDON'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. …
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Shakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Michael Kahn just got a few fancy letters to tack onto his name: Yesterday, Kahn was inducted as an Honorary Commander of the Most Excellent Ord…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 11:58AMWhat would growing up Italian in Staten Island be without the food?! In her new off-Broadway comedy, Italian Bred, writer and star Candice Guardino combines live music and a loud, outspoken …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:56AMThe 2013 Tony nominations announcement is less than a week away, and Tony fever is sweeping through Shubert Alley. As Tony excitement grows, the Tony Awards Administration Committee announce…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:55AMThe 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 opened April 23 a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:53AMOnly three months ago, the Asian American Performers Action Coalition published a report showing the stunning paucity of casting diversity in New York City theater. Looking at Broadway and 1…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:52AMThe theater business is nothing if not superstitious. But some opening night traditions are kept under wraps—robed, if you will. As another season of Broadway premieres draws to a clos…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:50AMHorton Foote's classic 1953 play, The Trip to Bountiful, found its new home last night, April 23, on the stage of the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:50AMHorton Foote's classic 1953 play, The Trip to Bountiful, found its new home last night, April 23, on the stage of the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:50AMThe Annoyance Theatre, a venerable Chicago comedy theater, is on the move. Jennifer Estlin, the theater's owner and executive producer, said Wednesday that it will exit its Uptown digs on th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:43AMAccording to NBC, the Season 2 finale of the musical drama SMASH will air on a special night and time. The two-hour episode is scheduled for Sunday, May 26 from 900-1100PM ET.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:39AMHands on a Hardbody, the folk-rock musical by Amanda Green, Phish frontman Trey Anastasio and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright, is now available for licensing from Samuel French…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AMSTC ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MICHAEL KAHN NAMED HONORARY COMMANDER OF THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Washington, D.C. –, Michael Kahn, Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Thea…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:34AMThe Broadway-bound Flashdance is delayed again according to producers, as they continue to work on the show. Based on the 1983 movie of the same title, Flashdance follows female-welder-by-da…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:33AMEven before CBS arrives with cameras in tow, a handful of newly minted Tony Awards will already have been distributed. The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced today the recipient…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:31AMToday is the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Woolworth Building, which from 1913 through 1930 was the tallest building in the world. Yes, but is there a vaudeville angle? Dear friend…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:22AMThe Broadway revival of Horton Foote's beloved classic, The Trip to Bountiful, opened last night, April 23, at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre 124 W 43rd St.Directed by Michael Wilson, the cast…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:21AMIn a modest tweak of Dorothy Fields' lyrics to the famous Jerome Kern song, this weekend will be Boston's chance, via the Design Museum Boston, to sit yourself down, dust yourself off, and s…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:17AMThe 14th annual Washington Jewish Music Festival is back and ready to bring a diverse mix of Jewish musical styles to the D.C. metro area. Sponsored by the Howard and Geraldine Polinge…
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 11:15AMYou're Gonna Hate This, a new musical from Lindsay Mendez and Michael Holland — who met and collaborated on the Broadway revival of Godspell — debuted at Joe's Pub April …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMThe Broadway production of Lyle Kessler's Orphans starring Alec Baldwin, Ben Foster andTom Sturridge and directed by Daniel Sullivan, just opened last night at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:09AMBelow, get a first look at the May 11th episode of NBC's SMASH titled 'The Transfer'. The episode, airing 9-10 p.m. ET, will see the return of series guest stars Daphne Rubin-Vega and Leslie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMProducers of the musical American Psycho, which premieres at the Almeida Theatre in December, have launched a 'Kickstarter' crowd-funding campaign to raise additional funds for the productio…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:07AMOne of the all time great voices, Barbara Cook, comes to 54 Below for two very special weeks this April and May, debuting a brand new evening of music. Her pure soprano, haunting tone, and w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:06AMThe new Broadway production of Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful, featuring Emmy-winning stage and screen star Cicely Tyson, officially opened April 23 at 6:30 PM following previews t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMEntertainment doesn’t exist in a bubble. An audience’s enjoyment (or lack thereof), or their artistic takeaways are affected by so many other factors . . . including their mood, …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe Ensemble Studio Theatre will honor Broadway producers Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel at its 45th Anniversary Gala May 20 at SIR Stage 37.