Falling For Make Believe is a masterful new musical about Lorenz Hart -- his homosexuality included -- by Mark Saltzman, at the Colony Theatre. Also glances at two shows about street turmoil…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 08:57PMSo, Motown: The Musical. OK, let's do this. Yes, it's bad. But we knew that was going to be true. But the genuinely surprising thing about Motown is that it's not entirely disastrous. Sure, …
SOURCE: Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals at 08:52PMMeat-punching, now with more jazz hands.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 08:51PMRespond to our 10-question poll to enter to win a prize that will add some fun to your summer.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:36PMLauded musical theatre composing duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul will join special guests for a one-night-only concert event at Joe's Pub on May 15 in support of the release of the Ghostlight…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24PMThere are shows that are good and there are shows that are bad. There are countless shows that land somewhere in the middle. We all have various reasons we attend the plays we do: invitation…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:10PMThe Acting Company presented a powerful and heartbreaking production of John Steinbeck’s 1937 play Of Mice and Men at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts on Sunday, Ap…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:04PMIn January of 1999 I didn’t know who Chrissy Amphlett was. Like almost everyone else I had heard ‘I Touch Myself’ and ‘Pleasure and Pain’ on the radio but I didn’t associate the…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:00PMThe Beastie Boys want it all on the record. The iconic hip-hop group has a deal with Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of Random House Inc., for an illustrated oral history. The currently untitled …
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Seattle Repertory Theatre is one of five U.S. theaters awarded a $20,000 grant for commissions, workshops and premieres of new plays and musicals, the National Corporate Theatre Fund has ann…
SOURCE: blogs.seattletimes.com at 07:55PMThe 58th Annual Drama Desk awards will take place on May 19th at Town Hall and this morning, the nominees were announced by John Lloyd Young Drama Desk Winner, Jersey Boys and Linda Lavin. B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54PMDirected and adapted by Hershey Felder from a book by Mona Golubek and Lee Cohen, it's the true story of Golubek's mother, Lisa Jura, who at age 13 escaped from Vienna to London just after t…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:50PMFor Anything Goes, Roundabout has given us not only a stellar leading lady in Rachel York, but a most impressive cast of supporting performers with Broadway cred as well.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:50PMJust tell us what you love about mornings in St. Louis.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:47PMKeith Lockhart and the Boston Pops are inviting residents of Watertown to join them for a free performance at Symphony Hall on May 9. The program is “Fantasia in Concert” with music and …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:41PMRECOMMENDED A blizzard rages outside of an Indian restaurant in Cleveland, Ohio. Weather being nature’s indicator of theatrical tumult yet to come, the wind howls maliciously. Unlike Tenne…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:35PMDylan Riley Snyder takes young success to a new level! At age nine Dylan made his Broadway debut in Tarzan and then went on to star in The Orphans' Home Cycle Off-Broadwa…
SOURCE: www.broadwaymasterchat.com at 07:35PMBroadwayWorld.com has exclusively learned the cast of the April 25 - May 15th developmental lab of the Broadway-bound musical EVER AFTER, based on the 1998 20th Century Fox Film of the same …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:15PMIf this native New Yorker were in a relationship with the city of London, our Facebook status would read: “It’s complicated.” We’ve been through hell together. London is one of my fa…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:15PMIn recent years theatre has sought assistance from a pair of popular art forms. Shows based either on movies, or on pop groups’ back catalogues, have become mainstays of the theatrical eco…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:14PMProducers Steven Van Zandt and Maureen Van Zandt, Marc Brickman, Larry Magid and BASE Entertainment have announced that the sold-out Broadway engagement THE RASCALS ONCE UPON A DREAM will em…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:12PMI expended so much effort at Liz Flahive’s The Madrid at the Manhattan Theatre Club desperately trying to get my metaphorical arms around the shape and meaning of this play about a runaway…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:12PMThe annual White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner was held on April 27, 2013. Proceeds from the dinner, which is well known for being the hottest ticket in Washington year i…
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Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights to Chiemi Karasawa’s “Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me,” a week after the documentary made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:59PMThe concert/bio-musical hybrid reuniting the popular 1960s American blue-eyed soul band will kick off its road trip May 24 in Hollywood, Fla.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:59PMThe annual White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner was held on April 27, 2013. Proceeds from the dinner, which is well known for being the hottest ticket in Washington year i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:57PMThe annual White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner was held on April 27, 2013. Proceeds from the dinner, which is well known for being the hottest ticket in Washington year i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:53PMCurrently in previews, August Wilson's 'Joe Turner's Come and Gone,' directed by Phylicia Rashad, opens Wednesday, May 8 at 8 p.m. at the Center Theatre GroupMark Taper Forum. The lyrically …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:52PMOscar winner Jamie Foxx is in talks to star in the upcoming, contemporary Annie film remake, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Foxx will play Benjamin Stacks, a variation on the clas…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:46PMIn the final episode of Making Matilda, the musical's grown-up stars Bertie Carvel, Lauren Ward, Gabriel Ebert, Lesli Margherita and Karen Aldridge share why Matilda's emotional jour…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:46PMOn this episode of Land of Lola, Kinky Boots stars Billy Porter and Stark Sands take over Lord & Taylor with two special performances. Porter also offers a glimpse at the musical’s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:45PMHearing the cast’s gorgeous voices is what puts this show in the recommended column. Indeed, Laura McClain’s wonderful soprano alone is worth the price of admission. (read more...)
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:40PMThe Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced that Larry Kramer will receive the Isabelle Stevenson Award. This award will be presented at the 2013 Tony Awards on Sunday, June 9th. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:35PMPlaywright and activist Larry Kramer will be receive the annual Isabelle Stevenson Award as part of the 2013 Tony Awards June 9. The laurel, named after the former prexy of Tony co-presenter…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:18PMThe playwright behind the classic AIDS crisis drama "The Normal Heart" will be the fourth recipient of the Isabelle Stevenson Award, recognizing a member of the theater community for his or …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:18PMThe Rascals may be ending their Broadway engagement on May 5, but they’ll keep on rocking all summer long on a North American tour! The Rascals: Once Upon a Dream will hit the road beg…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:17PMThe St. Louis Zoo releases an adorable video of its newborn calf.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:16PMTGC Productions, producer of CIRQUE MUSICA - a concert and visual experience for the entire family -- has announced a new creative collaboration with Debbie Gibson. Ms. Gibson will compose t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:15PMThe Tony Awards will honor playwright Larry Kramer (The Normal Heart) with the Isabelle Stevenson Award at the 2013 ceremony on June 9.
