What is a diva? A supremely talented super woman? A difficult, tantrum-throwing, chart-topping singer? The female version of a hustler? Well, as Trevor Ashley proves in his return season of …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:59PMThursday ended up being a really fun night: Can you guess who I was in this description? EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED Artistic Director Loretta Greco and an acclaimed Bay Area playwright are conjur…
SOURCE: direct address at 11:35PMHot Shoe Shuffle opens tonight at QPAC in Brisbane, celebrating its 21st Birthday! Who can believe it is over twenty years since this lively show first wowed audiences around the world? As a…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:25PMTrue to author Harold Pinter’s many talented literary works and dark psychological themes, the opening night of No Man’s Land on May 2, 2013, in the WSC Avant Bard’s new space at Theat…
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There's no denying that Sister Act, the touring musical currently playing the Aronoff Center in Cincinnati, is a crowd-pleaser.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:55PMWhen The 2.5 Minute Ride, Ms. Kron's second play, was produced in 1999, it instantly established the actress-comedienne as an outstanding playwright/monologist.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:55PMSet in 1927 and boasting music and lyrics by Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva and Lew Brown, the production showcases this landmark theater as it begins its 50th anniversary season. It continues …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:54PMThe first poster for the film adaptation of Tracy Letts' AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY, debuted today Check it out below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:45PMHelen Hayes Award winner and former Arena Stage Associate Artistic Director Kyle Donnelly Ah, Wilderness directs the D.C.-area premiere of Jon Robin Baitz's smash hit OTHER DESERT CITIES wit…
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Joan Rivers, Charles BuschNew York April 30, 2013: Live Out Loud honored trailblazing individuals, who just happen to be incredible role models for the LGBT youth, at The 12th Annual Young T…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:36PMAccording to Deadline, the legendary comedic actor is attached to star in an untitled cable comedy series from Matt Nix BURN NOTICE and Larry Charles CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM. Crystal will also …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:32PM“Kunstler,” at Pace University, takes a journey through William Kunstler’s most famous cases, including those of the Chicago Seven, the Attica prison-riots inmates and the American Ind…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:09PMThe legendary Liza Minnelli was the latest celebrity to support the acclaimed NOH8 campaign. Liza's NOH8 portrait was unveiled today by the organization whose mission is to promote equality …
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Less a lyrical study of an artist’s life, “Himself and Nora” skims through the biographical details to leave ample room for the couple’s love story.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:55PMExcelsior theater to reopen in June, buyer Greg Frankenfield says.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 07:53PMThe former "Saturday Night Live" regular follows his 2010 Broadway hit, "Long Story Short," with a new standup show reflecting on the formation of our national character.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:52PMA review of Seattle Shakespeare Company’s indoor revival of its Wooden O production of “The Taming of the Shrew.” Through May 12, 2013.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 07:45PMPROOF (WHITMORE-ECLECTIC): 100% – SWEET SWEET Speaking of inheriting genes from our parents, James must have passed some of his talent off to his daughter Aliah, She is talented in both di…
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:44PMIn George Balanchine's Serenade and Symphony in C and in Wayne McGregor's Chroma, architecture comes to the fore, but not exactly conveying the message that company director Mikko Nissinen s…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:39PMPETER PAN: THE BOY WHO HATED MOTHERS: 90% – SWEET SWEET So when the moment comes, and Tinkerbell’s light is about to die out, as it inevitably does, and you feel the heavy silence surrou…
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:39PMRAISE ME UP (SANTA MONICA PLAYHOUSE): 100% – SWEET SWEET Raise Me Up is directed by Chris DeCarlo. A cast of extremely fine actors bring so much life into the characters. Dialects are abso…
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:35PMHURACLOWN: 100% – SWEET SWEET A philosopher once observed that the sweetest laughter is that which is glistened by a tear, and that is the laughter bestowed on the audience by this show. A…
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:32PMBRECHT ON BRECHT (ATWATER PLAYHOUSE): 100% – SWEET SWEET On the small, basically barren stage, featuring five mismatched chairs and one door frame attendees must walk through to enter, the…
SOURCE: Footlights at 07:29PMThose of you who are complaining about the prices on Broadway for shows that are not worth it – like Matilda for instance – would do well to march over to 59E59 and buy a membership. O…
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" has filed a New York lawsuit to re-secure the copyright to it....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:49PMIn the final episode of The Cumming Attraction, Macbeth star Alan Cumming heads back to nature, picks America’s next top Broadway apple and shares his very candid thoughts about t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:48PMIn Candice Guardino’s autobiographical one-woman play, audiences will meet a slew of outrageous real-life characters. No matter how crazy your family is, find out why you’ll rela…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:45PMThis week was a very special week on Broadway! The 2013 Tony Award nominations were announced on April 30, and Broadway (and Broadway.com) was all aflutter with nomination reactions, snubs a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PMThis week was a very special week on Broadway! The 2013 Tony Award nominations were announced on April 30, and Broadway (and Broadway.com) was all aflutter with nomination reactions, snubs a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PMAccording to a new interview, noted BroadwayHollywood crossover star and Glee headliner Matthew Morrison will be presenting his new solo concert special on PBS stations across the country on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:29PMIn celebration of Asian Heritage month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee of Actors' Equity Association and ReImagined World Entertainment will present 'The Asian American Composers…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:29PM'An Evening of Beckett' with Rick Cluchey at Stage 773
On Wednesday night at Stage 773, the 79-year-old actor Rick Cluchey observed that the plays of Samuel Beckett are all really about inc…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:26PMProducers said Friday the show starring former “American Idol” contestant Constantine Maroulis and singer Deborah Cox will play its final show May 12.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:22PMPulitzer-Prize-winning author David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow premiered on Broadway in 1988 at the Royale Theatre, starring Madonna. This was the pop sensation's first theatrical role on the Gr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:22PMIt has been quite the exciting, eclectic grab bag of theater openings this Chicago spring (or non-spring, after the cruel tease of two days of 80 degree weather this week, it’s now back to…
SOURCE: From the Ledge at 06:20PMTheatre of NOTE and Theatre Movement Ensemble transform Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof into Hot Cat..
