The Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre presents 5-time Tony Award-winning The Drowsy Chaperone, with Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, and Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar. Direc…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:56PMThe original "Pippin" ran for 1,944 performances, longer than "The Music Man, "The Sound of Music" or "South Pacific." Now Diane Paulus's production is a knock-'em-dead extravaganza meant to…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 10:38PMThe fresh faces of Manhattan School of Music’s student singers stared down a city of sin Thursday night in “Mahagonny,” about the rise and fall of a lawless town in a fantasy America b…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:29PMHi, I'm CreatorKPT! I like to do animations and music videos! Hope to see your comments.
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:15PMAll 8 episodes of Compulsive Love! All of Season 1! Watch it below or on Koldcast or Blip or Daily Motion or Boomtrain or Youtube&nbs…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 10:10PMNEW YORK (AP) — The last show to open this season on Broadway comes with plenty of bang, lots of flips and real value for money: A ticket buys you not just a musical but also a trip to the…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:02PMDiane Paulus’s Broadway revival of “Pippin” has a big-top concept that features awe-inspiring gymnastics.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:01PMAn amazing thing happens deep in the first act of the American Repertory Theater revival of Pippin that just opened at the Music Box: A spark of humanity ignites.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:00PMThe Broadway revival of “Pippin” opened April 25 at the Music Box Theater after a world premiere earlier this year at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass. The follo…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMThere are so many magical doings onstage at the Music Box Theater in Diane Paulus' superlative staging of the 1972 musical Pippin, you often don't know where to look. Gorgeous tumblers and h…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- The last show to open this season on Broadway comes with plenty of bang, lots of flips and real value for money: A ticket buys you not just a musical but also a trip to …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:59PMHEDY WEISS: The gloriously goofy Cole Porter musical arrives with powerhouse Broadway star Rachel York and one terrific song after another.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 09:52PMA collection of "Pippin" reviews and news from around the internet.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:47PMChoreographers of both classical ballet and modern dance have long found inspiration in Shakespeare. His plays have inspired many versions of “Romeo and Juliet,” as well as memorable tak…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 09:31PMStephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson's 1972 rites-of-passage musical about a medieval prince returns to Broadway in an elaborate circus-themed revival.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:30PMIt's no secret that Broadway is just a big-money theme park, where quality productions are hard to come by. But regional companies are increasingly playing it safe, too. One artistic directo…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 09:19PMRoger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's beloved coming-of-age musical comedy Pippin opens tonight, April 25, 2013, at Broadway's Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th Street. This all-new productio…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:19PMGrammy Award-winning rising music star Frank Ocean has at last discussed some preliminary details about the inspirations informing his new currently in-production follow-up to last year's me…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14PMPippin, the offspring of a king, takes a journey to find his corner of the sky in “Pippin,” a musical Stephen Schwartz wrote before “Wicked” and Bob Fosse directed and choreographed …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:07PMRogue Machine's season...New American Theatre returns to the Odyssey...Shakespeare Center announces a midsummer Midsummer, one of at least four versions of the Bard's
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Frequent stage stars Zach Braff, Michael Shannon and Ray Liotta all were spotted at the premiere of the new drama THE ICEMAN earlier this week as it made its debut in New York City after sho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:55PMAfter an up-and-down season, Broadway officially ended Thursday on a high.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 08:53PMDownton Abbey star Michelle Dockery is in negotiations to play the lead in the movie adaptation of best-selling novel The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society, set during and after …
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 08:50PMDiane Paulus' kinetic revival of the 1970s coming-of-age musical thrills with its signature Fosse moves and breathtaking acrobatics
SOURCE: NBC New York at 08:43PMAfter its London premiere, The Full Monty, which has sold an amazing £7 million worth of seats since it kicked off a nationwide tour in February at the Lyceum in Sheffield, will have …
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 08:39PMFrequent stage star and notable film and TV presence Michael Shannon is spotlighted by famed celebrity photographer Terry Richardson in a weird and wonderful new photo shoot.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:36PMThe 27th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition started with a comedic admission that this year's show was being staged several weeks after Easter, but that didn't matter because the Easter Bonnet…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:29PMThe production of Tennessee Williams' classic 1944 drama was first seen earlier this year at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Mass.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:28PMIn Chicago, Fosse had Fred Ebb and John Kander explain the power of giving 'em the old razzle-dazzle, and Diane Paulus has taken that dictum to heart with her American Repertory Theater prod…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:26PMAccording to the Daily Mail, Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical STEPHEN WARD is eyeing the Aldwych Theatre as its West End home, with hopes to begin rehearsals in October in time for November…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24PMFX has cast House of Cards star Corey Stoll in the lead role in its drama pilot The Strain, based on the best-selling vampire novel trilogy from Academy AwardR-Winning Filmmaker Guillermo de…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:21PMAussieTheatre writer Jemma Lanyon was recently afforded the privilege of having coffee with two gentlemen of theatre — Hugh Parker and Gareth Harris — to talk about their upcoming acting…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:15PMInternationally recognized music icon Justin Timberlake revealed his definite plans for a direct sequel to his currently chart-topping THE 2020 EXPERIENCE in a new interview on ELLEN.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:13PMWorkhorse Theatre Company’s latest offering is a stellar independent achievement and a real asset to Sydney’s theatre scene. The Motherf**ker With the Hat is not a safe choice for a thea…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:11PM
International music icon Beyonce Knowles shows off her seriously strong vocal skills in a preview of a new song from her forthcoming MRS. CARTER album byway of HampM's Summer 2013 swimwear p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:56PMIt can be disconcerting to have a sense of justice. No one knows this better than Lucy, the heroine of the children’s play “The Magic Finger,” now in a world-premiere run at Imaginatio…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:48PMSCULPTRESS OF ANGEL X (ZJU): 100% – SWEET SWEET Gotta say the entire cast grabbed my attention and held it. This play explores extremes, the heights as well as the depths, leaving us certa…