Kramer, who penned the 2011 Tony winner for Best Re…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:14PMTHEATER REVIEW: "The Knowledge" at Steep Theatre ★★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "The Knowledge" at Steep Theatre ★★★★
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:12PMTHEATER REVIEW "Ploughed Under: An American Songbook" at House Theatre of Chicago ★★
THEATER REVIEW "Ploughed Under: An American Songbook" at House Theatre of Chicago ★ …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:05PMWhat could be better than a movie about a talented kid who dreams of appearing on Broadway, filled with a cast of real-life Broadway actors? On April 28, Mark Oxman presented his new short f…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:01PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 4292013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PMActress Amanda Peet has added some star power to her debut as a playwright. Blythe Danner and Sarah Jessica Parker will play mother and daughter facing family and fiscal troubles in Peet&rsq…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00PM
According to an unnamed source over at ContactMusic.com, South Park and multi-Tony Award-winning THE BOOK OF MORMON creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone may very well have their next subject …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:59PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, April 29, 2013 Boneau/Bryan-Brown Congratulates Our 2012-2013 Drama Desk Award Nominees Click here for more Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us o…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:52PMThe Normal Heart playwright Larry Kramer has been named the 2013 recipient of the Isabelle Stevenson Award, the Tony Awards Administration Committee announced April 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:48PMThis year's Edwin Booth Award will be presented to the legendary theatre director and producer Woodie King, Jr., founding director of the pioneering African-American theatrical production an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:39PMHeather has grown up on Broadway, going from Baby June to Little Who to Ballet Girl to a partly adult role now.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:39PMThe Tony Awards® Administration Committee has announced that Larry Kramer will receive the 2013 Isabelle Stevenson Award.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 05:36PMOscar winner Jamie Foxx is in talks to star opposite Quvenzhane Wallis, a 2013 Academy Award nominee for her performance in "Beasts of the Southern Wild," in "Annie,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:23PMThe first of a number of promised locally produced programs will air on the Radio Arts Foundation beginning Monday, May 6. "Inside Classical Guitar" will be heard 7 to 8 p.m. Mondays, and is…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:23PMThere’s a new mysterious masked music teacher haunting the Great White Way! Swedish recording star Peter Joback officially dons the mask on April 29, and we’ve got a first look a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:22PMThe spring season on Broadway already looks to have yielded a bumper crop of B.O. earners, with no fewer that four recent openers breaking the $1 million mark and landing in the Top 10 last …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:21PMA week in the life of actor, radio host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:19PMBroadway’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 05:17PMRocky brings to life the iconic and inspiring story of struggling small time Philly boxer, Rocky Balboa, who gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to go the distance against heavyweight champ Apoll…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:17PMThe top five highest-grossing shows on Broadway held their positions from last week, while the shows in the number 6 through 10 spots played musical chairs. Kinky Boots continues to gain mom…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:16PMBroadway and R&B star Fantasia Barrino is celebrating the April release of her latest solo album, Side Effects of You. During a visit to New York over the weekend of April 27, the Color …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:15PMDeanna Jent's play "Falling," has been nominated for the Drama Desk award for outstanding play.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:15PMNotable Broadway leading man and internationally recognized Glee star Matthew Morrison offered up a spectacular musical medley last night on the 2013 Olivier Awards with a tribute to the Leo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:14PMBritain's Olivier Awards were presented yesterday, April 28, and several of the top honors went to National Theatre Live titles and their performers. The Audience, for which Dame Helen Mirre…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:13PMThe May 4 and May 11 episodes of the NBC musical drama "Smash" will air at 9 PM ET in the show's new Saturday time slot. Here is a first look at the installments, titled "…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:07PMTony Award winners Linda Lavin and John Lloyd Young announced the nominations for the 2013 Drama Desk Awards April 29 at 54 Below. Drama Desk Awards, which are presented annually, honor outs…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:06PMThis week’s Movie Monologue Monday is going to look at Herbert Marshall’s internal monologue in Alfred Hitchcock’s Murder! The “internal monologue” is what ru…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PM
NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Amanda Peet has managed to lure Sarah Jessica Parker and Blythe Danner to share a stage again with her first play.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:59PMThe casts of two iconic musical theatre mainstays stormed the stage of the 2013 Olivier Awards last evening, with West End star Will Young leading the Kit Kat Girls of the revival of CABARET…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:51PM With a day to go before the nominees for the big awards are announced, the 58th Annual Drama Desk Nominees were announced. Musicals Giant and Hands on a Hardbody lead the way with nine…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:46PMSearching for Mr. and Mrs. Right in “The Personal(s)” There’s been an accident. We don’t know exactly what happened, but we know that Janna was driving, and we know that Don was maki…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:42PMSting is the latest celebrity to take in the glorious sights and sounds of Kinky Boots. The rock icon was eager to hear the freshman score by fellow pop star Cyndi Lauper, and on April 26, h…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PM“Motown: The Musical” is the biggest box office hit among the new productions of the 2012-13 season and the two likely front-runners for the best musical Tony, “Matilda” and “Kinky…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:42PMI’m having a flashback. It’s my high school senior play (The Wizard of Oz… of course) and we all scramble out of homeroom to see the cast list. I was a shoe-in for the Scar…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:40PMCasting is now complete for the New York premiere of the new rock and hip-hop musical Venice, which will begin previews Off-Broadway May 28 at the Public Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:39PMIn March, HowlRound hosted the first cohort meeting for the Mellon Foundation's playwright residencies . While we had folks in Boston, we decided to ask some of them just how their particula…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:35PMreview: “On the Town” brings back classic Bernstein and a frenzied 24 hours.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 04:33PMTina Packer’s epic Shakespearean series Women of Will will play its final performance at The Gym at Judson on May 26, one week earlier than its originally scheduled end date, so that P…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:31PMLittle girls and Cinderella are a perfect match, so it’s no surprise that Broadway vet Brooke Shields planned a Broadway birthday celebration at the magical Rodgers & Hammerstein m…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:30PM“Rocky” is heading to its new ring -- Broadway -- in February 2014, according to The New York Times.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:30PMTHE NEVERLAND AFTER DARK This ain’t Mary Martin’s Peter Pan. Or Walt Disney’s. Or Stephen Spielberg’s. With Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers, playwright Michael Lluberes’ has h…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:26PMBroadway alum Shoshana Bean is putting some of her Hairspray moves to work with her Wicked pipes in the new music video for her single “Cold Turkey.” Conceived, directed and chor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PMTony Award-winning original AIDA star Heather Headley firmly claimed ownership of another titanic leading lady diva role last night byway of her positively roof-raising 'I Will Always Love Y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:23PMItalian Bred, the new Off-Broadway show written by and starring Candice Guardino, will premiere April 30 at the Theatre at St. Luke's.