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:12PMCelebrity Cruises today announced an exclusive partnership with Manhattan's noted '54 Below,' which will bring guests on Celebrity's newly 'Solsticized' Celebrity Summit the rare opportunity…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:10PMMusical Theatre West will present a benefit concert of MACK amp MABEL, starring Davis Gaines as Mack Sennett and Vicki Lewis as Mabel Normand.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:01PMSix remaining couples take to the dance floor, MONDAY, MAY 6 800-1001 p.m., ET on ABC. For the first time this season, each couple will perform two routines in an effort to impress the judge…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:01PMThe 2013 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards are going down on Sunday, May 5, but you don’t have to be invited to be a part of the celebration! Join the fun by following the Broadway.c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:00PMThis week's feature is Seeing You There by Adam Gwon. Tony-nominee Josh Young Jesus Christ Superstar, who happens to be a co-founder of Cutting-Edge Composers, sang this at our first concer…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PMA Clockwork Orange is currently touring Australia, an import from the UK. Inspired by an exploration of the concept of the adolescent boy, the ensemble is exclusively male, and exceedingly …
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The New York Drama Critics' Circle, of which I am a member, voted on its annual awards today. Here are...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:52PMUSA Network is currently offering a sneak preview of GRACELAND, the network's provocative new original series, for a limited two-week period for free on video-on-demand. GRACELAND, based on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:49PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, May 3, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway @MTC_NYC Spring Gala to happen May 20 at Cipriani 4…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:37PMIn Episode 10, Part 2 of THE GRAHAM SHOW, 'Summer Camp, A Theater Company amp Juggling,' casting director Bernie Telsey talks growing up at his local Long Island community theater, studying …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36PMWhy wait for the envelope? You can pick who should go home with the Tony gold right now.
SOURCE: Time Out at 05:31PMOne reader each week will win breakfast for their office from McDonald's.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:30PM DVD Documentary Salutes Broadway Musicals' Jewish Legacy By: Ellis Nassour
Emmy-winning producer Michael Kantor (Broadway: The…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:29PMTribute to Stevie Wonder – overdue in my opinion! Huge shoes to fill, but I was keyed up for the prospects (if a bit nervous). The episode starts off with Rachel calling Mr. Schue about he…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 05:21PMBucks County Playhouse presents MAME starting May 23, 2013 and running through June 9, 2013. The show stars Andrea McArdle as Auntie Mame and Lea DeLaria as Vera Charles. MAME is one of Jerr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMFiled under: Burlesk, PLUGS, SOCIAL EVENTS, Women Tagged: April March, burlesque
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:06PMIt was the month in which the word "robbed" is used more around Broadway than any other month � for the Tony nominations were dispensed.
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 05:02PMHIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK The Oliviers sweep through London, Megan Hilty sings at NY Pops and Matilda shows off its Revolting Children.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00PMSpring has officially sprung here at Theatrefolk Global Headquarters. And that can mean only one thing… our Spring 2013 Catalogue is here and hot off the presses. You can download it f…
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Manhattan Theatre Club will present their annual Spring Gala on Monday, May 20 at Cipriani 42nd Street 110 East 42nd Street. This year's gala, will feature special appearances by MTC stars J…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54PMWith hundreds of antique phonographs, high quality music boxes, and vintage radios, thousands of rare records from the 1890’s to the 1950’s and more, the 38th Annual Phonograph and Musi…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:52PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of April 22-28, 2013, as reported by The Broadway League.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:51PMIn "Tender Napalm," bodies barely touch. When they do, it's not with enough violence. The relationship should feel like a head-on collision -- glass flying, head thrown back in a s…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 04:49PMShelter dogs throughout New York City will make their Broadway debuts on the way to adoption thanks to SANDY'S RESCUE PALS, a new dog adoption partnership between the current Broadway produc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMIconic entertainer Pat Boone will perform two concerts only at Drury Lane Theatre on Monday, May 13 at 1:30 p.m. and Tuesday, May 14 at 1:30 p.m. Celebrating 75 years in show business, Boone…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:46PMBroadway alum Christie Brinkley enjoyed a night our with her daughter, Alexa Ray Joel, when she took in the fabulous and fun Kinky Boots on May 2. The show's composer, Cyndi L…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:32PMThe New York Drama Critics' Circle met on May 3, 2013, at the offices of Time Out New York magazine, to determine the winners of its 78th annual awards. The results were as follows
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:29PMA one-night concert performance of Jerry Herman's musical Mack & Mabel will play the Carpenter Performing Arts Center May 20 at 8 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PMThe previously announced Broadway in South Africa 5th Anniversary Celebration, now set to take place at Avenues The World School, will also be live-streamed via StageIt.com. The star-studded…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:17PMManhattan Theatre Club will present their annual Spring Gala on Monday, May 20 at Cipriani 42nd Street (110 East 42nd Street). This year’s gala, will feature special appearances by MTC sta…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:17PM"Disgraced," the best play I saw last year, has won the Pulitzer Prize. You are forgiven for stifling a "Huh"?
