Tony Award-winning playwright John Guare stars in the Off-Broadway world premiere of his new play 3 Kinds of Exile, staged by Neil Pepe, beginning May 15 at the Atlantic Theater Company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIrish Repertory Theatre continues its 25th anniversary season with Conor McPherson's The Weir, which begins previews May 15 prior to an official opening May 23 on the Irish Repertory'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMKate Rockwell, who stars as Sherrie in Broadway's jukebox rock musical Rock of Ages, and members from the current cast of that Tony Award-nominated Best Musical pick their favorite songs…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Vineyard Theatre's world-premiere production of Jenny Schwartz's Somewhere Fun, starring Kathleen Chalfant, Kate Mulgrew and Greg Keller, begins previews May 15 Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaywright Eduardo Machado is a Cuban native who moved to the United States at nine years old, but as the saying goes, even though they took the boy out of Cuba, no one could take Cuba out o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMBilly Porter is bringing the house down nightly at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre as Lola, the high-heeled star of the Tony-nominated new musical Kinky Boots. Porter has been nominated for a Tony…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Tuesday, May 14, 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMAct a Lady. A play within a play about men from a Prohibition-era town who dress in women’s clothing and put on a production. May 24-June 8, Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., (410) 752-8…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMHare Krishna Rathayatra Chariot Parade And Festival of India, noon-6 p.m. May 26, McKeldin Square, Pratt and Light streets, festivalofindia.org. ISKON Baltimore holds its 11th-annual Rathaya…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMAlbin O. Kuhn Library Gallery, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Catonsville, (410) 455-3827, aok.lib.umbc.edu. A New Context: Photographs from The Baltimore Sun …
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These Halcyon Days A Bittersweet Ending: In a conservatory of a North Dublin nursing home, Patricia meets Sean for the first time.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:53PMThe Nederlander Organization and Pantages Theatre, Hollywood have announced that the 2nd Annual JERRY HERMAN AWARDS, a celebration in the achievement and excellence in high school musical th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:28PMEmmy Award-winning actress Jane Lynch, known for playing a bullying cheer coach on TV's "Glee," began performances as orphanage matron Miss Hannigan in Broadway's Annie&nbs…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08PMAnyone fortunate enough to be within range of Bobby McFerrin’s rich voice in his final U.S. performance before embarking on a full summer international tour, in The Kennedy Center for the …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:07PMHenry VIII may be minor Shakespeare, but it’s major Chicago Shakespeare. It contains spectacular acting that is just a treat to behold. Director Barabara Gaines’ cast gives the Elizabeth…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 11:05PMBilly Crystal is bringing his hit one-man show "700 Sundays" back to Broadway next season, its producers said Tuesday. The limited nine-week run at the Imperial Theatre is set to begin in No…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 11:02PMIt is my pleasure to help promote such a Broadway sexy event for an extremely important and worthwhile charity.The contestants for the Seventh Annual Broadway Beauty Pageant have been announ…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 11:02PMAussieTheatre’s Ben Nielsen caught up with Kate Ceberano recently to chat about the upcoming lineup in her 2013 Adelaide Cabaret Festival. The Adelaide Cabaret Festival kicks off on June 7…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:00PM
HEDY WEISS: In a dimly lit apartment in Bucktown, Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents a story of human desecration that stays with you long after you leave.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 09:53PMNorthlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, continues its 2012-2013 season with the world premiere of Stella amp Lou, featu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:40PMAny Broadway fans that tuned into last night’s season eight finale of “How I Met Your Mother” saw a familiar face when Cristin Milioti was revealed as the titular mother character. The…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 09:34PMThe horrors to come were only compounded by the absolute beauty of the sun and sky on Tuesday afternoon as a van drove 18 people from Navy Pier to a dimly lit, nondescript little second floo…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 09:20PMAccording to The Wrap, Cee Lo Green is in 'advanced negotiations' to reclaim his judge's chair. 'We are not there yet, but working toward it,' an executive at NBC told the publication.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:20PMOn Monday, May 13, Cortes Alexander stormed the Broadway at Birdland stage with 'The Swell Show,' along with Billy Stritch at the piano, Ray Marchica on drums, Norman Ludwin on bass, Clarke …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:09PM
Mr. Sickinger was a director who nurtured a network of troupes and theaters that is the city’s equivalent of Off and Off Off Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:53PMDolly looks swell as ever as Goodspeed Musicals brings everyone's favorite meddlesome matchmaker to its main stage. Hello, Dolly will run from June 28 - September 8 at the Goodspeed Opera Ho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:38PM(Reuters) - Actor Billy Crystal will give his autobiographical one-man play "700 Sundays" a Broadway send-off later this year with a nine-week run, promoters said on Tuesday.