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:21PM…there was Anthony Radich. Looking back at some of my old entries, I was surprised to find I had forgotten that five years before Rocco Landesman uttered his infamous blasphemy/straigh…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 04:11PMThe 2012-13 Broadway season is officially over, and several new shows are proving to be box office hits as Kinky Boots, Lucky Guy, Matilda and Motown continue to gross over $1 million. Audie…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:11PMThe cast of The Phantom of the Opera has something very, very, very important to ask you: Will you vote Phantom for Favorite Long-Running Show at the Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards? The…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:11PMTheater ensemble SITI Company will present the 20th Anniversary Celebration & JAM at BAM Fisher May 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:08PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:07PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 4282013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMSam and Alex With a Z!, a collection of songs from rising musical theatre songwriters Alexander Sage Oyen and Sam Salmond, will be offered May 13 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:05PMThe 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards were held yesterday in the UK, hosted by Sheridan Smith, and Broadway, Hollywood and West End heavyweight Idina Menzel wowed the crowd in her heartfelt music…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:02PMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, the longest-running show in Broadway history,, welcomes West End star and platinum-selling Swedish recording artist Peter Jöback to Bro…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:01PMManhattan Theatre Club has just announced that Emmy and Tony award winner Blythe Danner and Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Sarah Jessica Parker will return to MTC at New York City Center…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PM
he energetic Papermill Playhouse production comes close at times to taking flight
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:54PM Where to go after the show? Every high-school production has their go-to diner or spot. (On Broadway, it’s Joe Allen or Angus McIndoe’s.) At Mahopac, after “The Soun…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 03:53PMTonight, April 29, The New York Pops marks its 30th birthday with a grand gala evening honoring the musical talents of songwriters Frank Loesser and Jule Styne, and the centennial of legenda…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:50PMTitled "The Commons of Pensacola," the Manhattan Theatre Club Off Broadway presentation will begin performances in October, directed by Lynne Meadow.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:48PMThe critics are raving and here is what they have to say: ASSOCIATED PRESS New ‘Pippin’ mixed with circus amazes http://www.wral.com/review-new-pippin-mixed-with-circus-amazes/12…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:47PMThe musical version of Rocky is getting ready to go the distance on Broadway. The production will open at the Winter Garden Theatre in the spring of 2014. The current occupant, the smash hit…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:46PMThe Epic Theater Ensemble makes several adjustments to “Richard III,” giving it a contemporary setting and a new title: “Born With Teeth.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:42PMThe Tony Awards Administration Committee met today for the fourth and final time this season to determine the eligibility of eighteen Broadway productions for the 2013 American Theatre Wing&…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:41PMNEW YORK (AP) — The off-Broadway show "Giant" and the quickly shuttered Broadway musical "Hands on a Hardbody" lead the Drama Desk nomination race this season, with the British import "Mat…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:37PMBlythe Danner and Sarah Jessica Parker will star in the world premiere of Amanda Peet's The Commons of Pensacola at Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center – Stage I. MTC ar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:27PMEmmy winner Sarah Jessica Parker and Tony winner Blythe Danner are set to star in Manhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere off-Broadway production of Amanda Peet's The Commons of Pe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:25PMEmmy winner Sarah Jessica Parker and Tony winner Blythe Danner are officially set to star in Manhattan Theatre Club’s off-Broadway production of Amanda Peet's The Commons of Pensac…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:25PMThe 2013 Tony Award nominations will be announced at 8:30 a.m. on April 30. To help prepare for the inevitable reaction — “Snubbed!” — here is a list of those eligibl…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:22PMThe Commons of Pensacola, a new play by actress Amanda Peet (Barefoot in the Park), will have its world premiere this fall at Manhattan Theatre Club's New York City Center — Stage I. Blyth…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:17PMA review of Seattle playwright Katie Forgette’s “Assisted Living,” at ACT Theatre through May 12, 2013.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 03:14PMManhattan Theatre Club is pleased to announce that Emmy and Tony award winner Blythe Danner and Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Sarah Jessica Parker will return to MTC at New York City Ce…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:11PMNEW YORK (AP) — Actress Amanda Peet has managed to lure Blythe Danner and Sarah Jessica Parker to share a stage again with her first play.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:09PMNEW YORK—Actress Amanda Peet has managed to lure Blythe Danner and Sarah Jessica Parker to share a stage again with her first play.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:09PMThe Public Theater announced complete casting today for the new Public Lab musical VENICE, with book by Eric Rosen, music by Matt Sax, lyrics by Matt Sax and Eric Rosen, additional music by …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:07PMBroadway producer Roy Miller died suddenly on April 28, following a brief illness. He was 52.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:04PMThe 2013 Drama Desk Award nominations are out and Off-Broadway theater is well-represented this year. The Public Theater's Giant leads the nominations with 9, tied with Broadway's now-depart…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:03PMThe Tony-nominated actress will star as a brilliant adventurer seeking acceptance into an exclusive British old-boys' circle in Nell Benjamin's play "The Explorers Club."read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:02PMReviewed by Joe Regan Jr. April 28, 2013 Andrea Burns, Broadway singer and actress, currently appearing as one of the strippers on Broadway in The Nance, made a rare cabaret appearance at 54…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:01PMA HUGE congratulations to Boston University's Huntington Theatre Company (they also happen to be State of the Arts bloggers!) on their Tony win for Regional Theatre. The Tony Awards, on the …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 03:00PMThe Tony Awards Administration Committee has spoken for the fourth and final time. On April 26, the committee convened to make the last of its 2013 Tony Awards eligibility determinations aft…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMDid TheaterMania's live webcast of the Drama Desk Award nominations earlier today whet your appetite for more nomination news? Lucky for you, the Tony Awards are right at its heels! On Tues…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMDid TheaterMania's live webcast of the Drama Desk Award nominations earlier today whet your appetite for more nomination news? Lucky for you, the Tony Awards are right at its heels! On Tues…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
THE DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2012-2013 SEASON Isa Goldberg (President, Drama Desk)Nominations for the 2013 Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced at 54 Below by Drama Desk Award winne…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:58PMNEW YORK (AP) — Two stories born in Britain are vying for America's biggest theater prize.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:54PMStephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Road Show, which made its 2008 Off-Broadway debut at the Public Theater, will be produced in the U.S. for the first time since its New York premiere, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:54PMAtlantic Theater Company has just announced casting for the world premiere of Rod McLachlan's new play GOOD TELEVISION, directed by Bob Krakower. The cast will feature Talia Balsam, Jessica …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:53PMNEW YORK—Two stories born in Britain are vying for America's biggest theater prize. "Kinky Boots" and "Matilda" are each a virtual lock to get a Tony Award nomination Tuesday for b…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:53PM And now…Effie Trinket. WHO WILL BE VICTOR?! The time has come, Citizens. I know, it has been three weeks of fun, games, and bloody battles, but we have finally arrived …