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 04:14PMJujamcyn Theaters and True Colors Theatre Company Kenny Leon, Co-Founding Artistic Director have announced the 5th Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition on Monday, May 6th at 700 p.m. a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:12PMMark Nadler’s “I’m a Stranger Here Myself: Musik From the Weimar and Beyond,” at the York Theater Company, broadens his cabaret show about Germany before the Nazi crackdown. &nb…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:10PMShelter dogs throughout New York City will make their Broadway debuts on the way to adoption thanks to SANDY’S RESCUE PALS, a new dog adoption partnership between the current Broadway…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:08PMNominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 67th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were announced on Tuesday by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Sutton Foster, which…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:07PMFrom left: Eleanor Matsuura, Sam Troughton, and Adam James; Photo credit: Carol RoseggLast summer, Mike Bartlett presented New York theatergoers with a cockfight in the form of two lovers vy…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 04:04PMLast night, Arena Stage celebrated the opening of Other Desert Cities, a contemporary family drama written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Jon Robin Baitz. Other Desert Cities ran for 261 perfor…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:03PM
Tony-nominated composer and lyricist team Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (A Christmas Story) will celebrate the release of a cast album of their off-Broadway musical Dogfight with a special conc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:59PMThe Broadway revival of Jekyll and Hyde, which began previews April 5 following a national tour, will play its final performance at the Marquis Theatre May 12 at 7 PM. The production, which …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:56PMAt the beginning of “Surviving Mommie Dearest,” an odd show that will run from May 8th to Mother’s Day at the Snapple Theater, Christina Crawford, the 73-year-old adopted daughter of…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:49PMRENO: ALIVE IN AMERICA is the newest, electrifying solo show by the woman the New York Times has hailed as “consistently, energetically, loudly funny.” Being Alive in America comes …
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 03:46PMSarah Rodgers and Stefano Giulianetti (photo by David Cooper)Making funnyby Caitlin MurphyHumour’s a funny thing. What elicits your laugh-out-loud delight might meet my stone-faced c…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 03:45PMThe extraordinary cast of Pippin certainly had parts to perform and hearts to warm when they stepped into Midtown’s MSR Studios to record the show’s brand new revival cast album.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:41PMCity Theatre's popular Summer Shorts festival goes into rehearsals in a little over two weeks, and now we know what plays the company -- Renata Eastlick, Irene Adjan, Ken Clement, Todd Allen…
SOURCE: Miami Herald at 03:34PMThe New York Drama Critics' Circle has named Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike the Best Play and Matlida the Best Musical of the 2012-2013 season. The selections were …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:34PMTeri Ralston played her first role at age 12 at Laguna Playhouse. Now she has returned there from New York to play Ouiser in Steel Magnolias.
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:33PMThose who flee their past will always lose the race because their past failures will always be waiting at the finish line to greet them. A poignant T.S. Elliot quote wound up in his play The…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:30PMBette Midler is back on Broadway. Returning for the first time in over 40 years, Bette Midler has returned to Broadway to star in a one woman show titled I’ll Eat You Last. Based off o…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 03:28PMVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, written by Christopher Durang, today won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award NYDCC for Best Play of the 2012-2013 season. Matilda received the awar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:25PMThe New York Critics Drama Circle weighed in with its picks of the 2012-13 season, naming Christopher Durang’s “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” top play and “Matilda” top musi…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:22PMVanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike and... Matilda Win The Drama Critic Circle: The New York Drama Critics’ Circle met on May 3, 2013, at the offices of Time Out New York magazine, to dete…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:18PMThe Weston family’s proverbial sh*t will hit the fan this Thanksgiving when Tracy Letts’ Tony-winning play August: Osage County lands in movie theaters. Under the direction of Jo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PMIn this week's edition, we caught up with Bryan Terrell Clark, who is starring as 'Marvin Gaye' in Motown- currently playing at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00PM
NBC's musical drama series SMASH has won E Online's Save One Show 2013 competition by a virtual landslide
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:59PMThe World Premiere of Big Nate opens this weekend at Adventure Theatre MTC, and author Lincoln Peirce will be signing books on Sunday! Bring the kids and grand kids! You will all have a gre…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:50PMI am happy to report that Christopher Durang’s “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” has won Best Play from the New York Drama Critics Circle. They also chose “Matild…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:46PMThe New York Drama Critics Circle awarded West-End import "Matilda The Musical" and Christopher Durang's "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" best musical and best play, respectively, on Fr…
SOURCE: Backstage at 02:46PMChristopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike was named Best Play and Matilda, which features music and lyrics by Tim Minchin and a book by Dennis Kelly, won Best Musical at…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:45PMOn today's 'The Wendy Williams Show', KINKY BOOTS creator Harvey Fierstein and star Billy Porter tell Wendy about their new Broadway musical, that just received 13 Tony nominations. Check ou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:40PMEchoing their status as Tony frontrunners, the Roald Dahl musical adaptation and playwright Christopher Durang's contemporary Chekhov riff won the venerable organization's top awards by a wi…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:38PMThe New York Drama Critics' Circle gave top honors to Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike and the London import Matilda The Musical, following a meeting of its m…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:35PMNEW YORK (AP) — The New York Drama Critics' Circle has voted "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" as best play and "Matilda: The Musical" as best musical.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:34PMNEW YORK—The New York Drama Critics' Circle has voted "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" as best play and "Matilda: The Musical" as best musical.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:33PMNEW YORK — The New York Drama Critics' Circle has voted "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" as best play and "Matilda: The Musical" as best musical.The circle on Friday also handed out …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 02:32PMSpend a day with Derek McElroy and the cast of the West End's One Man, Two Guvnors. The comedy continues its run at Theatre Royal, Haymarket.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:26PMWe've all heard "No... wire... hangers. No wire hangers, ever!" Now we can hear all the gory details. Christina Crawford—actress and author of the autobiographical book M…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:25PMWhen the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:20PMIf you’re not a Woody Allen fan – and I am not – you may have trouble relating to writer/director Sophie Lellouche’s pleasant if uninspiring chick flick whose hook – the main chara…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:19PM 2 ‘Rocky’ Coming to Broadway 2014 Stage Entertainment USA and Sylvester Stallone have announced that the new musical, Rocky, will come to Broadway in 2014, beginning… READ A…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:15PMHyde’s greatest murder yet? Himself. The week following the Tony Award nominations announcement is always one filled with show extension and closure notices. The Testament of Mary set…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 02:14PMNEW YORK (AP) — The revival of "Jekyll & Hyde" won't last nearly as long as the original on Broadway.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:11PMTony Award nominee Tom Hewitt will star as King Arthur in Monty Python's Spamalot at Hobby Center for The Performing Arts. The production runs May 14-26.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PMNEW YORK (AP) -- The revival of "Jekyll & Hyde" won't last nearly as long as the original on Broadway....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:08PMEmma Stone is in talks to make her Broadway debut in an upcoming revival of “Cabaret.” The Wrap reports that an unnamed source said Stone is in talks to play Sally Bowles in the musical.…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 02:06PMDespite a sombre beginning, Maria Aberg's production establishes itself as the most joyous – and truly ensemble – take on this lovely but tricky comedy in more than 20 years.