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:45PMWith a Monte Cristo, it’s easy to go overboard with the sweet, but this one strikes the perfect sweet-savory balance.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:45PMChance Theater in Anaheim is analyzing its first 15 years just as Tectonic Theater, in 2008, analyzed the first 10 years since the death of Matthew Shepard in The Laramie Project: Ten Years …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:34PMTHE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT (TU STUDIOS): 100% – SWEET SWEET Bill Manhoff’s The Owl and the Pussycat is directed by Gloria Gifford and features energetic and physical performances by the ac…
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:29PMJohn Tiffany’s “The Glass Menagerie,” starring Cherry Jones as Amanda Wingfield, is going to Broadway. With its original cast, it will begin previews Sept. 5 and open Sept. 26 at an as…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:26PM"House of Card’s" Beau Willimon wrote this hypnotically engrossing Beltway comedy—world premiering in Costa Mesa--starring Dana Delaney.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:25PMPippin has magic to do on Broadway, starring Patina Miller and Matthew James Thomas in a reimagined new revival. Did Broadway.com Word of Mouth panelists Fernando, Yiping and Zander want to …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:22PMWhat is art, and where do we draw the line between what is and isn’t art? Although the answer to that question can be as varied as the colors of a rainbow, the one thing that is certa…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:21PMOver the course of eight years, with three albums as a leader, several studio projects as a sideman, and countless worldwide performances, pianist and composer Gerald Clayton has establish…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:13PMTony nominee Neil LaBute's world premiere adaptation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie, starring Tony nominee Lily Rabe American Horror Story, Merchant of Venice, Broadway actress Laura Heis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:11PMConor McPherson’s 1997 play has become a modern classic, and it's not difficult to see why. It's a glorious evening of storytelling that allows the cast to display their wares, as the conv…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:07PMNick Offerman and Megan Mullally play an estranged couple for both laughs and depth in this comedy at West LA’s Odyssey theater. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:04PMI have never been partial to “Pippin.” Originally, I found director-choreographer Bob Fosse’s dark, angry cynicism to be at odds with Stephen Schwartz’s Joni Mitchell…
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Joanna Murray-Smith debuts her newest work at STC this season, and Fury is her first play specifically commissioned by the company. A family drama that moves from soft to sharp focus on each…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:51PMThe newest La Boite presentation of FOOD is a delicious concoction of food, family, sex, dreams, and realities with a healthy dose of the nature-versus-nurture debate. Two sisters, the stoic…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:51PMRivendell Theatre Ensemble (RTE), Chicago’s only Equity theatre devoted to the work of women theatre artists, is proud to announce Stefanie Zadravec’s The Electric Baby as the third an…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:51PMEmploying a creative and amusing use of song, staging, and big characters, Strawdog’s Big Love delightfully comments on the varied nature of relationships and the complexity of gender role…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:49PMSUMMER SHAPIRO writes, directs and performs theater productions fueled by a fascination with everyday life and explore the magic in the mundane. Since 2007 Shapiro's primarily silent physica…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 06:49PMSteppenwolf Theatre Company is proud to announce casting for the upcoming eighth annual First Look Repertory of New Work, featuring three developmental productions of new plays presented in …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:47PMA review of Pony World Theatre’s production of Brendan Healy’s “The Final Tribunal into the Mysterious Death of Mister Senor Salvador Dali.” Through May 4, 2013.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 06:45PMWHO: Manhattan Theatre Club POSITION TITLE: Telesales and Telefunding Callers DESCRIPTION: Looking for passionate, theatre-savvy people to sell subscriptions and fundraise for our new sea…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 06:45PMGRIMM NIGHTS VOL. 1: HOLLYWOOD (ZJU): 100% – SWEET SWEET “Grimm Nights Vol1: Hollywood” is Zombie Joe’s newest production and I believe even Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm themselves would …
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:45PMThe Bakehouse Theatre plays host to Canadian playwright Morris Panych’s 2003 award-winning Girl In The Goldfish Bowl. A mild, yet interesting and engaging drama representing a crossover pi…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:44PMNBC musical drama series SMASH won Round 2 of E Online's Save One Show poll last night, positioning the series one step closer to claiming the title of most-save-worthy show of 2013, taking …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:42PMVisionary director Baz Luhrmann's new feature film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's THE GREAT GATSBY has been a handful of years in the making and a stylish new photo shoot in Australia's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:38PMNEW YORK (AP) — Another Tennessee Williams masterpiece is coming to Broadway and it's bringing Zachary Quinto and Cherry Jones along for the ride.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:22PMVs. Theatre Company is about to open its new home, in the tiny space formerly occupied by Black Dahlia, with the premiere of Cops and Friends of Cops, by the company's literary director and …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:20PMANNAPURNA: 100% – SWEET SWEET Under the sturdy, austere direction of DeLorenzo and featuring two actors capable of suc…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:19PMIn the title role Dana Delaney transforms this middling comedy into a crackling satire that makes trenchant commentary on the abuse of power. Delaney plays Chloe, the wife of an ambitious la…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:18PMThe Entertainment Industry Foundation EIF in collaboration with Producer Eva Price and the Broadway revival of the Tony Award winning musical Annie announced a new collaboration to raise awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:17PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Another Tennessee Williams masterpiece is coming to Broadway and it's bringing Zachary Quinto and Cherry Jones along for the ride....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:17PMThe Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame band The Rascals has reunited for the first time in more than 40 years for a very limited engagement on the Great White Way.
SOURCE: NY1 at 06:03PMStage and screen star Zach Braff has established a Kickstarter account as a means to fund his new feature film project, WISH I WAS HERE, based on an original screenplay co-written with his b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:02PM"Without Walls" at the La Jolla Playhouse; A festival of about a dozen site-specific works, including a new piece about sea monsters staged on the beach by puppeteer Basil Twist.
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00PMCall it experiential; call it immersive; call it event theater. The work itself is often impossible to describe.