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 02:52PMDon't be late for a very important date when the Coolidge Corner Theatre hosts a Sunday morning, high-def broadcast of the Royal Ballet's production of Christopher Wheeldon's celebrated "Ali…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:52PMFour ensemble members have been added to the cast of the new Public Theater musical Venice, starring previously announced stars Jennifer Damiano, Claybourne Elder and Leslie Odom, Jr.. The L…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:39PMWho knew the Jersey Boys were Wheel of Fortune fans? For the next month, cast members from the Tony-, Grammy-, and Olivier Award-winning musical will put their puzzle-solving skills to the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:39PMGlee had its best episode of the spring on April 25. Earning an almost-impossible “A” on Broadway.com’s Glee Report Card, “Lights Out” featured several stellar,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:37PMMad Men and Homeland star Talia Balsam, Zoe Perry (Broadway’s The Other Place) and Kelly McAndrew (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) will lead the ensemble cast of Rod McLachlan’s new play …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMBLIZZARD TALE In meteorology, the phenomena known as Lake Effect occurs when a cold system glides over the warmer water of a large lake and dumps huge amounts of precipitation, usually snow,…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:30PMHigh school theatre experiences are often described as the turning point for many theatre professionals involved in the industry. Many recall it as the first time they discovered their love …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMThe company of the second North American tour of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman's Wicked welcomed Jennifer DiNoia as Elphaba, Hayley Podschun as Glinda and David Nathan Perlow as Fi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PMRod MacLachlan's new play, Good Television, will receive its world premiere at Atlantic Theatre Company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:16PMBEWITCHED, BEGUILED AND THRILLED Mark Saltzman is one smart cookie. He approaches his new bio-musical of the legendary Lorenz Hart with a passionate curiosity about the great man’s life an…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:15PM“Funny” is a word the characters murmur from time to time in the “The Personal(s),” a gloomy but gripping new play from No Rules Theatre Company. They say it because they’re past l…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:14PMRichard Pierce, the director of Neo Ensemble Theatre's local premiere of Mitch Albom's Duck Hunter Shoots Angel, had to bring a real tree to the stage of the Carrie Hamilton Theatre at the P…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:14PMThe 2012-13 Broadway season has come to a close, and the 67th annual Tony Awards are on the horizon. Before Tony nominations are announced April 30, the staff at Playbill.com took a look bac…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:11PMThere’s an analogy to be drawn between musical composition and the theater. A play is like a theme; each production is a variation on that theme, stretching it past its original bounds…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:10PMA few months ago The Brick hosted a night of Beck songs with artists performing selections form Song Reader, Beck's sheet-music-only album he released back in December 2012.It was a magical …
SOURCE: bricktheater.blogspot.com at 02:09PMOur sense of what is real begins with and depends crucially upon our bodies, especially our sensorimotor apparatus, which enables us to perceive, move, and manipulate, and the detailed struc…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 02:03PMAdam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy: Forty years on and Hector MacMillan's play about the Irish troubles, revived by Michael Emans for Rapture Theatre, is both dated and disturbingly contempo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:02PMCast members from the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS will be featured on Wheel of Fortune beginning tonight and through the month of May to celebrate the 30th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:01PMNEW YORK (AP) — The off-Broadway show "Giant" and the quickly shuttered Broadway musical "Hands on a Hardbody" lead the Drama Desk nomination race this season, with the British import "Mat…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:00PMMarianne Elliott has said she will not be in the running for the job of artistic director at the National Theatre, claiming that it would be “particularly difficult” to take on the role …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00PMThe Broadway season has ended and the awards season begun, when theater people turn from the art of theater to its mathematics. Here are the shows I reviewed last week, starting with my favo…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:00PMIrish Repertory Theatre celebrates its award-winning 25th Anniversary Season with SOMETHING WONDERFUL THE SONGS OF RODGERS amp HAMMERSTEIN, an evening celebrating classic Rodgers and Hammers…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PM
As I wrote in my post, Uniting the 1,000 Conferences, TCG’s annual gathering of theatre people is simultaneously a single event and a multiplicity of diverse experiences. That is espec…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:59PMOne of the creative forces behind the play that swept the Oliviers has fired a broadside at Culture Secretary Maria Miller and said the economic case for theatre was “done and dusted”.
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:59PMNEW YORK—The off-Broadway show "Giant" and the quickly shuttered Broadway musical "Hands on a Hardbody" lead the Drama Desk nomination race this season, with the British import "Matil…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:58PMPLOUGHED UNDER BY GOOD INTENTIONS AND BAD SONGWRITING What a great idea: Create modern folk songs to represent Americans whose voices have been given short shrift (or ploughed under) by hi…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:52PMAcademy Award-winning Lucky Guy star Tom Hanks will host Something Wonderful! The Songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein, featuring Oscar winner Shirley Jones, June 10 at the Broadhurst Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:51PMDuke Ellington was born on this day in 1899. To celebrate the occasion, the Library of Congress announced that it...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:50PMSpend a recent two-show day at Broadway's Jekyll & Hyde with Jason Wooten (Hair), who plays Simon Stride in the new revival. Check out his pre-show rituals and meet the hardworking men a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:49PMThe Eighth Annual Stella by Starlight Benefit Gala, hosted by the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, will be held at Espace June 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PM2013 Drama Desk Nominations Honor Giant, Matilda and Hands on a Hard Body Lead: At 54 Below this morning Linda Lavin and John Lloyd Young announced the Drama Desk nominations.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:45PMAtlantic Theater Company has announced that Talia Balsam (Mad Men), Jessica Cummings (The Seagull), John Magaro (Tigers Be Still), Kelly McAndrew (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), Zoe Perry (The Othe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:44PMThe Broadway debut “Flashdance – The Musical” has been delayed once again. Producers cited lack of available theaters as the reason for the latest delay – the third time the show has…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 01:40PM“Rocky the Musical,” based on the classic movies staring Sylvester Stallone, is coming to Broadway next spring. Previews will begin at the Winter Garden Theatre in February 2014, with th…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 01:29PM(This post is a part of the Diversity & Inclusion blog salon led by Online Curator Jacqueline E. Lawton for the 2013 TCG National Conference: Learn Do Teach in Dallas. This post wa…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:29PMThe master puppeteers, dancers, and musicians of Cambodia's premiere Shadow Puppet Troupe, Wat Bo-in New York City as part of the citywide Season of Cambodia festival-visited Broadway's SPID…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMThe creative team behind Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which dominated at this week’s Olivier Awards, have said that the winning play would not have been made without the …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:17PMDarren Criss, best known for playing Blaine on the musical TV show GLEE is preparing to kick off a sold-out 16-city tour called Listen Up. He talks to TODAY's Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kot…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMCast members from the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS will be featured on “Wheel of Fortune” beginning tonight and through the month of May to celebrate th…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:09PMYou are in a dimly lit bar, with checkered tablecloths on tiny tables. A small stage is to your left. This is where the magician will appear. The place seems made for magicians. The walls ar…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:06PMThe contestants for the seventh annual Broadway Beauty Pageant have been announced. Participants include Callan Bergmann Silence The Musical, Julius C. Carter SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark, Y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:05PMIn 1982, the young Japanese immigrant, Midori Goto, made her concert debut with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of the legendary Zubin Mehta. The young violinist was only 11 at the…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:05PMRECOMMENDED Playwright Nina Raine is very good at investigating tangents. Her characters have mean fun with each other, exploring gender differences, mocking each other’s vocational direct…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 01:03PMThe Stella Adler Studio of Acting has announced that its eighth annual Stella by Starlight Benefit Gala will honor beloved actors Elaine Stritch (30 Rock) and George Takei (Star Trek) as wel…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01PM
The oldest theatre still in its original form in Britain faces closure unless it can raise about £120,000, the latest regional arts centre to run into financial problems since the recession.