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:00PM
After taking a critical bashing and scoring zero in this year's Tony Award nominations, the Frank Wildhorn musical starring Constantine Maroulis and Deborah Cox will cut short its scheduled …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:53PMJason Gotay, Rachel Potter and Adrienne Warren were among the artists celebrating the release of musical theatre composer Jonathan Reid Gealt's new album, "Here For You - Balla…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:53PMGifted playwright and filmmaker Neil LaBute has adapted August Strindberg's classic Miss Julie for the Geffen Playhouse, and while the play always has been filled with jagged edges, LaBute b…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:46PMPippin
Pippin, now playing at The Music Box Theatre, is a legendary show that has never been revived outside of a high school or regional production. The story is slight and this creative t…
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 01:45PMThe company of the first North American tour of WICKED just welcomed Alison Luff as Elphaba and John Davidson as The Wizard during its engagement in Dallas, TX. WICKED will play the Music Ha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:38PMGLEE star Darren Criss sat down with MTV News to talk about his latest album and revealed that the project challenged him to create something fans had never heard before. Check out the inter…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:38PMThe sketch comedy group Nancy got the shock of their life when Sutton Foster and Jesse Tyler Ferguson announced their unexpected Tony nomination this week. Yes, the web troupe is so fantasti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:37PMAt 32, Carrie Cracknell, one of the UK’s star theatre directors, is making her first foray into opera. Griselda Murray Brown meets her
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:34PMIn the expansive living room of their bright Tribeca apartment, Jon Robin Baitz and his friendly, three-legged dog Trip both pad about restlessly, looking for comfortable places to alight. F…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:31PMHas the sun ever risen on a busier ballet? Consider Ernest Hemingway’s grim treatise on wounds of flesh and spirit, “The Sun Also Rises,” with its famously arid, unembellished, plainsp…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:31PMThe characters all wear drab grey and there’s scant emotional colour in the acting of Mike Bartlett’s critique of the corporate world, writes Brendan Lemon
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:28PMHands on a Hardbody received 15 major award nominations for the 2013 season. Hands on!
TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS
- Best Original Score: Trey Anastasio & Amanda Green
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SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 01:27PMThe first Boston Calling Music Festival, plus Buffalo Tom, Mean Creek, Andrea Gillis, and Math the Band.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:24PMBeloved Broadway producer Roy Miller passed away suddenly early Sunday morning, April 28, 2013 following a brief illness. Roy produced the multiple Tony Award nominated Broadway productions…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMMATILDA THE MUSICAL opened to rapturous reviews last month and this week received 12 Tony Award nominations including one for Best Musical. The show made its first national TV appear…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:23PMLa Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts will present Next to Normal — in its Southern California regional theatre premiere — beginning May 31.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:22PMIt was announced today that the new Broadway production of JEKYLL amp HYDE -starring Constantine Maroulis and Deborah Cox - will play the final performance of its limited Broadway engagement…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMJames Franco, who recently revealed that he will soon make his Broadway debut in a revival of 'Of Mice and Men,' has been taking notes on his opinions of the spring theatre season. He recent…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMIn a new trailer for the Kristen Wiig summer comedy Girl Most Likely, the former SNL star wins her first Tony Award for Best Play for… wait, never mind. It’s all a dream, becaus…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:15PMFiled under: AMERICANA, BOOKS & AUTHORS, BROOKLYN, Indie Theatre, PLUGS Tagged: Brave New World, Moby Dick Rehearsed, Orson Welles, Red Hook, Waterfront Museum
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:14PMIt’s great to say an actor is self-possessed, but a little extra so when describing Daniel Flint’s mind-warping, shape-shifting performance in his one-man adaptation of “The Golem,” …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:13PMSomething shocking happens at the end of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play Topdog/Underdog, now making its Baltimore premiere at Everyman Theatre, that is so shocking, it c…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:13PMAs previously announced, John O'Hurley will star as King Arthur. Also starring will be Michelle Ragusa as The Lady of the Lake, Kevin Cahoon as Historian, John Scherer as Sir Robin, David Hi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:09PMThese are exciting times in our exciting city (NYC) when there seem to be silent comedy film screenings going on all the time, as there do these days. Two great shows coming up this weekend,…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:02PMWith all the distrust and conflict surrounding the Chicago Public Schools' list of school closings and the rancorous debates over class sizes and public pensions in the state of Illinois, it…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00PM
Shakespeare's Globe, London: At first glance, this seems like it could be a rather traditional interpretation of The Tempest, but once on the island and in among its strange inhabitants, the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:57PMNow that the Tony nominations have been announced, there are a ton of Broadway performers (some veterans, some newbies) who have reason to celebrate! We’re always happy to see new face…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:55PMTony Award-winning Broadway producer Roy Miller passed away in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 28, following a short illness. He was 52 years old. Born in Irvington, New Jersey, Mi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:55PMShakespeare's Globe, LondonI've seen Prospero played as a benign schoolmaster, colonial overlord and Faustian necromancer. But Roger Allam brings something new to the party by suggesting tha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMPrincipal casting has been announced for the first show of the St. Louis Muny's 95th season, Monty Python’s Spamalot, which begins performances at the famed outdoor venue June 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMPrincipal casting has been announced for the first show of the St. Louis Muny's 95th season, Monty Python’s Spamalot, which begins performances at the famed outdoor venue June 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMSecret location, CardiffThe instructions are precise. I am to arrive at the designated meeting point on time, tell no one where I'm going, wear something red and bring my favourite book. Thi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:47PMSan Francisco's African-American Shakespeare Company has announced the lineup for its 19th season. The season marks African-American Shakespeare Company's fourth season under the artistic le…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45PMIt’s the Roaring Twenties, and a cast of outrageous characters gather in New York to celebrate the wedding of a wealthy playboy. But things don’t go as planned when the playboy m…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:41PMThe first-ever Broadway revival of Jekyll
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:37PMBrighton is abuzz with the festival and the fringe, the superb Imaginate festival for children gets underway in Edinburgh and The Winslow Boy is revived at Mold in WalesScotland and Northern…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMJeremy Herrin's production of The Tempest opened at Shakespeare's Globe last night (2 May 2013) with a cast including Roger Allam, Jessie Buckley and Colin Morgan.