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00PM
The American Repertory Theater A.R.T. production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, is heading to Broadway. The revival will begin previews at a Shubert Theatre on September 5 and o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:50PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, April 25, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Join @ANNIEonBroadway, producer Eva Price, …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:43PMThis Hot Shot is best appreciated by longtime Broadway fans: Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark title star Reeve Carney celebrated his birthday on April 24 at the Jekyll & Hyde Club in Times …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:34PMThe Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) in collaboration with Producer Eva Price and the Broadway revival of the Tony Award® winning musical Annie announced a new collaboration to raise…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:30PMBroadwayWorld recently chatted with featured performer Kelli O'Hara about her upcoming appearance in the special celebration
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24PMTickets are now on sale for the off-Broadway dance-drama Dojoji: The Man Inside the Bell. The Pan Asian Repertory Theatre production, written by Ernest Abuba, is set to start performances at…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:18PMI have been wrestling with words since the afternoon of April 15. The immediacy of the reactions, the horror, the “is everyone OK?”, the stories. Friday–being evacuated fro…
SOURCE: StageSource at 05:16PMMatilda
Matilda, based on the much beloved children's book by notorious weirdo Roald Dahl (Willy Wonka etc.), is the biggest thing to hit musical theater in recent memory. Now that's it com…
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 05:15PMInnovate! Do it now! Why aren’t you more innovative! I’m tired, that’s why. Why don’t you innovate? It’s your job! Do it! Hurry! I don’t know how – can you tell me how? …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 05:15PM"A musical about love.' " Sigh. At first, the tagline for "The Color Purple" seems so, well, corny. So what a revelation the boundless and deep production at the Aurora Fox proves to b…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:12PMExtensive new clips have been released of some of the most highly anticipated moments in the new Live From Lincoln Center broadcast of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's classic musical CAROUSEL, sta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:09PMThe Broadway production of Hands on a Hardbody drove off into the sunset on April 13—but on April 25, Hunter Foster, Allison Case and the cast reunited to preserve the musical on …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:09PMWalter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys specializes in modern psychedelic rock stripped of the jam-band baggage.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:09PMProducer Ken Davenport announced today that Tony and Olivier Award winner and two-time Emmy nominee Alan Cumming's acclaimed one-man production of Macbeth has extended its limited Broadway e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMAs speculated, John Tiffany’s acclaimed revival of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie will transfer to Broadway this September for a 17-week run, according to The New York T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PMTeacher Stacy Meisetschlaeger talks about working with a very large Chorus in her production of Agatha Rex. Thank you so much Stacy for writing this great guest post! The Chorus in “…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:01PMMeet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers. Bette Midler, Linda Hart, Bruce Vilanch, Joe Mantello and Kathy Griffith were there –…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:01PMMCC Theater today announced a one-night only reading of Playwright-in-Residence Neil LaBute's acclaimed play, The Mercy Seat, on June 17, 2013 at 730 p.m. at the Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00PM
NEW YORK — There are shows that revive aging material through revisionism. And there are productions that prefer to celebrate the pull of nostalgia, especially when the songs are great…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription 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 04:55PMAdditional casting has been announced for The Collegiate Chorale's upcoming concert staging of Robert Wright and George Forrest's Song of Norway, which will be presented April 30 at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:52PMThe rock concept album Lizzie, which tells the story of accused axe murderess Lizzie Borden, will be released by Broadway Records June 14. The double-disc set will feature Carrie Manolakos a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:51PMBroadwayWorld has confirmed that Kevin Kline will reprise his role of the Pirate King in The Public Theater's upcoming gala performance of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. The one-night-only concert…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:46PMWHEN UNIONS RULED THE EARTH Outrageously overdue for revival (the last one was at Marriott Theatre in 2004), this irresistible 1954 Broadway classic harks back to a time when producers could…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:46PMThe season four heartthrob talks to THR about his latest stage role, fellow "Idol" alum Crystal Bowersox, frontrunner Angie Miller, and whether fans will see him on season 12 before the fina…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:45PMMany legends come to mind when one thinks of Pippin. First there's Wicked and Godspell composer Stephen Schwartz, who wrote the musical about young prince Pippin who is looking for…
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 04:41PMManhattan Theatre Club has announced a two week extension for THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES, the world premiere play by Tony Award winner Richard Greenberg, directed by MTC's award-winning artistic …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:29PMThe American Repertory Theater's acclaimed revival of The Glass Menagerie, starring Tony Award winner Cherry Jones, Tony nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger and Zachary Quinto, will begin Broadw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:29PMWith Maria de Bueanos Aires, repurposing the original plot—with its more overt religious themes and fantastical elements—into a work of social and political commentary without changing a…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:25PMThe SoHo Playhouse and Darren Lee Cole, Artistic Director of the SoHo Playhouse present The Drawer Boy, written by Michael Healey, and directed by Alexander Dinelaris. The show opened last n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:24PMNEW YORK (AP) — Julianna Margulies and Paul Rudd will team up as lovers for a one-night only benefit reading of Neil LaBute's play "The Mercy Seat."
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:23PMStephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson's Tony Award-winning 1972 pop musical Pippin dares audiences to enter the tent of a new circus-inspired staging, now playing on Brodway at the Music Box …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:23PMPaul Rudd (Grace) and Emmy winner Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife) will co-star in the one-night-only presentation of Neil LaBute’s acclaimed play The Mercy Seat. This special MCC Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:22PMPaul Rudd (Grace) and Emmy winner Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife) will co-star in the one-night-only presentation of Neil LaBute’s acclaimed play The Mercy Seat. This special MCC Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:22PMHere is grand spectacle on a limited budget, a few seconds of gravity-defying joy tempered by the moment of terror experienced as the characters fall. It is everything that is wonderful abou…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:22PMNEW YORK—Julianna Margulies and Paul Rudd will team up as lovers for a one-night only benefit reading of Neil LaBute's play "The Mercy Seat.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:21PMRichard Zeppieri, Mayko Nguyenn (photo by Cylla von Tiedemann)Brought Together by What Tears us Apartcarried away on the crest of a wave is a stunning new addition to the list of great Canad…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:21PMTony Award winner John Tiffany's revival of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, which recently concluded an acclaimed run at American Repertory Theater's Loeb Drama Center, will arrive …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:21PMStill scratching out the occasional squib for the Villager and her sister papers. Please check out three pieces I did on this year’s Tribeca Film Festival: * A wrap-up of all the docum…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:19PMTony and Academy Award winner Kevin Kline is set to reprise his Tony-winning performance as the Pirate King in the Public Theater’s one-night-only gala production of The Pirates of Pen…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:16PMThe longest-running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Harold Prince and produced by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Theatre Compa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:14PMDancers Over 40 presented DO40 Cares-The Story of our Lives. It was a song and Dance Event to Benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, and Dance for PD(Parkinson’s Disease). The even…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:12PMMCC Theater will present a one-night-only reading of Playwright-in-Residence Neil LaBute’s The Mercy Seat June 17 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, 121 Christopher Street.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:12PMSarah Godefroid-Cannon now stars in the adaptation she recently directed.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:12PMTwelve additional performances have been added to the Broadway engagement of Tony Award winner Alan Cumming's one-man Macbeth, which opened April 21 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:11PMRoger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's beloved coming-of-age musical comedy Pippin opens tonight at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th Street. This all new production is directed by Diane P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:10PMOpening Nightby Stuart Munro@StuartMunroTOWell friends, despite school being done for the year, I’ve been as busy as ever this past week with my three jobs and various other commitments. S…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:09PMCome, you spirits, to the Ethel Barrymore Theatre…to see Macbeth a second time! Tony winner Alan Cumming’s spooky new retelling of the classic Shakespeare tragedy has received a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:06PMNEW YORK (AP) — The Roundabout Theatre Company is considering a new Broadway revival of "Cabaret," although the non-profit said Thursday no final decision has been made. &…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:02PMThe American Repertory Theater’s recent production of “The Glass Menagerie,” with Cherry Jones and Zachary Quinto, will transfer to Broadway this September for a 17-week run. &nbs…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:00PMThe long-awaited first glimpse at the cast of characters of the Netflix reboot of cult comedy series Arrested Development has finally been released, including a first look at returning guest…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PM
NEW YORK—The Roundabout Theatre Company is considering a new Broadway revival of "Cabaret," although the non-profit said Thursday no final decision has been made.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:59PMNEW YORK (AP) -- The Roundabout Theatre Company is considering a new Broadway revival of "Cabaret," although the non-profit said Thursday no final decision has been made....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:59PMDmitry Chepovetsky, Bree Greig, Selina Martin. Photo by David Cooper.Just what you need: Craigslist ads set to musicA clever, hilarious and completely off-the-wall spectacleby Chris Lan…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 03:57PMBroadway’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 03:53PMLaura Osnes, currently playing the title role in Broadway's CINDERELLA, will release IF I TELL YOU, a solo album featuring the music of composer Maury Yeston, on June 4. Get a first look at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:49PMThe cast of the recent Broadway musical Hands on a Hardbody headed to MSR Studios on April 25 to lay down tracks for the production's forthcoming cast album, which will be releas
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:47PMThe Broadway revival of Pippin, starring Matthew James Thomas and Patina Miller, opens April 25 at the Music Box Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:47PMSignature's Sondheim Award Gala was presented to honor those who have contributed to the works of legendary composer, Stephen Sondheim, and the canon of American theater. Check out the phot…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:46PMChanning Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt love the idea of starring in Fox's recently announced Guys and Dolls movie-musical remake. These two young Hollywood heartthrobs have shown interest i…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:43PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Julianna Margulies and Paul Rudd will team up for a one-night only benefit reading of Neil LaBute's play "The Mercy Seat."...