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMBill Maher, Seth Meyers and Bob Newhart are among the old school-new school headliners of TBS Just for Laughs Chicago, the Chicago franchise of the Montreal-based comedy festival. It's slate…
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On the May 4th episode of NBC's SMASH titled 'The Phenomenon,' an unexpected event bonds both Bombshell and Hit List. Get a first look at the episode below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:58AMThe infectious Broadway musical includes a gravity-defying stunt this time.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 10:58AMHappy Birthday Barbra Streisand Streisand has appeared on Broadway in I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE and FUNNY GIRL, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. Streisand won the 1968 Acad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:56AMJust yesterday, Christina DeCicco joined the cast of Broadway's high-flying spectacular, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark in the role of 'Arachne.' Katrina Lenk played her final performance on S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMDespite a federal budget crunch that has resulted in a sequester, the National Endowment for the Arts announced this week it has awarded $26.3 million in new grants to cultural organizations…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:50AMMichael Stebbins was making his name mainly as an actor when he took the reins at Rep Stage almost eight years ago as the new Artistic Director. But his go-get-’em spirit and his brigh…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:49AMLast night, JOE'S PUB AT THE PUBLIC welcomed SMASH star Megan Hilty to celebrate the debut album IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, produced by Grammy-winners Andy Zulla and Jimmy Hogarth. BroadwayWor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:49AMThe Broadway revival of Horton Foote's beloved classic, The Trip to Bountiful, opened last night, April 23, at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre 124 W 43rd St. Check out photos from the opening n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMFor the past 3 weeks, I have been working on a very secret project. As many of you may or may not know, the Tony Award nominations are being announced next week followed by the actual awar…
SOURCE: The Associate Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMThe York Theatre Company has announced casting for its next three offerings in the Developmental Reading Series: Analog & Vinyl, License to Marry and MR. Confidential.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMEntertainment icon Barbra Streisand celebrates her birthday April 24. She rose to fame with her debut performance in I Can Get It for You Wholesale and later starred as Fanny Brice in Funny …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AMVariety reports exclusively that Amanda Seyfried will once again team up with 'Lovelace' helmers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman in their upcoming drama film THE GIRL WHO CONNED THE IVY LE…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMHow old is Cicely Tyson really? Her official age on the imdb.com and other sources puts her at 79. That would seem about right. An article from People magazine’s archives, published in…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 10:30AMThis week's retro Wednesday post is also about follow up. Check it out and don't serve cold food! Excelsior! P.S.- The next ConnectorCon is coming up! There are still early bird tickets HERE…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMUnsungMusicalsCo. will launch its Unsung Cabaret Series with Unsung Jimmy Van Heusen, an intimate evening celebrating the centennial of four-time Academy Award-winning and three-time Tony Aw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMWe dropped by a rehearsal for “Once on This Island” at Peekskill High School and were, frankly, blown away by the voices and the movement of the opening number. Director Scarlett…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:28AMMy blog focus today is a subject that Heather Doole, an independent producer, and I explored in our recent Surgery - the path of a new work from commission to acclaim through all its possibl…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:19AMPhoto slideshow by Michael Portantiere.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:16AMDraft Works is a platform for new choreography, works created by dancers of The Royal Ballet and associate artists.
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:11AMAre critics crying for "Here Lies Love"?