One of Shakespeare’…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:35PMJekyll’s run out of potion! The first-ever Broadway revival of Jekyll & Hyde will play its final performance at the Marquis Theatre on May 12. The show will have played 15 previews…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32PMThe Testament of Mary, the new play by Colm Toibin, starring Fiona Shaw and directed by Deborah Warner, will end its run this Sunday, May 5 at the Walter Kerr Theatre 218 West 48 Street. The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMCriticism is vital to our time because it is a form of witnessing, testimony to the possibility that the richness and joy of the arts can be articulated in ways that invite intellectual cont…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:31PMAnother contestant was sent home on tonight's results show of American Idol. The night kicked off with a performance from the four ladies. They sang Crazy in Love. As always, they sounded gr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30PMThe Broadway revival of Jekyll & Hyde, which began previews April 5 following a national tour, will play its final performance at the Marquis Theatre May 12 at 7 PM. When it closes, the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMThe London production of Once, which is playing at The Phoenix Theatre, is currently booking to 30 November 2013. BroadwayWorld brings you a just-released promo for the West End production b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:25PMMamma Mia! it wasn't, but at least Judy Craymer's Spice Girls stageshow escaped the fate of the musical Kelly, which closed on opening nightThe plot of Mel Brooks's 1968 movie The Producers …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:20PMTony winner James Corden (One Man, Two Guvnors) will star alongside Daniel Mays in Nick Payne’s new play The Same Deep Water As Me at the Donmar Warehouse, according to The Daily Mail.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:17PMBull, 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 12:17PMA festival focusing on and for people aged 60 and over is to be launched in June by the Belfast-based multi-artform company Kaleidoscope, in a partnership with the city’s Waterfont Hall. T…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:14PMPart of the positive response comes in juxtaposition with Moscow Bolshoi Theatre whose acoustics have been criticised after a renovation
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:10PMGlee consistently attracts illustrious guest stars, many coming straight from the Great White Way. How many McKinley HIgh visitors are Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards winners? CLICK HERE…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PMAfter an embarrassing fall from a horse, the President of the small nation of Turkmenistan agreed to speak live with late night talk show host JIMMY KIMMEL last night on ABC. Check out the e…
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I attended Opera Lafayette’s Acteon at The Kennedy Center and the production opened with lovely excerpts from Les Fetes de L’Hymen et de L’Amour; ou Les Dieux d’Egypte (1747) in the …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:59AMInnovative.Thrilling.Irreverent.Is this you?Steppenwolf Theatre Company is now accepting applications from storefront theatre companies for Garage Rep 2014.Garage Rep Three Plays. Three…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 11:55AMTristram Kenton goes behind the scenes to photograph ZooNation's hit show from theatre school rehearsals to studio tweaks to the final live performance at the Peacock theatre.Performances be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:53AMTristram Kenton goes behind the scenes to photograph ZooNation's hit show from studio rehearsals to live performanceTristram Kenton
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:53AMTheatre Royal Bath's production of Richard Greenberg's The American Plan is transferring to the St James Theatre in July.
The play, which received its UK premiere earlier this year in the U…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:53AMColin Quinn Unconstitutional, a new comedy written by and starring Colin Quinn, will play the Barrow Street Theatre beginning May 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52AM"Les Misérables" film star Aaron Tveit begins a sold-out, six-performance New York City cabaret engagement May 3 at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AMSNL legend Colin Quinn will present his new comedy Colin Quinn Unconstitutional at the Barrow Street Theatre beginning May 3, with official opening night set for May 16.
The show will fea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMPolka Theatre, London: This sequel to Charlie and Lola's Bestest Play is more three-dimensional amd ambitious than the earlier show. It takes part of the action out of Charlie and Lola&…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:47AMThe most Tony and Broadway.com Audience Awards-nominated show of the year, Kinky Boots, is eyeing a London run, according to The Daily Mail. Tony-nominated director Jerry Mitchell said he wo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:45AMNEW YORK (AP) — Magnificent playing by the orchestra, inspired conducting by Fabio Luisi and a rapturous performance of the "Immolation Scene" by Katarina Dalayman brought the Metropolitan…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:42AMChroma at the Royal Ballet - the Boston version may actually be a bit better danced!The two current "must-sees" of the Boston cultural scene are The Flying Dutchman (at Boston Lyric Opera, s…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:41AMThey were anything but R-E-V-O-L-T-I-N-G! The magically-talented cast of the Tony-nominated musical Matilda kicked off the morning of May 2 with a one heck of a musical performance on Good M…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:40AMThe cast of the Tony Award-nominated Best Musical Matilda the Musical visited "Good Morning America" May 2 to perform two musical numbers, "Naughty" and "Revolting C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AMHappy Bithday Frankie! from JERSEY BOYS South Africa The South Africa cast of JERSEY BOYS sings a special JERSEY BOYS-style “Happy Birthday” to Frankie Valli. JERSEY BOYS is currently …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:37AMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:34AMThe new stage musical KING KONG, premieres 15 June 2013 for an exclusive season at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne, Australia. As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the show is already casti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33AM“Lucky Guy,” starring Tom Hanks, has recouped its capitalization costs after eight weeks of performances.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:32AMDeadline reports that Neil LaBute's film adaptation of SOME GIRLS will be the first project to be released on Vimeo's new On Demand program. The indie film is set to have its New York, Los A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31AMThe company of the first North American tour of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman's Wicked welcomed Alison Luff as Elphaba and John Davidson as The Wizard beginning April 30 in Dallas…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMToday is the birthday of soul singer-showman Mr. James Brown (1933-2006). By rights I suppose I should include him in my Hall of Hams, so elaborate were his histronics. He and his Famous Fla…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:27AMA fascinating study from the University of Berkeley on "pay what you can" pricing models reveals an astounding wrinkle in the psychology of the transaction - in a nutshell, revenues rise if …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:21AMThe big news in the theatre this week—in case you spent Tuesday under a rock—was the announcement of the 2013 Tony Awards nominations. The honors were done by Tony winner Sutton …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19AMYork Theatre Company presents the musical I'm a Stranger Here Myself, written and performed by Mark Nadler with Franca Vercellonion accordion, Jessica Wright on violin and directed by Davi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMA.R.T. artistic director Diane Paulus, nominated for a Tony Award this past week for her direction of the Broadway revival of Pippin, has announced the roster of productions scheduled for th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:16AMStand-up