SOURCE: Reuters at 07:12PMDirector Tim Dang applies colorblind casting to his revival of Chess for East West Players.
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:05PMCamp Broadway and CAP 21 America's Musical Theatre Conservatory amp Theatre Company in partnership with The Broadway Education Alliance presents the 3rd annual Gershwin Awards to celebrate o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:02PMPeace Train — The Cat Stevens Story is set to play an exclusive season at the Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, in August this year. Spiritworks will present the show for one week only. P…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:00PMBased on the film starring River Phoenix, Dogfight (with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul) has racked up multiple nominations this awards season, coinciding with the release of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:00PM
Producer and President of Disney Theatrical Productions, Thomas Schumacher and Stage Entertainment France, today announced that they will continue their ongoing producing partnership with th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:57PMThe Broadway Dreams Foundation announced their dedication to three educational initiatives that align with their mission and will offer BDF students exciting performance opportunities while …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:52PMThe Judas Redux team just announced casting and ticket information for its new production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by Julia Albain. The Last Days …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:52PMThe 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 awards were presented at a privat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:43PMTony Award nominee Robin de Jesus In The Heights, La Cage aux Folles was among the artists who joined singer-songwriter Blake Pfeil for Blake Pfeil is in Love with a Girl Named... Irene on M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:33PMThe award was presented at a gala event at B.B. King on May 13 with four-time Tony Award-winning playwright and actor Harvey Fierstein, a frequent collaborator of Jerry Mitchell and bookwrit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:28PMThe Broadway community gathered celebrate the life and show business legacy of beloved Broadway performer Kevin Gray yesterday, May 13 at 2PM at The Majestic Theatre 247 West 44th Street. Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:27PMAcclaimed Tony Award winning DirectorChoreographer Jerry Mitchell, whose smash hit musical Kinky Boots just received a whopping 13 Tony Award-nominations, was just honored with the 2013 Mr.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:25PMSt. Ann's Warehouse has announced programming highlights of its 2013-14 season, which will kick off in October with the American Premiere of the Donmar Warehouse's tremendously acclaimed all…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PMBroadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS presents a one-night, 20th anniversary performance of the landmark show THE NIGHT Larry Kramer KISSED ME at 8 pm on Monday, May 20 at the Gerard W. Lynch The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:19PMSusan Boyle announced on her website today that she will be launching on a tour of Scotland this July called 'Susan Boyle In Concert', running seven nights as a lead-up to more potential sho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:17PMUnique Theatrical Experience. It's a category that doesn't exist in any awards show except the Drama Desks. But just what makes a theatrical experience unique? We turned to this year's nomin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:03PM
Homeland star Mandy Patinkin is the first actor to be cast in Zach Braff’s Kickstarter-funded film project Wish I Was Here, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Patinkin will play t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:57PMJonathan Groff is moving to San Francisco! The Broadway and Glee favorite will star in a new gay-themed HBO series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. HBO has ordered eight episodes o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:56PMBroadwayHollywood crossover star Kerry Washington appeared on ELLEN yesterday and talked all about her mega-hit ABC TV series SCANDAL as well as her new Tyler Perry-produced comedy PEEPLES, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMEveryone’s favorite Oscar host Billy Crystal will return to Broadway with his Tony-winning autobiographical solo show, 700 Sundays. Previews begin Nov. 5 at the Imperial Theatre in advance…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:54PMAndrea Burns portrays a saucy burlesque stripper in a darkly comic play about the political climate concerning homosexuality in 1937 New York.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:53PMVictory Gardens Theater is currently looking for Christmas lights, fairy lights,any kind of strung lights and paper lanterns for our upcoming Progressive benefit on Friday, June 14.These lig…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 05:52PMThe National Theater’s production of “This House,” a re-creation of British parliamentary politics in the 1970s, will be shown in a live screening at selected theaters on May 16. …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:49PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway RT @julie_james Want to hear @MATILDABroadwayR…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:48PMThe Muny announced principal casting for the sixth show of its fantastic 95th Season, Disney and Cameron Mackinstosh's Mary Poppins the Musical, directed by Gary Griffin and choreographed by…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:48PMWe asked the 2013 Tony Award nominees to share their best advice for aspiring actors.