SOURCE: stagegrade.com at 10:10AMThe Paper Mill Playhouse will celebrate 75 years of producing high-quality theater in New Jersey with its anniversary gala, to be held on May 10 at the Hilton Short Hills Hotel. Tony Award-n…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:07AMZach Braff has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $2 million in 30 days from fans to fund production of the feature drama “Wish I Was Here.” Braff plans to star and direct from…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:06AMAn actor from the big city teams up with two small-town farmers in The Drawer Boy, opening April 24 at off-Broadway’s SoHo Playhouse. The production stars Alex Fast, Brad Fryman and Wi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:02AMThe 24 Hour Company will team up with Off-Broadway theatre company Exchange to create the fifth annual 24 Hour Musicals, where a team of nearly 100 artists cast, write, compose, direct, rehe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AMVisionary musician and lyricist David Byrne takes a walk in Imelda Marcos's infamous shoes. The result is a great party
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:01AMHere Lies Love, the flashy pop musical by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim that traces the political ascent of Filipino leaders Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos, officially opened April 23 at the Publ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM
Bette Midler takes her Broadway bow on April 24 as John Logan’s I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers officially opens at the Booth Theatre. Directed by Tony winner Joe Mant…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:56AMYou’re sitting comfortably at the theatre. The show begins and you dig into your chocolate Minstrels. But some annoying person close to you starts moving around too much, making loud noise…
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:52AMThis week, we're thrilled to feature Broadway vet Stephen R. Buntrock who is currently playing the role of 'Emile De Becque' in SOUTH PACIFIC at The Marriott Theatre in Chicago.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:50AMDaniel Day-Lewis will soon have a new role to obsessively inhabit -- recipient of an honorary doctoral degree from the Juilliard School in New York.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:45AMZooNation, an award-winning contemporary dance company who previously brought Into the Hoods to the West End and whose Some Like it Hip Hop will open its third season at London's Peacock…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMThe new Broadway production of Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful, featuring Emmy-winning stage and screen star Cicely Tyson, officially opened April 23 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:39AMHappily made the trek to Shrub Oak to catch up with director Darrin Grimm and choreographer Linda Duci and the kids as they worked on “9 to 5,” the Dolly Parton musical that star…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 09:37AMTwo-time Tony nominee Terrence Mann created leading roles in three of Broadway’s longest running musicals: Cats, Les Miserables and Beauty and the Beast. His intensity onstage and…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:34AMThe last time I saw a production of Hamlet – and for better or for worse I have seen a few – was Dominic Dromgoole’s great production at the Globe. The very nature of that stage, wi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:25AMAs Nicholas Hytner's revival opens at the National Theatre, we celebrate six notable screen Othellos, from Orson Welles' film noir approach to a US high-school version, via Laurence Olivier …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:23AMIt’s no secret that Broadway attracts great-looking performers, but did you know that TWO actors who have been named People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” are also Br…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:23AMphoto 2012 by Stephen P. Marsh
In this second installment of my talk with Stew and Heidi about rock and theater (part 1 here), we get deeper into the divide between the two, and talk about …
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 09:19AMSean Abley
Rob Ackerman
Liz Duffy Adams
Johnna Adams
Tony Adams
David Adjmi
Keith Josef Adkins
Nastaran Ahmadi
Derek Ahonen
Kathleen Akerley
Daniel…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:10AMThe Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced this year's recipients of the 2013 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre. These honors will be presented at the Tony Eve Cockta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:09AMVariety reports that the Tonys have selected the receipients of this years 2013 Tony Honors, traditionally given out the evening before the awards. This year's receipients will be longtime a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:08AMThe Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced this year’s recipients of 2013 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre: Career Transition For Dancers, William “Bill” Craver, P…
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 09:07AM
The day I arrived at Hastings to talk to the kids about “Footloose” was the day after their beloved music teacher Dan Kerness passed away. A few of the kids were too upset to reh…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 08:57AMWhatsonstage.com offer - 7.45pm tickets only £15