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:40PMYou guys, there’s only 45 days until the 2013 Tony Awards. 45 days! And only five days until the nominees are announced! And while the rulings are all in for eligibility, and we’ve start…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:19PM“Glee” star Darren Criss has announced his first solo concert tour later this year, which will serve as a preview for his upcoming debut album. The 16-date “Listen Up” tour will kick…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 03:19PMTony and Academy Award winner Kevin Kline will reprise his performance as the Pirate King in the Public Theater's one-night-only gala concert of the acclaimed 1980 production of The Pira…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:13PMANN, the new critically acclaimed play written and performed by Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor and directed by Benjamin Endsley Klein, plays through Sunday, September 1, 2013, on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:09PMThe 11th edition of the Bistro Award-winning series If It Only Even Runs a Minute was held April 22 at (le) Poisson Rouge. This edition featured a cast reunion of the entire original ca…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:01PM
On Tuesday, December 4, 2012, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society hosted a panel on women directors and choreographers in Chicago with panelists Rachel Rockwell, Joanie Schultz, K…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 02:53PMTony Award-winning actor Brent Carver returns to Broadway this August, to play Friar Laurence in the new Broadway production of Shakespeare's timeless love story ROMEO AND JULIET, starring i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:50PMThe only party more fabulous and exclusive than a Sue Mengers dinner party was the opening night shindig of I’ll Eat You Last, the new biographical stage portrait of the famous ag…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:48PMFour Minneapolis art galleries celebrate life in bloom.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 02:48PMGuthrie world premiere comes from the soil of 19th-century Russia.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 02:47PMFirst round of 2013 grants goes to arts, education, environment and media organizations
SOURCE: NJ.com at 02:34PMTony winners Chuck Cooper and Brent Carver will join headliners Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad in David Leveaux’s Broadway revival of Romeo and Juliet. Carver will play Friar Laurenc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:33PMThe notoriously campy, cross-dressing playwright and actor Charles Busch will soon have his 30-year career sprawled across the United States in various regional theaters. Tony Award-winning …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:28PMOne of my strongest motivators for choosing theater was my heartfelt belief that the theater business was one in which your gender, look, sexual preference, ethnicity, religion, and politica…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:25PMTony Award-winning actor Brent Carver returns to Broadway this August, to play Friar Laurence in the new Broadway production of Shakespeare’s timeless love story Romeo and Juliet, starring…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:22PMTony Award Winners Brent Carver (Kiss of the Spiderwoman) and Chuck Cooper (The Piano Lesson) will join Orlando Bloom and Tony Award nominees Condola Rashad and Jayne Houdyshell in David Lev…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:07PMTony Award nominees Carolee Carmello, Rebecca Luker and Emily Skinner saluted Broadway director-producer Harold Prince during the Signature Theatre's fourth annual Stephen Sondheim Award…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:04PMWhat is the best thing about Roundabout’s touring company of Anything Goes directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall? Everything! It is not often that there is such a polished co…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:02PMThe James Menzies-Kitchin Young Director’s Award 2013 has been presented to Alex Brown. Brown will receive a bursary of £25,000 towards staging a production at the Young Vic in London thi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:01PMTony Award winners Brent Carver and Chuck Cooper have joined the cast of the David Leaveaux-helmed Broadway revival of Romeo and Juliet, which will premeire in a new interracial production i…
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The party continues! Richard Greenberg’s The Assembled Parties will play for two additional weeks at Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, starring Judith Light, Jessica Hecht a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:53PMProspect Theater Company Cara Reichel, Producing Artistic Director Melissa Huber, Managing Director presents its annual gala,2013's Spring Soiree, in the Harbor View Room at Battery Gardens…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:53PMGet to know the lay of the land in the new off-Broadway production of The Drawer Boy, Michael Healey’s 1999 drama about life in the Canadian countryside. After a gripping performa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:52PMSheldon Harnick and Margery Gray Harnick create a book about the city Margery Gray Harnick’s photographs offer three visions of New York at the same time. There’s the city as a l…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:51PMManhattan Theatre Club has extended the world premiere of Richard Greenberg's family drama The Assembled Parties, starring Tony Award winner Judith Light and Tony Award nominee Jessica H…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PMDowntown theater company Naked Angels has announced that current artistic director Andy Donald will be succeeded by Liz Carlson beginning May 1. Carlson is a graduate of the New School who h…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:46PMThe 2013 theatre awards season is in full swing, and Playbill.com has compiled the latest information on award dates, presenters, nominations, winners and top honors. Read below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PMDeadline reports that Nathan Lane has just signed with the Paradigm agency where he will be represented by Sarah Fargo. The multi-talented actor is currently starring on Broadway in Dougla…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:37PMTony-winner Idina Menzel is featured on George Benson's latest album, 'Inspriration A Tribute to Nat King Cole,' on which she duets with him on the classic tune 'When I Fall In Love.' Broadw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:35PMLapham's Quarterly Editor and Publisher Lewis Lapham announced today their annual gala, the DECADES BALL The 1950s, will take place on Monday, June 3 at Capitale 130 Bowery at Grand Street.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:29PMTony time is almost here, and fans are flocking to read Broadway.com's forecast features handicapping the top races. Our most-read stories from April 19 through April 25 also include cas…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PMAlan Menken and Glenn Slater's Tony Award-nominated musical Leap of Faith, about a con-man preacher who has his spirit tested when he attempts to pull one over on a depressed Kansas town…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:09PMIn Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s piece, an ant-like community scuttles among polystyrene blocks in the name of non-linearity, writes Clement Crisp