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:59PMJimmy gets fired! Tom and Julia split! Sam does something! The drama on Smash is ramping up as we enter the final five episodes of the sinking musical drama, which will air its two-part fina…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:58PMRECOMMENDED There is a lot of Richard Rodgers being heard around town this spring, from the rarely heard Rodgers and Hart “Pal Joey” at Porchlight and the first-ever Rodgers and Hammerst…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 12:57PMWith the Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards just days away, fans are voting like mad for their favorite Broadway shows, actors and more. This weekend, we also gave the fans the chance to sh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:56PMUPDATED: The list of contestants for the seventh annual Broadway Beauty Pageant has been released. The participants will be cast members from some of the hottest shows on and off-Broadway, i…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:54PMIt's Tony time on Broadway, and as always, we can't stop thinking about who'll be going for the gold on June 9! Over the past week, our editorial staff took an in-depth look at 1…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:53PMEnglish National Ballet’s artistic director Tamara Rojo will perform the lead role in the company’s production of Swan Lake for select dates at the Royal Albert Hall this summer. Rojo wi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:53PMNominations for the 58th Annual Drama Desk Awards, celebrating excellence in Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway, were announced this morning. ANNIE has been nominated for Outstandin…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:52PMDarren Day is to star in new musical The Golden Voice, which opens at the Arts Theatre in London in June. The musical is written by Nick Fogarty and begins previewing on June 12, with...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:45PMToday is Duke Ellington’s birthday, but I hope you’re not too disappointed to learn that I am much more excited about the fact that it is Tommy James’ birthday today (b.194…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:38PMSinger Lindsay Mendez and pianistband leader Marco Paguia have confirmed the release of 'This Time', their debut jazz vocal album.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38PMThe Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens in real-time on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay .* Join us Thurs…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:38PMThe life of a Broadway star can get a little busy during awards season—so busy, in fact, that some actors and actresses rush over to the Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards directly af…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:37PMYo Adrian! Rocky’s getting a shot at Broadway.
He may be known as as brawler with hands of stone, but Rocky Balboa is poised to dance and sing on the Great White Way.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:33PMMorgan James is one busy lady! As if appearing in the Broadway blockbuster Motown: The Musical weren’t enough, the soulful powerhouse is making a return to 54 Below. James first headli…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:28PMCoverage of the Olivier Awards on ITV attracted an average of 1.3 million viewers. The broadcaster said that this equated to a 10% audience share and that a peak of 1.7 million tuned in to...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:25PMSecond City director Matt Hovde had two guests onstage on a recent weekday afternoon at the UP Comedy Club, Nic Rouleau and Ben Platt — Elder Price and Elder Cunningham, respectively, …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:25PMRatings of the second season of NBC's "Smash," the Emmy Award-winning musical drama about the creation and inner workings of a Broadway musical, remained at a series low follow…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22PMInside the subtle choreography of Broadway’s “The Nance” It’s an incredibly sensual wedding. In a shimmering white gown, a bride drapes across her husband, who’…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:20PMThe National Theater production, an adaptation of the best-selling novel, won seven prizes, including best play and best actor.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:20PMBrian d'Arcy James, John Dossett, and Kate Baldwin in the Public Theatre's Giant.
Photo: Joan Marcus.
Nominations for the 2013 Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this morning at 54 B…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 12:20PMThe 58th Annual Drama Desk awards will take place on May 19th at Town Hall and this morning, the nominees were announced
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMDetails have been announced for the May 4 and 11 episodes of the new NBC musical drama "Smash," which will air at 8 PM ET both nights.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16PMCongratulations to Stewart Lane and Bonnie Comley, who received an Olivier Award last night for their production of the stage adaptation of the 1935 RKO movie starring Fred Astaire and Ginge…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:15PMAnnaleigh Ashford made a memorable Broadway debut in 2007 as ditzy sorority sister Margot in Legally Blonde. In the six years since then, Ashford has become one of NYC's most dependable …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:09PM"Giant" and "Hands on a Hardbody" lead the 2013 Drama Desk Awards, which were announced on Monday morning by actors Linda Lavin and John Lloyd Young. The Off-Broadway musical, which premiere…
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:06PMProducers have announced a limited engagement on Broadway of the highly praised revival of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie that played American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Mass…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:05PMFour-time Tony Award-nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning actress Tovah Feldshuh will host the seventh annual Broadway Beauty Pageant, an all-male contest benefiting New York's Ali For…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04PMMasterworks Broadway has just announced the release of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Kinky Boots. Produced by Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Oremus, William Wittman and Sammy James, Jr., th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMThe Broadway musical Fela! is the true story of Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, who created a new type of music, Afrobeat, and mixed these pounding eclectic rhythms with incendiary lyrics that …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMJBN sits down with award-winning choreographer Roy Lightner (www.facebook.com/roylightner.choreographer). Song Premiere: "Hold," a trunk song from an earlier conceptualization of TO HELL AND…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00PMPlaybill's weekly recap, with notes and comment, of the latest episode of the NBC musical drama series "Smash," about the dreamers behind Broadway musicals. Here's a look a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMJBN sits down with award-winning choreographer Roy Lightner (www.facebook.com/roylightner.choreographer). Song Premiere: "Hold," a trunk song from an earlier conceptualization of TO HELL AND…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00PMPlaybill's weekly recap, with notes and comment, of the latest episode of the NBC musical drama series "Smash," about the dreamers behind Broadway musicals. Here's a look a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMA play that tackles Islamophobia and questions of Muslim-American identity recently won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. The play is Disgraced, by first-time playwright Ayad Akhtar. He talks wi…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:00PM
The Boston Lyric Opera's production of "The Flying Dutchman" may not the subtlest you will see -- the Freudian elements are slathered on pretty thick -- but the nervy dramatic concept adds t…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:57AM The Hall of Hams is my series on some of my favorite actors who have brought the art of melodramatic acting into the modern era. Today is the birthday of the greatest actor of our tim…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:53AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company's world premiere production of Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical has captured the imagination of young and old alike and continues to play to packed houses at Lo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:52AMOne video this morning reminded me of another. First, Alfred Molina in a “Funny or Die” video as a high-powered critic of children’s theater. Which reminded me of David Sed…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 11:52AMThe 2013 Drama Desk nominees were just announced. Among the productions receiving multiple nominations which Washington audiences have been able to see are Giant by John LaChiusa, which debu…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:46AMThe Tony Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical Rent, a work that broke ground in the contemporary musical theatre, opened on Broadway 17 years ago on April 29, 1996. Here, Pl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMOn tonight's episode of NBC's THE VOICE, Broadway's own Sasha Allen will be competing in the competition's 'Knockout Round,' performing an outstanding rendition of the Etta James' classic, '…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMMel Brooks and Carl Reiner in conversation with director and writer Judd Apatow, marking the day on which the 2000 Year Old Man joins Twitter.