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:57AMJonathan Tolins Kyle T. Wilson James Presson Jennifer BlackmerKatherine DiSavinoWilliam S. Yellow Robe, Jr. Myra Slotnick Clare Barron Jona Tarlin Jill Campbell Kirsten VangsnessMadhuri Shek…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 08:54AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Since directing "Garden State," Zach Braff has continually prepared music in an iTunes playlist titled, "For Next Movie." Nine years and hundreds of saved songs later, B…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:38AMNice to stop by Sleepy Hollow High School’s state-of-the-art theater yesterday and catch part of a rehearsal for “The Wiz.” Julie Colangelo brings her directing talents to …
SOURCE: The Journal News at 08:36AMNorthern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne: Dennis Potter's 1979 screenplay was written for BBC1's Play for Today and now forms Northern Stage's major annual production, following Cl…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:36AMNicholas Hytner’s exceptionally strong and coherent production sets Shakespeare’s tragedy in today’s Middle East, Ian Shuttleworth writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:32AMOn May 6th, Brian Childers will perform a special “Evening with Danny Kaye” to benefit the theatre company which handed him the role of a lifetime. Brian Childers as Danny Kaye (…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:32AMAdventure Theatre MTC (ATMTC) ACADEMY announces its plan to issue over $25,000 in scholarships to young performing arts students in the Montgomery County and Washington, D.C. area for its i…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AMThe one-woman show stars Bette Midler as the storied talent agent who got left out in the cold when CAA took over the town.A Hollywood striver in the 1970s would have learned oodles from Sue…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:30AMThe Horrible Histories team are returning to the West End in September to present Barmy Britain – Part Two! at the Garrick Theatre.Adapted from the bestselling book series by Terry Dea…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:02AMCulture secretary Maria Miller has delivered her first keynote speech on the arts, asking for the sector to highlight its "economic benefits" and play a "central" role in returning the econo…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:01AMVeteran legiters William Craver and Peter Lawrence, nonprofit org Career Transition for Dancers and North Carolina’s long-running historical drama “The Lost Colony” are set to receive …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMThis is Part Two 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 MaryBeth Wise. Joel: Why did you want to …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AMJoe Gilford grew up the son of Jack and Madeline Gilford, both blacklisted entertainers. That experience informed his play “Finks,” now at Ensemble Studio Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 24 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMJonathan Tolins
Hometown: Roslyn, New YorkCurrent Town: Fairfield, ConnecticutQ: Tell me about Buyer & Cellar.A: Buyer & Cellar is a play that began as …
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 08:00AM
Orange Tree, LondonFantasies of flight fuelled the life and work of Somerset Maugham. They are also the governing theme of this compellingly cruel 1930 comedy, which forms a fascinating comp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:56AMToday is the 100th anniversary of the release of The Bangville Police, the comedy short containing what is considered by many to be the first appearance of The Keystone Kops (others consider…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:53AMBritish import "Matilda" is tipped to take home the top Tony for Best Musical.
All of our dozen experts expect this tuner version of Roald Dahl's classic children…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:52AMBritish import "Matilda" is tipped to take home the top Tony for Best Musical.
All of our dozen experts expect this tuner version of Roald Dahl's classic children…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:52AMRounding up the best theatre videos from a month isn’t always easy. Trailers are top of the marketing departments must have for productions and their venues which means there are a lot…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:47AMFor nearly 50 years, the actor Pat Keen took a wide range of supporting roles on television and in theatre productions staged all over Britain. At the age of 18, she was given a job...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMAre critics joining "The Dance of Death"?
SOURCE: stagegrade.com at 07:42AMTransposing Shakespeare to a different locale or time period
no longer earns a director the automatic cool points it once did. In fact,
doing so has become almost as ho-hum as a standing ova…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 07:41AMNext season's stale programming certainly derives from the BSO’s lack of a music director guiding and shaping the overall course of the season.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:36AMIt’s 1937 and Chauncey Miles (Nathan Lane) headliner at The Irving Place Theatre where burlesque is gasping its final breath and the balcony is a playground for homosexual hanky panky …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:30AM Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. April 23, 2013 Yes, I have been seeing Barbara Cook in cabarets and concerts since she began that aspect of her career in the 70s. I’ve seen her d…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 07:26AMYork Theatre Royal, York: There's an anguished cry from one character during the first half: "What's the point of it all?"