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:06PMBette Midler is official back on Broadway as of last night, and she recently revealed that she's already eyeing up her next project. According to Showbiz411, Midler is looking into making a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PMRoyal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon"Can one desire too much of a good thing?" asks Rosalind. Maybe not. But, although Maria Aberg's new production of As You Like It is a joyous, b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02PMSadler's Wells, LondonSidi Larbi Cherkaoui's work has always been about making connections: between different dance forms; religions and rituals; art and science. But in Puz/zle, it's the ur…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02PMThe American Repertory Theater staging of Pippin opens today at the Music Box Theatre, featuring Patina Miller, Matthew James Thomas, Andrea Martin, Terrence Mann and Charlotte d'Amboise…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PM
Victory Gardens Theater announces its Resident Theater Program, to begin in the upcoming 2013-2014 Season. The Program’s first participants will include Bailiwick Chicago, Rasaka The…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:57PMAn international touring production of West Side Story, featuring the original Broadway choreography of Jerome Robbins, is to return to London's Sadler's Wells, where it was previous…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PMNEW YORK (Reuters) - Bette Midler marked her return to Broadway after more than 30 years on Wednesday, and critics lined up to heap praise on her turn in the one-character play "I'll Eat You…
SOURCE: Reuters at 12:55PM Q: Which are more heart-warming: the four March sisters in Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel “Little Women?” or their portrayals in Thomas Hischak’s stage ad…
SOURCE: sceneonstage.com at 12:55PMCicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Vanessa Williams star in the critically acclaimed Broadway production THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL - on stage for a limited engagement only
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMMusic Theatre International (MTI) has announced that Leap of Faith by award-winning composer Alan Menken (Disney’s Beauty and The Beast and Little Shop of Horrors), is now available f…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:51PMSusie McMonagle in Porchlight Music Theatre’s “Pal Joey” “They just don’t write ‘em like that anymore!” That classic turn of phrase kept running thr…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:50PMThe St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has named its 2013 Educator of the Year: she is Winifred Crock, orchestra director at Parkway Central High School.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:50PMNaked Angels, the downtown theatre company that recently partnered with the New School for Drama, has announced that New School alumna Liz Carlson will assume the role of artistic director o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMPETER AND THE STARCATCHER is the most hilarious-filled evening of madcap fun In this 5 time Tony Award winning play, a dozen brilliant actors play more than 100 unforgettable characters usin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38PMRoger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz’s beloved coming-of-age musical comedy, Pippin, celebrates their opening night today, April 25, on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Str…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:37PMMusic Theatre International MTI has announced that Leap of Faith by award-winning composer Alan Menken Disney's Beauty and The Beast and Little Shop of Horrors, is now available for licensin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PMMorgan James, who can currently be seen in Broadway's Motown: The Musical, will play 54 Below April 29 at 9:30 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PMChoreographer Ashley Banjo is to front a new dance series for Sky1 in which he will turn a high street into “the UK’s largest open air venue”. Called Ashley Banjo – The Town that Dan…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:31PMProducer Thomas Viertel revealed in an official statement We have had the rare and tremendous opportunity in the last several months to experience Flashdance - The Musical on the road. We kn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:31PMThe House Theatre of Chicago announces its 12th Season creating Amazing Feats of Storytelling. The five programs in the 2013-14 Season are all written and helmed by Company Members of The Ho…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:31PMIt'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 12:29PMI’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers by John Logan (Tony winner for Red), opened April 24 at the Booth Theatre. The solo play stars Bette Midler as superagent Sue Mengers in an eveni…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:26PMIn defence of Ambassador Theatre Group, restoration levies questioned, Tv's gender gap, Lacy and French acting editions housed and Emily Watson's luck break
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:26PMProducers of Broadway’s Nice Work if You Can Get It announced today that the Gershwin tuner, which opened a year ago today, would close this summer on June 15. The show sets well known sta…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:17PMWhen comedic genius Tina Fey divulged her hopes to turn her 2004 film “Mean Girls” into a musical during an interview with Entertainment Weekly last September, there were a few r…
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:17PMNINA METZ reviews "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea" by Kokandy Productions ★★½ and "Tamer of Horses" by Stone Soup Theatre Project ★★
"Danny and the Deep Blue Sea" …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:17PMApril can be the cruelest or the kindest month for a critic, but it most certainly is the busiest month in the Chicago theater. Over the last 30 days, I've seen about 30 shows in Chicago and…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:16PMElena Shaddow, who starred as Clara in the first national tour of The Light in the Piazza, will portray Francesca in the Williamstown Theatre Festival world premiere of The Bridges of Madiso…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMActor Jim Parsons was a guest on Wednesday's The Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC. The actor discussed his role on the hit television show The Big Bang Theory, as well as starring in the upcoming…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:08PM The truth is, I judge Frank Wildhorn on a completely different scale than just about anything else. Well, besides maybe a Michael Bay flick, I suppose. Because, let’s be real he…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:08PMThe inaugural Nora Ephron Prize, a $25,000 award for a female filmmaker in the Tribeca festival, is given to Meera Menon, director of "Farah Goes Bang."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:00PMBette 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 12:00PMThe annual Greater St. Louis Book Fair is always a prime source for treasures literary and sonic — thousands upon thousands of them.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:00PM
LONDON (Reuters) - A British bookmaker is taking bets on an ABBA comeback after singer Agnetha Faltskog hinted at a possible reunion for Sweden's most successful band.