SOURCE: PBS at 11:39AMPerhaps the most "fair" of the NYC theater awards, the Drama Desk definitely decided to spread the love evenly this their with their nominations of both Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. …
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 11:39AMLexie Frare’s days these days are fueled by Venti Starbucks coffees with soy milk, bags of candy and adrenaline. It’s a frenetic time for Frare, who is choreographing three youth…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 11:35AMMultiple Grammy Award winner and Broadway star Fantasia stopped by Showbiz Tonight to talk about her career highs and lows, her new album, 'Side Effects of You', and her recent return to 'Am…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33AMThe temptations of Anton Ego . . .A few eyebrows around town rose (slightly) in reaction to a recent whine from Bill Marx on his website The Arts Fuse. In an April 22 post titled "Why …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:31AMAdam Santagata has played young men in love before. The Walter Panas High School senior was Freddy Eynsford-Hillin “My Fair Lady” last year, head over heels with Eliza Doolittle …
SOURCE: The Journal News at 11:30AM “Giant” and “Hands on A Hardbody” got the most love this year from the Drama Desk Awards, each receiving nine nominations. The 58th Annual Drama Desk Awards wi…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:30AMScore one for the underdog: Short-lived Broadway musical “Hands on a Hardbody” led the Broadway pack of nominations for the Drama Desk Awards, with the tuner racking up nine nods and tyi…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:30AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production of As You Like It opened at Stratford’s Royal Shakespeare Theatre last week (24 April 2013). Featuring music from the English …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:29AMTony Award winners Linda Lavin and John Lloyd Young announced the nominations for the 2013 Drama Desk Awards April 29 at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:29AM(BY NINA METZ) "The TomKat Project," a satiric comedy by Brandon Ogborn that runs through May 29 at the Playground Theater, has been accepted to play at the New York International Fringe Fes…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:28AMIt's an exciting week for Broadway with the Tony Award nominations a mere day away Start celebrating by making plans to see a show - Scroll below to see what's playing on the Great White Way
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:26AMMiller worked on Broadway, at the Surflight Theatre and at the Paper Mill Playhouse
SOURCE: NJ.com at 11:25AMThe New York premiere of SURVIVING MOMMIE DEAREST an empowering and inspirational new production starring Christina Crawford – actress, activist and author of the 1978 best-selling …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:25AMLynne Meadow Artistic Director, Barry Grove Executive Producer, and Mandy Greenfield Artistic Producer have just announced full casting for the world premiere of THE EXPLORERS CLUB, the new …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:22AMThe 37th Laurence Olivier Awards, held at London’s Royal Opera House on April 28, spread the wealth among a limited number of shows, with seven prizes for The Curious Incident of the D…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:19AMLinda Lavin and John Lloyd Young announced nominees for the 2012-2013 Drama Desk Awards this morning at 54 Below. Eligibility and award category designations for the productions under consi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:19AMThree-time Tony-nominated producer Roy Miller, who was most recently represented on Broadway with the holiday hit A Christmas Story, died on April 28, 2013, following a short illness. H…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AMOn a windy and rather dramatically cold evening, a host of theatrical talents made their way via the glamour of the red carpet to the 37th Annual Olivier Awards.
The first to make their wa…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:18AMBroadway Legend and Tony winner Barbara Cook ran through set highlights to prep for her two-week run at cabaret room 54 Below. For a change of pace, Cook has selected jazz, swing and torch s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMNominations for the 2013 Drama Desk Awards were announced on April 29, and the short-lived Broadway musical Hands on a Hardbody and the Public Theater's off-Broadway staging of …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:13AMKon-Tiki is one of the world’s great stories -- not so well told in this movie BUT the story is SO good it’s worth seeing the movie anyhow. It's an astonishingly audacious adventure. The…
SOURCE: Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 11:12AMSignal Ensemble Theatre has announced its 2013-14 season, including the world premiere of a new play by the well-regarded Canadian writer Hannah Moscovitch.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:08AM2 For 1 Tickets with code 'wostommy'
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:06AMREVIEWED BY: JOSEPH HILLENMETER “Ploughed Under: An American Songbook,” is The House Theatre of Chicago’s most recent forte into “amazing feats of storytelling,” the mission of…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:05AMStage and screen star Jonathan Groff has joined the cast of Ryan Murphy's "The Normal Heart," an HBO film about the early days of the AIDS epidemic in New York City.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:01AMLast week, The Outer Critics and the Drama League trumpeted the beginning of Award season with their set of nominees . . . and today, we hit Award Season-stride with the announcement of the …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Olivia Colman, Sheridan Smith, David Morrissey and Sean Maguire are to star in a romantic drama for BBC1 called The 7.39. It is being written by David Nicholls, who penned the books One Day …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:59AMIn her brand new show at 54 Below, Broadway's Andrea Burns Beauty amp The Beast, The Full Monty, The Ritz, In the Heights, and the forthcoming The Nance presents a hilarious and at times mov…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:55AMTwo weeks ago I ducked into a local movie theatre to attend a new, big-budgeted film about an art heist. Theft, highly-coveted works of art, talented actors; what could possibly go wrong? I …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:53AMPrincipal casting has been announced for the Menier Chocolate Factory's forthcoming European premiere of The Color Purple, tickets for which go on sale today.Running from 15 July to 14 Septe…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:50AMBBC3 has commissioned a comedy starring stand up comic and singer Nick Helm called Uncle. It is being made by Baby Cow, the production company behind comedies such as Gavin and Stacey and Ni…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:49AM“The clock is ticking,” is not necessarily a phrase a feminist writer likes to hear, but when discussing the upcoming production of ‘night, Mother, an exception can be made. In this ca…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:46AMThe iconic Jonathan Larson rock musical Rent opened on Broadway on April 29, 1996. Playbill.com takes a look back at the original Broadway production and the many performers who passed throu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMAs I prepare to assemble my thoughts for the session I’m leading on the Commonweal Theatre Company, I’m led to think about the whole genesis of our model that we call “the artist/admin…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:45AM I want to approach the question of artists’ needs from the point of view of one who has spent the greater part of several years navigating play development and what it actually means. Th…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:44AMToday in 1996, Rent opened at the Nederlander Theatre, where it ran for 5123 performances. Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMAs the final offering of the current theater season, Season of Cambodia presented the definitive masters of the dazzling ancient art form of Cambodian shadow puppetry with fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:39AMSwedish recording star Peter Joback is bringing the Music of the Night to Broadway beginning April 29, as he takes on the title role in The Phantom of the Opera. Joback will remain with the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:38AMThere certainly seems to be a plethora of “Father” centric shows making their way around Chicago. Within the past two weeks, more than half of the productions that have opened …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:37AMLynne Meadow (Artistic Director), Barry Grove (Executive Producer), and Mandy Greenfield (Artistic Producer) are pleased to announce full casting for the world premiere of THE EXPLORERS CLUB…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:34AMTony Award-winning Broadway producer Roy Miller passed away on Saturday, April 27, after a short illness. He was 52 years old. Born in Irvington, New Jersey, Miller served 13 years as Paper…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:29AMThe Monday Nights, New Voices series, produced by composer Scott Alan, will return to the Duplex Cabaret Theatre May 20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29AMScreendaily.com reports that Michael Fassbender is currently attached to star in an upcoming film adaptation of the iconic Shakespearean play MACBETH from See Saw Films and Film4.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:25AMIs the gift we give ourself. This weekend, I was home in RI and as usual I went to see one of my best friend's shows. Afterwards, we discussed a lot of things and one thing that came up was.…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:24AMWhen she goes--if she goes--she goes as one of the irreplaceables.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 10:18AMThe Beacon, Greenock: There's a satisfyingly surreal feel to Lu Kemp and Abigail Docherty's adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's children's book, as it takes its s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:16AMEven if you don’t know the gentleman the event is to raise money for this is going to be a LOT of show for $50: Bill Irwin, Audrey Crabtree, Hilary Chaplain, Amy Gordon, the Hot Sardin…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:10AMIt'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 10:08AM
Well, we don’t mean we have a clip of the late comedian Danny Kaye eating a delicious sandwich, as rewarding as such a thing may be. No — we’ve gotten word that today at no…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:59AMThe new off-Broadway comedy Love Therapy, starring two-time Tony Award nominee Alison Fraser, opens on April 29 at off-Broadway’s DR2 Theatre.