comedian and award-winning actor Lee Evans raised laughs at the Olivier Awards this year when he
ate a fake award on stage. "It tasted quite brassy
I must say", he told Whatsonstage…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:09AMOff-Broadway's hit comedy HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER will celebrate its 100th performance next Friday May 10th. Written and performed by Margaret Copeland and Kevin James Doyle, How To Be a New …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:09AMToday, Friday May 3, marks the 79th birthday of the original Jersey Boys, Frankie Valli. To celebrate, the cast of the South African production of the hit musical recorded a very special mus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMIn an interview with E News, Harry Connick Jr. confirmed that he is currently in talks with producers of American Idol to appear as a judge on the next season of the singing competition.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:05AMINTERVIEW: DAVID BYRNE (1/2) The Artistic and Executive Director of the New Diorama theatre talks to Heather Neill about his career, the ethos of and plans for the venue, and about The Unive…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 11:03AMEarlier this month, up North in colder Canada, the Canadian Journalism Foundation put on a panel discussion called “The Walking Dead: Do Traditional Arts Critics Have a Future?”…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
INTERVIEW: DAVID BYRNE (2/2) The Artistic and Executive Director of the New Diorama theatre talks to Heather Neill about his career, the ethos of and plans for the venue, and about The Unive…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 10:51AMCasting has been announced for the WaterTower Theatre's upcoming production of the Broadway musical Xanadu, which will be presented July 26-Aug. 18 at the Addison Theatre Centre in Addis…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMTony and Olivier Award-winning actor James Corden is in talks to appear in the Rob Marshall-directed film adaptation of Into the Woods, according to the Daily Mail.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMTheatre Royal Stratford East, London: Told with shocking clarity but a keen sense of compassion, one of the remarkable things about this new drama is its eloqence.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:49AMBroadway’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 10:44AMThe Olivier Award-winning and Tony-nominated musical Blood Brothers is revived by the Astoria Performing Arts Center beginning May 2 in Queens. Broadway actress Colleen Hawks stars as Mrs. J…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMTony and Olivier Award-winning actor Mark Rylance and poet Louis Jenkins present the world premiere of Nice Fish, which began performances April 6 at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AMThis week's guest blog comes from David Mallamud. David and I had the pleasure of working together when he and I were part of a musical theatre writing project with one of my plays. Below he…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMRobert Cuccioli finds the human side of a comic book monster — Welcome to Building Character, TDF’s ongoing look at how actors create their roles To understand the challenge of p…
SOURCE: TDF at 10:28AMBy Mike Hallinan Hello readers! Welcome back to another frightening Friday with The Dark Side of Broadway. This week we put the spook-light on one of the most infamous dark musicals t…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:25AMA new trailer has been released for the West End production of the Tony Award-winning musical Once, which continues its run at the Phoenix Theatre.
Once has book by award-winning Irish play…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:23AMMichael Feinstein (photo: Karl Simone) I’ve had a crush on Michael Feinstein for 25 years. While most guys my age were listening to Sonic Youth and R.E.M. (it was the 80s after all), I was…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:21AMPerformances of Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle, starring Christopher Lloyd begin at off-Broadway’s Classic Stage Company on May 3. Opening night is set for May 30. B…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:17AMAustralian actor Anthony Warlow, who currently stars in the Broadway revival of Annie, leads the cast of the May 3 and 6 staged readings of the Thomas Meehan-Martin Charnin-Peter Sipos music…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AM By: David ShewardTom Sturridge, Ben Foster, Alec BaldwinIt's easy to see why the 1985 Off-Broadway production of this Lyle Kessler play l…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:12AMBroadway and Grey's Anatomy veteran T.R. Knight, who first appeared on the stage of the Guthrie Theater at the age of five, will return to the company to celebrate its 50th anniversary on Ju…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:12AMEven Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrights are prone to self-doubt.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:11AMSeattle Repertory Theatre's 2013-14 season was announced by artistic director Jerry Manning. The new season features three world premieres by Northwest writers, two touring Broadway prod…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07AMThe nominations have been announced, so you know what that means. It’s time to start styling outfits and selecting the perfect shoes. Oh, and lining up a date for theater’s most …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:06AM“New Dance Horizons II,” a showcase for local ensembles, returns.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:05AMBette Midler in I'll Eat You Last - A Chat With Sue Mengers on Broadway
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SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 10:04AMPatina Miller, Andrea Martin and Terrence Mann represented Pippin at the 2013 Tony nominee media day which was held at NYC's Millennium Broadway Hotel. The trio chatted about their nominatio…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM
"Les Misérables" film star Aaron Tveit begins a sold-out, six-performance New York City cabaret engagement May 3 at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:56AMIf you haven't had the chance to catch up on your theater news, look no further than today's recap of all things theater - exclusive features, interviews, reviews and more - around the Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:54AMThe film adaptation of Neil LaBute's Some Girl(s) will be released in New York and Los Angeles and digitally June 28, according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:53AMLondon fringe venue Theatre503 will present a collection of plays inspired by the life and death of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher next month. The series of new short plays, entitle…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:42AMBroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was thrilled to sit down and speak with nearly all of this year's Tony Award nominees at the official Tonys Meet amp Greet on May 1, 2013, and we will be bringi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:39AMAnd then there were three. The Top 3 finalists for this year's "American Idol" competition were named during the May 2 broadcast of Fox's singing competition.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:36AMJeff Talbott’s Award-winning The Submission opens at Olney Theatre Center on May 9th. Jeff enlightens us on the history of his play and the new Olney production. Joel: Why did you wa…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:25AMMATILDA THE MUSICAL had its first national TV appearance on yesterday's 'Good Morning America'. The cast performed the galvanizing 'Revolting Children' and iconic 'Naughty.' Watch the exciti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:17AMIATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) International and The Broadway League/Disney Theatrical Productions have reached a tentative agreement for a new three-year contr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:15AMRichard Greenberg's The American Plan will receive its London premiere at the St. James Theatre, beginning performances July 2 prior to an official opening July 8, for a run thorugh Aug.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:03AMThe American Repertory Theater A.R.T. at Harvard University, under the Artistic Direction of Diane Paulus, has just announced its 201314 Season, which includes the previously announced Rober…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:01AMThe 15th annual Maryland Film Festival will be taking place this weekend. MFF Director of Programming Eric Hatch updates us on some selections that were made in Maryland and the surrounding …