SOURCE: Reuters at 11:57AMNEW YORK (AP) — The stage adaptation of the 1983 hit movie "Flashdance" has taken a slight stutter step on the way to Broadway.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:52AMTony-winner Idina Menzel is currently in London, preparing for a series of performances at the Olivier Awards amp more. As featured on her official Facebook page, check out photos of Menzel'…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AMTwo of the most heartfelt albums I've heard in quite a while make their gentle way to the column now on a calm April breeze.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:49AMStars of stage and screen came out in droves on April 13 to catch the opening night of The Trip to Bountiful, starring Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Vanessa Williams. Get a front r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:47AMElaine Paige and Gary Barlow will perform as part of a special BBC Radio 2 concert next month. The Friday Night is Music Night concert will form part of radio station’s 2Day, which is aime…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:47AMLyricist Daniel Maté and librettist Alan Gordon have been named the recipients of the 23rd annual Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre. Each writer will receive $100,000 over the next two…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AMThe 2013 James Menzies-Kitchin (JMK) Young Directors Award has gone to Alex Brown, who becomes the 16th winner of the prestigious prize, following in the footsteps of the likes of Thea Shar…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:39AMOn April 13, Sierra Boggess taught a one day Musical Theatre Workshop with the award-winning acting studio A Class Act NY. Students had the chance to work with Boggess on audition technique …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AMTony and Emmy winner Cynthia Nixon may not be on stage currently, but the loyal theater enthusiast is never far from the stage. On April 24, Nixon took in the powerful off-Broadway drama My …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:30AMIn a phone interview with Mlive.com, Marc Platt, producer of the long-running Broadway musical WICKED, confirmed that the show will be adapted to a full featue-length film. 'For sure, there …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:27AMTaking aim at priests and politicians, sharp-suited iconoclast Dave Allen pushed the boundaries of standup comedy while sitting downTitle: The Best of Dave AllenYear: VariousThe set-up: Dave…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:27AMTaking aim at priests and politicians, sharp-suited iconoclast Dave Allen pushed the boundaries of standup comedy while sitting down Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:27AMPhoto: Cotton Talbot-MinkinMatthew Woods and his Imaginary Beasts are without question the most daring theatrical programmers in the city - and maybe the world. Indeed, Woods seems alm…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:26AMI bet you didn’t know that thanks to MTI, your smart phone can perform musical theater magic tricks. Just like a magician can pull a rabbit out of hat, MTI’s new smart phone app can reve…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:25AMJimmy Buffett and his Parrothead Productions partner Frank Marshall, along with Emmy winning comedian Bruce Vilanch, checked out a performance of Big Fish in Chicago on April 23. The trio ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AMToday in 1991, The Secret Garden opened at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 709 performances.The Secret Garden is a musical based on the 1911 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:20AMWilliamstown Theatre Festival Artistic Director Jenny Gersten has announced casting for the 2013 summer season's exciting slate of productions. On the Main Stage, the cast of Animal Cracker…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMJack Titcomb is just a sophomore, but what the 16-year-old says goes backstage at Sleepy Hollow High School’s production of “The Wiz” this weekend. Like all good stage mana…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 11:17AMThe long-awaited pairing of Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear in "Othello'' at the National Theatre is one of the director Nicholas Hytner's greatest achievements.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:16AMA reimagined revival of Pippin is bringing a taste of the circus to Broadway, starring Matthew James Thomas as the ambitious prince trying to find his corner of the sky. Broadway.com re…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:15AMThe musical adaptation of Flashdance has postponed its plans for a Broadway run this August, and will now open at a yet to be determined date later in the 2013-14 season. The show launched i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:14AMBeginning performances on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, Lindsay Mendez will assume the role of Elphaba in the Broadway production of Wicked playing at the Gershwin Theatre. Ms. Mendez has previousl…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:11AMRenowned psychological illusionist Luke Jermay is set to premiere his show Luke Jermay: Sixth Sense in the Main House at Leicester Square Theatre on London’s West End. The show will pl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:10AM“Nice Work If You Can Get It” will play its final performance June 15. The production, whichwas produced in part to feature the music of George and Ira Gershwin, opened March 29, 2012 an…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 11:10AMThe Broadway-bound production of Flashdance – The Musical, the stage adaptation of the 1983 smash hit movie that defined a generation, has announced a delay in their arrival on Broadwa…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:07AMThe Broadway revival of Horton Foote's beloved classic, The Trip to Bountiful, opened on April 23, at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre 124 W 43rd St. Directed by Michael Wilson, the cast feature…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:06AMJohn 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 opened at Broadway's Booth Theatre …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AMAfua Yeboah, 16, a junior at Peekskill High School, has stage presence to burn. As TiMoune, the island girl who finds favor with the gods in “Once on this Island” this weekend, s…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 11:03AMJust yesterday, the cast of Broadway's high-flying spectacular, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark celerated the birthday of Spidey himself- Reeve Carney. BroadwayWorld was there for the special c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMI got an email from a passionate yet disgruntled theatergoer recently who told me that several of her recent show-going experiences were marred by not-so-polite audience members who texted, …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMVariety honored New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Katherine Oliver, the Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, at an afternoon cocktail event in Gotham Apri…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM
Bette Midler, fresh off the stage from opening night of I’ll Eat You Last, talks to Broadway.com about returning to the Great White Way as Sue Mengers.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:58AMAdditional casting has been announced for the 2013 season at Williamstown Theatre Festival, with Broadway favorites like Adam Chanler-Berat, James Cromwell, Ari Graynor and more joining the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:56AMAdditional casting has been announced for the 2013 season at Williamstown Theatre Festival, with Broadway favorites like Adam Chanler-Berat, James Cromwell, Ari Graynor and more joining the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:56AMIf you know “9 to 5,” it’s likely the 1980 movie starring Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda as secretaries who teach their chauvinist boss a lesson or two. It came t…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:54AMThe many works of playwright-actor Charles Busch will roll-out in regional theatres across the country as part of a 2014-15 partnership between the theatrical licensing company Samuel French…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AMThe show opened last night and BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the evening, check out photos from the star studded red carpet.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:49AMJames Cromwell, Ari Graynor, and Adam Chanler-Berat are among the actors who will spend their summer in the Berkshires and take part in this season's Williamstown Theatre Festival production…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:48AMRemember that exciting announcement I mentioned yesterday? Well, after the rave reviews the show received, our strong ticket sales and not to mention Alan’s continued excitement about…
SOURCE: The Associate Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMFrom android athletes to the Grateful Dead, here are the four shortlisted contenders for this year's prestigious choreography award
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:41AMThe Divine Miss M has finally, after forty years, found her way to a Broadway stage in a legit play which could be called The Divine Miss M, but isn’t, because that title was already…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:37AMToday BroadwayWorld is thrilled to present an exclusive world premiere first listen to a sensational duet from the new album UNDER THE INFLUENCE, Straight No Chaser and Elton John's 'Don't L…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34AM Today is the birthday of the late Jerry Lieber (1933-2011), one half of one of the great songwriting teams of all time, Lieber and Stoller, I got to speak to Jerry once on the phone b…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:32AMRecalling an age of highly crafted public personas, the new Broadway play “I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers” reflects on a Hollywood era when movie deals were mad…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:30AMThis week's A.P.T. is the GOTO group. GOTO stands for Give Opportunity to Others, which of course is one of my favorite things to focus on in the world for connecting. You can read more abou…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMYou gotta love when a local theater troupe breaks ground to present a premiere. We’ve been treated to a slew of them in recent years, from “Spring Awakening” (WPPAC) and &#…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:24AMThe 2013 Audience Choice Awards are almost here, and we can't wait to see which Broadway stars will be honored by fans! Since 2000, only three actors have been honored with three Audienc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:11AMBroadway's Future Songbook Series — presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul — will continue May 6 in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Perf…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AMThe IHT’s theater critic handicaps the field for this year’s Laurence Olivier Awards, London’s version of the Tonys.