Penned by Wendy Beckett and directed b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:38AMComingsoon.net reports that actor Hugh Jackman will chat live with fans about his upcoming action film THE WOLVERINE on Twitter via RealHughJackman on May 2nd at noon ET.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMIf Eliza Bent's new play The Hotel Colors hits the ear at an odd angle, that is by design: When we hear the play's six Italian characters, holed up together in a tatty hostel in Rome, u…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 09:30AMSpring at last – not the in-your-face summer torture we had last week when temps reached 95 degrees and eggs were frying on the sidewalks of DC – spring with lilacs, violets, dogwood a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:20AMYou didn’t have to take Amtrak to Broadway this past weekend to find “The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York.” All you had to do was to drive out to Vienn…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMYoung Artists of America is thrilled toannounce that tickets are now on sale for our final concert of the season: REQUIEM Saturday, May 11 at 7:30pm Sunday, May 12 at 4:00pm The Luthera…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM1. If you already have the fans, it is easier then ever to get revenue from them. 2. If you have a product that people want, or good want, it's easier then ever to essentially presale your a…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:00AM
With 38 productions in contention for this year's Tony Awards, there were plenty of surprises in Tuesday's nominations announcement. (See full list of nominations here.)
Amo…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:51AMPlaywright Jonathan Tolins has managed to take material that could have inspired a campy gay play limited in its appeal to those whose idea of first class entertainment is a Saturday night s…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:41AM“Hon-kneeeeee!” said the Hollywood agent Michael Blackkissing me Sue Mengers style after the opening night of Bette Midler‘s one-woman play, “I’ll Eat You Last,…
SOURCE: wowOwow at 08:36AMSaturday night's episode of NBC's SMASH remained steady in the ratings, tied with its series low of 0.4 adults in the 18-49 demographic. Week to week, 'Smash' took a slight dip in total view…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:31AMThe New York City Ballet was in residence at the Kennedy Center recently. I stopped by rehearsal on the afternoon...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:22AMToday is the birthday of William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951). Heir to a vast mining fortune, he built the first media empire, becoming one of the most influential men in the country (respons…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:13AMIf Hollywood pundits think the producers of the Academy Awards have a tough job putting on a good TV show, consider the plight of those in charge of the Tony telecast.
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 29 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Shadow Lounge, London: Burlexe attempts to bring a sense of social history to the art of striptease by interspersing the acts with pertinent dramatic monologues. The venue is a subterranean …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:56AMSo, it turns out, Smash has been sly like a fox this whole dang time. Either there was a serious course-correction paying off here, or I watched tonight the climax of a carefully-laid story …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:42AMWriter Michael Frayn, who received a special award for his contribution to theatre at last night's Oliviers, revealed in the press room afterwards that he's planning to retire.Frayn, 79, who…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:34AMMill Studio, Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford: Deaf director Caroline Parket provides here a top notch study in stagecraft. Our hero the prince goes on an adventure, has a swordfight and meets a bea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:31AMDR2 Theatre, Off Broadway
By Eleanor J. Bader
BOTTOM LINE: This intriguing but ultimately disappointing drama focuses on one psychotherapist whose primary project is to heal from her…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:28AMTheatre Royal, Glasgow: Matthew Bourne's character-driven choreography finds a perfect fit with Scottish Ballet, as the company achieves the distinction of being the first, outside Bour…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:25AMWhy on earth did it take a play this good over a decade since its Canadian premiere to make it to New York? .
SOURCE: www.curtainup.om at 07:24AMHackney Empire, London: A friend remarked that staging Rent in Concert, as this production is billed, is an oxymoron - Jonathan Larson's through-sung show has always felt a bit like one…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:23AMBrian Cox stars in the Donmar's revival of Conor McPherson's hit play from 1997
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:21AMTimes are bad in the neighborhood, and the sad roots of Bruce Graham's comic play tap into deep sources
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:20AMVery little is known about the Murray brothers (John, James and Joseph) other than that they were not actually triplets as they were usually billed (triplets would have all been the same hei…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:13AMConor McPherson's The Weir, which premiered at the Royal Court in 1997 has been revived by the Donmar Warehouse, directed by Josie Rouke and designed by Tom Scutt. The play, set in…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:05AMHere's a selection of our favourite ten quotes from the acceptance speeches at last night's Olivier Awards (transcribed by hand in the Opera House, so please excuse slight derivations):
"My…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:02AM
Octagon Theatre Bolton: Dario Fo's play can best be described as satirical slapstick. Set in Italy, in 1974, in a period of national unrest, it has an overtly serious purpose highlighti…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:55AMIMAGINATION STAGE: NEW JUICY-JUICE IN OLD BOTTLES By Tim Treanor Bethesda-based Imagination Stage will feature some familiar stories given brand-new contexts in 2013-2014, the company has an…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:52AMThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time wins seven awards, with Top Hat and Sweeney Todd victorious in musical categoriesThe categories in fullBest actorLuke Treadaway for The Curi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:45AMCity Factory, Derry-Londonderry: This production of The Factory Girls opened quite aptly in the beautifully atmospheric setting of a restored shirt factory in Derry-Londonderry, the UK City …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:13AMOff-Broadway shows dominate this year's Drama Desk Awards nominations with 83 bids versus 69 for fare found on the rialto. (Full list of nominations here.)
However, if the …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:12AMIt has been a knockout in Germany, and now Sylvester Stallone hopes a musical based on his beloved boxing film Rocky will also be a hit on Broadway.
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:03AM"Call Me Adam" chats with playwright Jill Campbell about her new play "Chemistry of Love," playing at New York City's famously historic La Mama in the East Village from May 2-19.