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I have to say that I walked into this piece, a one-woman, one-dog show from Brighton-based artist Victoria Melody, with some trepidation. The intimate venue, slightly interactive format and …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:59AMJeremy M. Barker....On moving on from Culturebot
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 08:52AMThe Tony-nominated star of Broadway's JEKYLL amp HYDE was featured on last night's American Idol results show. Check out the clip below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:50AMUnder the stewardship of artistic director Virginia Johnson, the company's former prima ballerina, DTH is lighter and leaner, with a roster of fresh faces and a contemporary repertoire.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:49AMBank of America and Merrill Lynch cardholders in St. Louis will receive free admission on Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5 to Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:45AMBilly, the 1974 musical with a score by the late John Barry (music) and Don Black (lyrics) that originally starred Michael Crawford at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, is to receive its first …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:37AMThe Studio – a 200-seat theatre in Edinburgh Festival Theatre’s new rehearsal and educational building – will open for this year’s Fringe, when it will be run by leading …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:14AMJohn Harbison's The Great Gatsby gets its long-overdue Boston premiere, as does Jan Dismas Zelenka's 1739 Missa Votiva. Handel's Jephtha returns to the Handel and Haydn Society after a cent…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:03AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 3 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMHey, everyone! Long time no blog-- I know, I know. This has been the longest I've gone without writing on here since starting Emerging Musical Theatre. Sorry for the delay; life has been a b…
SOURCE: Emerging Musical Theatre at 08:00AM
A fantastic film? Not really. "In the House" is sometimes ingenious, but all the main characters are cold, arrogant, and off-putting.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:52AMToday is the birthday of Doug Henning (1953-2000). I’ll be frank: when I was a kid, Henning was the absolute measure of awful, unwatchable, the thing one must never do, the thing one m…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:51AMJekyll & Hyde
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Producers of the anticipated Broadway revival of Frank Wildhorn's Jekyll & Hyde the Musical have just announced the show will close on May 1…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 07:49AMIn Gravity of Center, RUBBERBANDance Group literally pushes its dancers to the brink. Early on, the five dancers scurry up to the front of the stage, where one of them lurches out, starting …
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:32AMMark Nadler's tribute to the music and musicians of the Weimar era
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:24AMMike Bartlett once again demonstrates his ability to dramatize human vulnerability, the facade of certainty and the things we do to one another to reveal the fragility at our core
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:23AMSalisbury Playhouse: It's good to see regional theatres make bold programming choices, and Gareth Machin has done a smart job of offering his Salisbury audience a musical that seems con…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:20AMThe Old Red Lion Theatre, London: Telling ghost stories might sound to many children like something that happened before The X Factor was invented. But Theatre of the Damned are doing its da…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:14AMHarrogate Theatre Studio: Dumas' tale of revenge and deadly reckonings is given a curious and intriguing twist in this new production from the Thunder Road company.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AMHaving already done posts of just about all of the other principle cast members of the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz (most of them having been in vaudeville) it gives me great pleasure to f…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:03AMOur staff list the best events in the week ahead.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:00AMRare items for sale at St. Louis Mercantile Library fair.
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Nieuwe Luxor Theater, Rotterdam: Once in a while a show is so magical, so out of this world that it is worth crossing borders to see it. Sebastiano Toma's Little Big World - part of Rot…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMToday is the birthday of Percy Abbott (1886-1960). Originally from Australia, he began performing magic and ventriloquism professionally in his early twenties, at the same time working in a …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:33AMThe National Theatre's production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which won a record-equalling::E8831364305997 seven Olivier Awards last Sunday, has extended its bookin…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:26AM"Call Me Adam" chats with actor Christopher McDonald about starring alongside Tom Hanks on Broadway in Nora Ephron's "Lucky Guy." We also discuss HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" and other details o…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:01AMJacob (series co-creator Wesley Taylor) is finally back together with Ben (Adam Chanler-Berat) after some tense times. But, he's thrown for a loop when his drug-troubled agent Sam (series co…
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Bradley Cooper’s planned run on Broadway as “The Elephant Man” may have to wait now that he’s signed to team up with Steven Spielberg for “American Sniper.” Yesterday, it was ann…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 05:58AMIf Nicholas Hytner's decade and a half in charge of the National Theatre is to be remembered by a single show, this is the one to go into the history books. Like Antony and Cleopatra, Othell…
SOURCE: John Morrison at 05:58AMThe ever-busy James Corden is reportedly in line to star alongside Daniel Mays in Nick Payne's new play, while also being in discussions with director Rob Marshall about his forthcoming film…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:56AMThe National Theatre has extended the booking for the West End transfer of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, adapted by Simon Stephens from the book by Mark Haddon, through …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:55AMThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has extended its booking period at the Apollo Theatre in the West End until autumn 2014. The National Theatre production was originally book…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:50AMBette Midler has a chance to show Broadway that all is forgiven for snubbing her star turn in "I'll Eat You Last." She should set her bruised ego aside and host the upcoming To…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:22AMBy Rob Shapiro (musical theatre writer) With awards season in full swing, I’ve been thinking how Broadway is represented on the national level. Musicals have been getting more attention in…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:03AMJessie Buckley as Miranda & Roger Allam as Prospero (Photo: Marc Brenner)
How reluctant is Prospero to give up his power? He talks of abjuring his magic to embrace his former position but ho…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:00AMBy Jaye Hunt (opinionated theatregoer) I only saw two musicals this month. One was the greatest travesty of the American theatre through which I have ever sat, and the other was my second vi…
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SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:32AMBritain's primary Black-led theatre company Talawa has announced its upcoming 2013/14 season.