SOURCE: rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com at 10:06AMNew version of the classic musical would see them in roles originated on screen by Frank Sinatra and Marlon BrandoChanning Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are being sought to take the lead ro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:05AMBack in 1997, University of Southern California freshmen Stark Sands and Charl Brown were placed in the same orientation group. More than 15 years later, these best friends are starring in t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:02AMThe Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton has left its creditors, including theatre companies and ticket holders, an estimated £500,000 out of pocket, according to the venue’s administrator. BDO, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMScottish actor to reprise Emcee role that won him a Tony award in 1998 - but not with Anne Hathaway as Sally BowlesLife in the Kit Kat Club is so beautiful that Alan Cumming will return to K…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AMScottish actor to reprise Emcee role that won him a Tony award in 1998 - but not with Anne Hathaway as Sally Bowles Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AMThe Shakespeare Theatre Company is exhibiting two dozen of Nina Dunn’s photographs of Europe under the conceit that “if Shakespeare had a camera, what would he have captured?” Dunn’s…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 10:00AM
Paper Mill Playhouse's 75th Anniversary Gala will be held May 10 at Hilton-Short Hills.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMIn the last installment of my long interview with Stew and Heidi Rodewald (here's part 1, and here's part 2), we talk more about Shakespeare, why Homer was a bluesman, and how the theater wo…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 09:57AMTheatre Raleigh kicks off its 2013 Hot Summer Nights Series with William Finn's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which is currently playing the Kennedy Theater at the Duke Ene…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:56AMAge and Hometown: 27; London
Current Role: A Broadway debut as Phillip, the housebound brother who forms a bond with a mysterious father figure (Alec Baldwin) in Orphans.
In the Blood: …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:49AMIn Hytner’s modern production of Othello, it is only Brabantio, Desdemona’s father (played by William Chubb) who is racist and any jibe made at Othello’s skin colour causes a flinch to…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:39AMPioneer Theatre Company presents the epic musical LES MISERABLES. Due to popular demand, the production's run has been extended by two weeks. Performances take place May 3 through June 1, 20…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:37AMJohn 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 opened April 24 at Broadway's Booth…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:35AMFrom Brooklyn to South Africa breakdancing is cross-pollinating with other forms to create vibrant, gravity-defying new hybridsIt's been a decade since hip-hop impresario Jonzi D orchestrate…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMFrom Brooklyn to South Africa breakdancing is cross-pollinating with other forms to create vibrant, gravity-defying new hybrids Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMActress and playwright Eisa Davis' new music-theatre work, Flowers Are Sleeping, which was commissioned by Symphony Space, debuts at that Manhattan venue April 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:27AMThe show opened last night and BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the evening, check out photos below from the opening night curtain call.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:17AMThe show opened last night and BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the evening, check out photos below from the opening night press reception.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:17AMThey call it a revolution in British theatre. At least one rating service ranks it as popular as Netflix. It’s Digital Theatre and for those of you who don’t already know, it…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:15AMSadler's Wells, London: PUZ/ZLE opens with a digital projection on a stone wall of an empty art gallery, the camera gliding through never-ending doorways as Cherkaoui's dancers, in real…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:01AM
Royal Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon: Maria Aberg says she could not imagine directing this play with any Rosalind other than Pippa Nixon, whom she deems extraordinary. She is. She has a d…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:55AMNew Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeContrary to popular misconception, Phileas Fogg did not complete any part of his three-month circumnavigation of the globe by balloon – which leaves Theresa He…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMThe deviser of unsettling public encounters is a world-class artist in a way that the other contenders – Laure Prouvost, David Shrigley and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye – are notThe 2013 Turner…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:52AMAllison Moore’s comedy “Collapse” is built around a couple dealing with infertility and other serious issues.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:50AMPippin has found its corner of the sky on Broadway, starring Matthew James Thomas and Patina Miller in the first-ever revival of Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson’s hit musical. In …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:38AMIn response to Culture Secretary Maria Miller's first keynote speech on the arts, actor/director Samuel West, chair of the National Campaign for the Arts, has written the following (republis…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:31AMMoroccan poet Abdellatif Laâbi's autobiographical fiction draws deeply on his own childhood in Fez during the late 1940s and especially the 1950s.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:27AMTuning into the gossip the Divine Miss M spews jubilantly as another Divine Miss M is such fun it hardly matters that five minutes after the romp ends, much of the dirt dished with such five…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:23AMBy Susan Miron World-renowned Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin has been featured on the Celebrity Series of Boston five times, including a remarkable two-piano appearance with James Levine (ava…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:16AMHaving been bowled over by her production of King John last year, I was eagerly anticipating Maria Aberg's first main house outing for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her inventive spirit and…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:13AMA starry crowd at the Booth Theatre helped welcome Bette Midler back to Broadway in John Logan's new bioplay, I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With S
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:10AMToday is the birthday of Albert King (1923-1992), a major influence on Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan, among others. He is often referred to as one of the Three Kings of t…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:08AM by Edie Stokes Last Sunday Daniel Brewer performed his show Mismatch.Com to a packed house at Don’t Tell Mama. The charismatic Daniel wrote the script for t…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 08:07AMTHEATER WITHOUT LIMITS: CARROLL COUNTY MARYLAND SUMMER CAMP FOR CHILDREN OF ALL LEARNING STYLES AND ABILITIES Suzi Eldridge shares her passion her bringing an inclusive acting program to the…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 25 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