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:01AM
The Olivier Awards have finally and defiantly crept out of the shadows and the public have been able to witness the winners accepting their prizes on late evening network commercial televisi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:55AMJulia Davis and Sally Wainwright have both been awarded BAFTAs for their television writing. They were honoured at the British Academy Television Craft Awards, held last night in London and …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:41AMCarlos Rivera estrena su nuevo clip, 'Fascinacion', el single de su tercer disco 'El Hubiera No Existe'. Aqui teneis en primicia este video musical del actual protagonista de El Rey Leon en …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:17AMW@S_IMG#http://whatsonstage.com/images/TomHiddleston_240_.jpg#360#240#Photo credit: Dan Wooller for Whatsonstage.com/W@S_IMGTom Hiddleston fans were delighted by our revelation at last night…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:05AMAmong this week's major London theatre openings, in the West End and further afield, are the West End transfer of Merrily We Roll Along, Roger Allam in The Tempest, The Night of 1,000 Stars,…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:04AMThe Tony nominations are anounced tomorrow... here's a few more words from some crazy Broadway Queens... by David Davila (playwright / songwriter) Last week I shared some really terrible vid…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:00AM
Nominations for the 58th annual edition of the Drama Desk Awards were announced Monday. Two shuttered musicals -- the short-lived Broadway tuner "Hands on a Hardbody" and the off-B…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:58AMThe moon has many a sail-on part in Ian McMillan’s deliciously quirky and poetic paean to his parents, Love, War and Trains – so much so that it’s a wonder it doesn’t get a mention...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:31AMDame Helen Mirren wins best actress at this year's Olivier awards. She took the award for her role as the Queen in The Audience, Peter Morgan's behind-palace-doors drama about the relationsh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30AMDame Helen Mirren wins best actress at this year's Olivier awards for her role as the Queen in Peter Morgan's The Audience
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company kept a low profile all weekend, not winning any Olivier awards as usual (last year's all-conquering Matilda was a turn up for the form book, and not really very…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:04AMHere are the full list of winners at this year's Olivier Awards:
SOURCE: The Independent at 04:04AMPosted in Partnership and CollaborationPersonal DevelopmentStrategyI’m sure we’ve all heard some variation of the saying, “Trust takes years to earn, and seconds to break.” To earn s…
SOURCE: theartsentrepreneur.com at 04:00AMThe last time Helen Mirren portrayed the Queen she was rewarded with an Oscar and a Bafta award. After returning to the role on stage she has also been crowned with British theatre’s top a…
SOURCE: The Independent at 04:00AMThe last time Helen Mirren portrayed the Queen she was rewarded with an Oscar and a Bafta award. After returning to the role on stage she has also been crowned with British theatre’s top a…
SOURCE: The Independent at 04:00AMThe last time Helen Mirren portrayed the Queen she was rewarded with an Oscar and a Bafta award. After returning to the role on stage she has also been crowned with British theatre’s top a…
SOURCE: The Independent at 04:00AMOur new series continues with the Secret Actor suffering through a world-weary rant from a successful actor who just gets 'too many scripts'Draw forth the image of a very beautiful actor; ho…
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Tony Award winner Dick Latessa, Honorary Board Chair, brings together Broadway stars to help raise funds for Creative Alternatives of New York CANY which uses drama therapy to help New York'…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe Actors Fund's annual gala tonight, April 29, 2013 at the New York Marriott Marquis will honor Academy Award-winning actor Robert De Niro, the pay television company HBO and entrepreneurf…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe 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 01:30AMThe Broadway Musicals of 1972 comes to The Town Hall tonight, April 29 with a performance featuring famous numbers from Broadway favorites Grease, Pippin, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMBroadway veteran Stephen DeRosa currently appearing in HBO's Boardwalk Empire, and Mary Testa, whose Broadway credits include Guys and Dolls, Xanadu, Something Good, 42nd Street, Marie Chris…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMTonight, April 29th, at New York City's Pierre Hotel, the National Corporate Theatre Fund NCTF will honor Vanessa Williams, American Express and five resident theatres celebrating their 50th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMFor those craving a show after the show, stop by 54 BELOW, the performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street. Loosen your tie and enjoy as Broadway's n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AM'Not Exactly Broadway' is a jamboree concert where Broadway artists will display their own original tunes while sharing the stage with other up and coming NYC Pop writers amp singers. This j…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMI don't get to Kansas City too often, but whenever I do, I usually end up feeling pretty much the...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMA rare kinescope of Jeri Southern singing "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" on The Rosemary Clooney Show in 1956: (This...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"Never put anything on paper, my boy, and never trust a man with a small black moustache." P.G. Wodehouse, Cocktail...
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Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, April 28, 2013 - Sunday, April 28, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45AMThere is an old joke with musical theatre composers when they are asked what comes first, the music or the lyrics. The answer is neither. First comes the contract!!! I have been in the…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:39AMITV screened highlights of the Olivier Awards yesterday night for the first time. Previous years have included problems with 'red button' footage, awkward moments involving red carpet arriva…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:36AMHighgate (photo via Facebook)This is not the first production of RED in Canada in the last two years. Off the top of our heads, we think we've reviewed it in Toronto, Winnipeg and Montreal. …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:04AMThis Week in The Nation's Theatreby Chris Lane@chrislanetweetsThéâtre en français: This week brought out a pair of season announcements from French-language theatre companies. Montre…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMJason Gotay, Rachel Potter and Adrienne Warren are among the artists celebrating the release of musical theatre composer Jonathan Reid Gealt's new album, "Here For You - Ballad…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMFalling into a Niche (a bit by mistake...)by Estelle RosenHawaiian pianist Maika'i Nash is a vocal coach and accompanist at the University of Toronto and the Royal Conservatory of Music (Gle…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Sunday, April 28, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMMax Crumm, George Salazar and Jason Gotay rock out weekly in the Off-Broadway musical comedy F#%king Up Everything. Here, the trio picks their favorite rock songs as part of Playbill.com'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award nominee Vanessa Williams is among the honorees at the National Corporate Theatre Fund's annual Chairman's Awards gala April 29 at New York City's Pierre Hotel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNational Asian Artists Project presents a Rediscover Series production of the Tony Award-winning musical Hello, Dolly! for two performances only: April 29 and May 6 at The Pershing Square Si…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway stars of today celebrate three Broadway icons of yesteryear — namely, songwriters Frank Loesser and Jule Styne and actor Danny Kaye — at the April 29 gala performance ce…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMStephen Bogardus, Cheryl Freeman, Matt Deangelis, John Michael Dias and Mary Testa are part of An Evening of Firsts: Broadway's Finest Spill About Their First Time April 29 at Stage 72.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 13th season of the Broadway by the Year series continues April 29 at Town Hall with The Broadway Musicals of 1972.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winners Linda Lavin and John Lloyd Young announce the nominations for the 2013 Drama Desk Awards April 29 at 11 AM at 54 Below. Playbill.com will post the list of nominees shortly…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe longest-running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, welcomes West End star and platinum-selling Swedish recording artist Peter Jöback begin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJason Gotay, Rachel Potter and Adrienne Warren are among the artists celebrating the release of musical theatre composer Jonathan Reid Gealt's new album, "Here For You - Ballad…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Project Shaw series continues April 29 with a reading of George Bernard Shaw's Admirable Bashville.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Broadway cast of the cirque-inspired revival of Pippin heads into the recording studio April 29 to lay down tracks from the Tony-nominated score by Stephen Schwartz. Ghostlight Reco…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Off-Broadway production of Wendy Beckett's new play, Love Therapy, officially opens at the DR2 Theatre April 29 at 7 PM following previews that began April 20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOff-Broadway's York Theatre Company presents a three-week engagement of I’m a Stranger Here Myself, written and performed by Mark Nadler, beginning April 29 at 7 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOnce again, the poet and dramatist Federico García Lorca’s considerable influence is being talked about, debated, celebrated. In addition to publishing his legendary plays—s…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AM8220;The Testament of Mary” (directed by Deborah Warner, at the Walter Kerr) is theatre porn. Stiff with its own seriousness, it’s a Broadway show that wants to impress us with i…
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