Read the full review
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:18AMCriterion, London: The afternoon gets off to a hip contemporary start as the graduates electrically hit the stage with edgy, multi-levelled choreography and rocky vocals, pepping and steppin…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AM
Ruth Berry (born circa 1910)was born with the condition called phocomelia which resulted in stunted limbs with fused digits, resembling flippers. Short and stout with a waddling gait she beg…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:55AMOlivier, National Theatre: Nicholas Hytner and Adrian Lester present a soldier's tragedy in a contemporary military compound that could be anywhere - Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan - where t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMRoyal and Derngate, Northampton: Shakespeare is a rarity in the cash-strapped reps, but Gary Sefton's brilliant Northampton Dream in the always delightful Theatre Royal with just eight …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:50AMNew Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme: The very mention of the title of this Jules Verne classic is likely to bring even seasoned producers out in a cold sweat. After all, how can you possibly do ju…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMGulbenkian, Canterbury : This enjoyable, imaginative show consists of two short dance pieces for children aged 7 and over, separated by an interval. Tamsin Fitzgerald's The Rock uses mi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:38AMCulture secretary Maria Miller has called on the arts to focus on making an economic argument for continued government investment in the sector. In a keynote speech delivered at the British …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:35AMThere’s a reason, as seen in Broward Stage Door’s revival, that Beau Jest has survived for so long. . Despite a sentimental mechanical finale and humor so vaudevillian you can hear the r…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:30AMIt's hard to know just how much this emotionally affecting revival rests in the masterly hands of director Wilson or in the instinctively magical moments created by Cecily Tyson. What's cert…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:29AMSpike Lee directs the one-man show
SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:27AMThe Crazy CoqsTwenty-four songs in eighty minutes - enough to fill two albums and sung without a break except for some wry asides and jokes at her own expense. Liz Robertson is a class act. …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:23AMCuba Gooding Jr. Martial-arts specialist. Break-dancer. Oscar winner for ’96’s “Jerry Maguire.” Bronx-born. Now living in some foreign place called LA. Currently starring with Cicely…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 06:13AMAre critics praising or burying RSC's new "Julius Caesar"?
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National Theatre artistic director Nicholas Hytner's much-anticipated production of Othello, starring Adrian Lester in the title role and Rory Kinnear as Iago, opened last night at the NT Ol…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:55AMNicholas Hytner's production of Othello starring Adrian Lester in the title role opened at the NT Olivier last night (23 April 2013). Shakespeare's tragedy tells the story of newly married O…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:45AMTech can be long and boring, but at least you get to sit on the furniture [1] By Sam Perwin Greetings from my dressing room at The Meadowbrook Theatre in Rochester, Michigan. In case you hav…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:02AMBy Johnny Oleksinski “Three generations,” points out director and actress Mary Ann Thebus. She’s sitting on a couch against the back wall of the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater lobby …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMIn which I admit that I like bad guys. And girls. By Alisha Giampola (Actor) When I was about ten I spent every Tuesday and Thursday from June to August in a summer children's theatre group …
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:00AMThe shows might not be real, but that doesn't mean that they can't create real great songs. By Kimberly Lew (Playwright/Blogger) They say if you introduce a loaded gun in the first act it sh…
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Holy crap, are we already on chapter 7 of this “Odyssey”? It seems like not a whole lot has happened, which isn’t quite true. It’s just that not a whole lot of note has happened.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:35AMToday, April 24, 2013, at 600 p.m. in The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium will host 'From Canvas to Costume Painting at the Intersection of Theater and Film', featuring stars Tim Gunn, Janie …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMStudio 7Arts presents an evening of 'Rock'N Roll amp Debauchery' tonight, April 24th at The Cutting Room beginning at 7PM. This exciting evening of magic, music and performance will be a col…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThirteen years after its Los Angeles debut, the cult musical Bare will get its European premiere at the Union Theatre, running tonight, 24 April-25 May 2013, directed by Paul Taylor-Mills. O…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMIn celebration of choreographer Lar Lubovitch's 70th birthday in 2013, The Joffrey Ballet's season concludes this spring with the return of the native Chicagoan's three-act dance, Othello. S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMIn today's Wall Street Journal I hail the opening of the Broadway revival of The Trip to Bountiful. Here's an...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMJack Paar interviews Mary McCarthy on The Jack Paar Show in 1963. The McCarthy segment starts nine minutes into the...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"In violence, we forget who we are." Mary McCarthy, "Characters in Fiction"...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMTHE NANCE could be one of the most important fairy tales ever told. It’s historical and hysterical and hits you right in the gut and heart.