he Divine Miss M is back on Broadway, looking and sounding like super agent Mengers, but that twinkle in the eyes is pure Midler.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:59AM Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. On April 22 young Broadway actor-singer Robert Creighton celebrated his new CD entitled Ain’t We Got Fun at 54 Below with great Broadway musi…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 07:57AMBorn in 1859 in upstate Copenhagen, New York James Morris possessed the unique gift of being able to stretch his skin out like taffy, sometimes as far out as 18 inches. He could pull his s…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:49AMIf you're interested in doing research on a musical, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has an embarrassment of riches. To find all the information we have, you may have to …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:46AMToday is the birthday of Will Rock (William George Rakauskas, 1907-1995). Born in Lithuania, he moved the U.S. at age five. At age 13 he started studying magic, becoming a professional in 19…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:25AMThis revival begins in a sombre mood with the thrust stage covered in crunchy desiccated leaves which a bleak Orlando, in servitude to his abusive older brother, and the loyal ancient Adam (…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:24AMBrian Childers returns to perform An Evening with Danny Kaye, the show he “always wanted to perform’, to benefit The American Century Theater (TACT) on Monday, May 6, 2013 at A…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:15AMThis is an outstanding production by Blanche McIntyre for Headlong (co-produced with the Nuffield, Southampton, in association with Derby Theatre) of Chekhov's play: it is fresh, funny, abso…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:13AMToday is the birthday of George Lashwood (Edward George Wright, 1863-1942). Known as the “Beau Brummel of the music halls” the comedian/ singer was a star of London’s Eas…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:10AMDavid Tennant is appearing in The Politician's Husband tonight, days after wrapping up Broadchurch with Olivia Colman. But there's no danger of overexposure for either of these brilliantly v…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AMFormer BBC head of light entertainment David Young is returning to independent company Hat Trick Productions, where he will develop new entertainment formats for the organisation. Young firs…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:02AMRoddy Doyle has adapted his 1987 novel The Commitments into a musical, which will premiere at the West End's Palace Theatre in October, directed by rising star Jamie Lloyd. Here, Doyle expla…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:00AMSee has rejoined the Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers in a move which strengthens the rights of consumers who purchase from the company. Its decision to rejoin STAR comes after The Sta…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival has signed a new three-year sponsorship deal with Deuchars IPA that extends a partnership begun in 2010 to the end of the annual event’s 2015 season. The new …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:57AMJohn 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 opened at Broadway's Booth Theatre …
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:42AMNew artistic director Mark Babych is determined to leave the experimental theatre company's troubles behind and reclaim its original sense of identityForty years ago, Mike Bradwell wrote to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:39AMNew artistic director Mark Babych is determined to leave the experimental theatre company's troubles behind and reclaim its original sense of identity Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:39AMLyle Kessler’s career has been pretty well defined by an early play of his, Orphans. There have been other plays, but nothing that created the stir that this one did. It’s bee…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:38AMThis year’s Olivier Awards will be the single biggest marketing opportunity that London’s theatre industry has ever seen, according to its producer the Society of London Theatre. The cer…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMEntertainment union BECTU is calling for a blanket ban on agents and directories – inclu-ding services such as Spotlight – charging upfront fees. The union is arguing that current legisl…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:26AMDennis Potter’s death in 1994 was mourned in some quarters as the passing of Britain’s greatest ever television writer. But the searing inventiveness of Brimstone and Treacle, Pennies fr…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:21AMCrazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel, London: Wouldn't it be loverly (to quote the show for which Liz Robertson first became famous for performing) if all cabaret evenings were as polished, pois…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:15AMFormer Jermyn Street Theatre artistic director Gene David Kirk has been appointed to run a new arts centre in Clapham, south-west London. Omnibus will open in September in what used to be …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:15AMTristan Bates Theatre, London: Set in a typical American high school, Scott Morgan's new musical Geek! revolves around an archetypal mean girl and her plan to makeover the plain new gir…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:13AMClwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold: Anest and Iola are elderly twin sisters living in south west Wales, but Iola is beginning to forget things and a disturbing letter from her brings Anest's daug…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:11AMPropeller Arts is an all-male-troupe, which is unusual in itself when gender-blind casting in Shakespeare is on the rise and more women are taking leading male roles.
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No need to flirt with disaster by booking passage on a Carnival Cruise. Instead, head straight to the Cadillac Palace Theatre and take a seat on board “Anything Goes.” Just step right on…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:56AMPreservationists have their lists of endangered buildings; conservationists, their list of endangered species. I have my list of endangered artistic experiences.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:47AMNerves, speeches, practising their fake-congratulation face – five nominees for this year's Olivier awards, including Luke Treadaway and Hattie Morahan, tell Laura Barnett about one of the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30AMThe New York Choral Society NYCS announced today that award-winning stage and screen star Kathleen Turner will introduce Ralph Vaughan Williams's A Sea Symphony at Carnegie Hall on April 25 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMRoger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's beloved coming-of-age musical comedy Pippin opens tonight. This all new production is directed by Diane Paulus featuring choreography by Chet Walker in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMTonight, April 25th, Broadway Sessions will reunite cast members from the recent Broadway revival of Hair and more.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AM"Do we really care how hard it is to make a living as a Sherpa on the slopes of power?"-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 01:17AMArt lovers have a few more options to enjoy works by Granite City artists thanks to a new expansion program underway at the city's downtown art gallery, Art Park Ost and Gallery 1410.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:15AMIf you're in or near the Kansas City area on Friday afternoon, I'll be giving a lecture at William Jewell...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"The theater is the only branch of art much cared for by people of wealth; like canasta, it does away...
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Hollywood came east last night and mixed with Broadway—a not always easy alliance. But they did it for their late pal Sue Mengers, and star Bette Midler who uncannily channels Mengers in a…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:46AMWith only four contestants standing, the competition gets even more intense. Tonight the ladies sang a song of there choice for the first round and an audience choice for the second.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21AMHEDY WEISS: “Many more people need to be exposed” to plays about violence, says one teen cast member.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:14AMYou won't find many operas as photogenic as Richard Strauss' Salome and not many productions of the piece as image-laden as one directed by Atom Egoyan. However, capturing those pictures for…
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SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Wednesday, April 24, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMThe American Repertory Theatre's (A.R.T.) production of Pippin opens on Broadway tonight. Pippin, played by Mathew James Thomas (Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark), sets off on a death-defying j…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMYou aren't likely to see the next Barry Manilow or Bette Midler play there any time soon. It just isn't that type of bathhouse. It never was. Nor was it originally meant to be a theater. Yet…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMBritish actor Matthew James Thomas, who made his Broadway debut as the Peter Parker alternate in Broadway's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark — going on twice a week for star Reeve Car…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBull, the companion piece to British playwright Mike Bartlett's three-person drama Cock, receives its American premiere as part of the Brits Off Broadway line-up beginning April 25 at 59…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLabyrinth Theater Company's production of Bob Glaudini's A Family for All Occasions, which is directed by former Labyrinth co-artistic director Philip Seymour Hoffman, begins perform…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award nominee Patina Miller invites audiences into the circus tent housed at the Music Box Theatre, where the first Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning 1972 pop musical Pippin&nb…
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