Don Warrington and Doña Croll will lead the cast of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons a…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:27AMIt's not surprise that, having been nominated::E8831367328523 for 13 Tony Awards this week, Kinky Boots is now being tipped for a West End transfer.
The hit show, adapted from the 2006 Brit…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:23AMRape offers such a rich vein of comic potential that I am bewildered as to why the world of sitcom has overlooked the subject for so long. But not to worry, because Vicious remedies the...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMPosted in Customer ServiceFinancesMarketingPersonal DevelopmentThis week, I had the fortuitous opportunity to meet a fellow artist on a train ride leaving from New Jersey for New York. We wa…
SOURCE: theartsentrepreneur.com at 04:00AM
Jana Robbins and Better World Productions present staged readings of ROBIN HOOD - The Final Adventure Book by Thomas Meehan, Music by Peter Sipos, Lyrics by Martin Charnin today, May 3rd and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe Guthrie Theater presents the world premiere of the bittersweet romance The Primrose Path by Crispin Whittell based upon the novel Home of the Gentry by Ivan Turgenev. The production will…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMCelebrating its 10th anniversary season, this month at the Hudson Guild Theatre 441 West 26th Street, the White Horse Theater Company will present an exciting new production of Marsha Norman…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMLindsey Ferrentino's new play Moonlight on the Bayou will have a staged reading today, May 3rd, 430pm at The Marilyn Monroe Theatre in New York 115 E. 15th St. The reading is directed by Pat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AM54 Below presents the club's debut of LES MISERABLES Breakout star and Broadway marquee name Aaron Tveit, beginning tonight, May 3.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMToday, May 3rd at 12 noon, Brave New World Enterprises, LLC will present a Special Pre-Broadway Workshop Table Reading of the new musical based on Aldous Huxley's novel, BRAVE NEW WORLD. The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMClassic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, will present a new production of Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMPioneer 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 tonight, May 3 through J…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMGravitas Ventures will release '1st NIGHT' in select theaters and on VOD daydate today, May 3rd. This quintessential English comedy stars Richard E. Grant, Sarah Brightman, Mia Maestro, and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMI'm reading Frank O'Hara's poems at Gay May Days this weekend! It goes on all weekend, but I show up on Saturday from 5-7pm. It's at Spirit Studio on 2601 Hyperion in Silver Lake.Come check …
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 01:15AMI just made a quick reviewing trip to Chicago, and in today's Wall Street Journal I report favorably on the...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMHot Shoe Shuffle opens this weekend in Brisbane, just in time for us to feature the final Tap Brother from this 21st Anniversary revival cast! We chat with Morgan Junor-Larwood (playing the …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:00AM"Time is a great legalizer, even in the field of morals." H.L. Mencken, A Book of Prefaces...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM'Iron Man 3' Star Sir Ben Kingsley on Accents & RDJ
We are honored to have Oscar-winning actor and knight Sir Ben Kingsley in the Studio to chat about his role as the villain in 'Iron Man 3'…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM'Peeples' Star Craig Robinson on Safe Words & First Impressions
The hilarious and multi-talented Craig Robinson stops by the Studio where he confesses to his "boy-crush" on his 'Peeples' co-…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
The Golem is a Taffety Punk exclusive that shouldn’t be missed. This electronically charged, theatrical adventure portrayed by one man (Daniel Flint) and DJed by DC’s own local musical m…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:37AMI’ll always see a new Joanna Murray-Smith play. She’s one of Melbourne’s most commercially successful playwrights and she writes terrific jokes about being middle class in Melbourne. H…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:35AMThe Boston Symphony Orchestra brings its Symphony Hall subscription season to a close this week with a second program led by conductor emeritus Bernard Haitink. Last week’s Haitink-led con…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:34AMBe forewarned that prior to viewing playwright Adam Pasen’s intellectually intricate new work Tea with Edie & Fitz, it will behoove you to do some basic research on the characters invo…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:25AMOMIGOD you guys! AussieTheatre has 3 DOUBLE PASSES to giveaway to Legally Blonde in Melbourne, and we’re like soooo excited! Legally Blonde is preparing to paint the town pink, with perfor…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:23AMup at the Geffen Playhouse. I saw the show as research for our production of The Miss Julie Dream Project next month at the Hollywood Fringe, so my thoughts on the production seem relevant i…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 12:19AMSing Me a SongMusical theatre pundit sets fires...by Stuart Munro@StuartMunroTO[ED: Comment below - we know you want to]When I was first asked to write this article, I panicked a little bit.…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:05AMPreparing For Real Lifeby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonMy return to the real world is imminent. While it is true that all things must end, I hope this isn't the end of my time on the stag…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMThe show: "Good News" at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Thursday, May 2, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMSalt Lake City's Pioneer Theatre Company storms the barricades of the hit musical Les Misérables May 3. The cast features Joe Cassidy, Kelly McCormick, Manna Nichols and Dale Hens…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Circle in the Square Theatre School's graduating class performs in the school's annual Spring Festival of Theatre — featuring five full-length productions of plays and musi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBrave New World Enterprises, LLC presents an industry reading of the new musical Brave New World, based on Aldous Huxley’s novel, May 3 at 3 PM at the Snapple Theatre Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Classic Stage Company production of Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle, starring Christopher Lloyd and featuring music by Duncan Sheik, begins previews May 3 Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Guthrie Theater's production of The Primrose Path officially opens May 3 following previews that began April 27 on the Wurtele Thrust Stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAmas Musical Theatre's Rosetta LeNoire Musical Theatre Company presents the Tony Award-winning musical Hello, Dolly!, featuring a cast of young performers from the Amas Teen Academy, May…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSo many kids on Broadway, but not a Tony nom in sight. We thought for sure this was the year we'd see one of our pint-sized prodigies asking Neil Patrick Harris to lower the mic stand for a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMA regular on the Broadway stage (most recently appearing as Jovie, shy love interest to the title character in Broadway's Elf: The Musical), Leslie Kritzer has moved to the much more intimat…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMA regular on the Broadway stage (most recently appearing as Jovie, shy love interest to the title character in Broadway's Elf: The Musical), Leslie Kritzer has moved to the much more intimat…
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