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"The most brutal show in town right now."-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 12:54AM"An environmental scenario that completely succeeds in place of a book."-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 12:54AMThere are a lot of good actors onstage at the Sondheim Theater in the revival of Horton Foote’s “Trip to Bountiful.” Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams, Tom Wopat, Condola …
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:40AMOut of all the musical endings I’ve ever seen, Big Fish is one of the most true. I wasn’t manipulated. I was genuinely, completely moved. For all its imperfect lead-up, Big Fish has a pe…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:38AMDavid Byrne and big-beat master Fatboy Slim’s new musical, “Here Lies Love,” owes less to the Great American Songbook than to the disco. With their booming bass and propulsive rhythms,…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:36AMCan the “Divine Miss M” win a “Divine Miss T?”
That is, can Bette Midler win a Tony Award (which is named after Antoinette Perry)?
Midler returns to Broadway tonight for the first ti…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:24AMFew shows are as deceptively simple as “The Trip to Bountiful.” Horton Foote’s play is about an elderly woman, Carrie Watts, who’s dead set on seeing her childhood home in Bountiful,…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:24AMTeaching Hamlet; Brett Watson (left) Keir Cutler (right) photographer HeatherFrom You Must Not Be Any GoodKeir Cutler has a Ph.D. in theatre from Wayne State University in Detroit, a pl…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:05AMYou can't fault Against the Grain for its PR. Here's a little gem of a promo video for their upcoming show which is a true case of thinking outside the box - about publicity, about story-tel…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMLauren Molina, Kate Rockwell and Dee Snider are among the artists who are part of Rock'N Roll & Debauchery, an evening presented by Studio 7Arts, April 24 at The Cutting Room.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMBroadway audiences will have to wait a bit longer for Flashdance — The Musical to make a "splash" in New York. Producers have revealed that the anticipated August Main Stem p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Tuesday, April 23, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMCelina Carvajal, who plays Nicola in the new Broadway musical Kinky Boots, and her rock band The Deafening offer a New York City concert April 24 at Arlene's Grocery.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPaul Taylor-Mills Ltd. presents the European premiere of bare, the pop opera by Damon Intrabartolo and Jon Hartmere — which was recently re-envisioned as a book musical and seen Off-Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJohn Logan's I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers, the one-woman play starring award-winning singer and actress Bette Midler, officially opens at Broadway's Booth Theatre A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe American Theater Group's production of the new musical Himself and Nora, which explores the romance of James Joyce and Nora Barnacle, begins previews April 24 in Rahway, NJ.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAugust Wilson's Joe Turner’s Come and Gone begins previews April 24 prior to an official opening May 8 at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum at the Los Angeles Music Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMConstantine Maroulis, Lauren Molina, Kate Rockwell and Dee Snider are among the artists who are part of Rock'N Roll & Debauchery, an evening presented by Studio 7Arts, April 24 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Colony Theatre presents the world premiere of Falling For Make Believe, about the lives of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart and featuring music by the songwriting duo, beginning April 24,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSteven Levenson's new play Core Values, about workplace team building, receives its Off-Broadway world premiere April 24 at Ars Nova. Reed Birney (Blasted, Circle Mirror Transformation, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBette Midler will make her long-anticipated return to the Broadway stage this evening at the Booth Theatre with the official opening of I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers. This marks…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMTwo-time Tony Award nominee Alison Fraser (The Secret Garden) currently stars in the new play Love Therapy by Australian playwright Wendy Beckett (A Charity Case). The not-so-villainous actr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMWait a minute. A girl who can make objects move just with her mind. Hasn’t this been on Broadway already — and failed? Yes, but that was Carrie, an altogether different girl. This girl i…
SOURCE: WQXR at 12:00AMActor Jim Parsons discusses his role on the hit television show “The Big Bang Theory,” and starring in the HBO version of “The Normal Heart.”
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMAt MICA’s print shop on Dolphin Street, Bob Cicero pulls block letters from Globe Poster Company’s drawers with swift motions
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMThe VIP
Written and directed by Aldo Pantoja
Through May 12 at Single Carrot Theatre
Bow down on one knee or two—those are the options the Spanish offered Atahualpa
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