Watch our video interview below, or click here to view the slideshow!
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:46PMOfficial character cards depicting the central figures in Zack Snyder's new SUPERMAN feature film reboot MAN OF STEEL have been released, showcasing stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Sh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:43PMJenny Powers and Rob McClure will lead the Muny's production of Mary Poppins as Mary and Bert respectively. Directed by Gary Griffin, the musical will run July 25 through August 2 at the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:40PMSharon Wheatley graced the Great White Way in the Tony-winning musicals Avenue Q, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and Cats; she has hosted a web series and authored the book Til the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:38PM“Pinkolandia,” by Andrea Thome, recounts the story of a family of Chilean exiles that has relocated to Wisconsin.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:34PM“The Hotel Colors,” Eliza Bent’s debut play about a day in the life of a group of bedraggled travelers in Italy, is at the Bushwick Starr.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:30PMInternationally recognized music star Linda Eder has hinted that a country album could very well be in her future via a fan question she recently replied to on Fanbridge.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:30PMSt. Ann's Warehouse has announced programming highlights of its upcoming season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PM“QueerSpawn” is a comedy about a straight teenager who is picked on because some of his peers think he’s gay.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:26PMMichael Urie. Photo: © Sandra Coudert
Buyer & Cellar
By Jonathan Tolins
Directed by Stephen Brackett
Starring Michael Urie
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
(transfer to Barrow Stre…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 05:26PMChristopher Durang’s Tony-nominated comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is slaying audiences and keeping its leading lady Sigourney Weaver in the best shape of her life. Weaver …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:23PMA man and a woman find friendship at a nursing home in Ireland in the play “These Halcyon Days,” at the Irish Arts Center.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18PMGoodspeed Musicals will present the Tony Award-winning musical Hello, Dolly! beginning June 28, prior to an official opening July 17, at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT. Cabaret…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:18PMIt's a brand-new week with a brand-new musical sampling of Shakespeare in the Park's Love's Labour's Lost. This week, the good people at The Public Theater (and songwriter Michael Friedman)…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:16PMAs historic types, Chicago aldermen do not lack for color. But despite the height of the bar for eccentricity on the City of Chicago's council, Ald. John Coughlin vaults over it with ease. I…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:14PMProducers grumbling about the revenue lost from all those comp tickets they have to hand out to Tony voters can now take heart: Tony noms and awards seem to be exerting a stronger influence …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:08PMIn a narrow sense, Lisa Loomer’s “Distracted’’ is about a married couple’s frantic attempts to find the right treatment for their 9-year-old son after he is diagnosed with attentio…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:07PMHBO has ordered eight episodes of a new San Francisco-set series about a group of gay friends starring Tony Award nominee Jonathan Groff, according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:06PMJust yesterday, the Broadway community gathered together to celebrate the life and show business legacy of beloved Broadway performer Kevin Gray at The Majestic Theatre 247 West 44th Street.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMActorWriterDirector Zach Braff today announced that Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor Mandy Patinkin has been cast in the film Wish I Was Here. The announcement was made on the film's Kickst…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:02PMIf you could get into your DeLorean and time-travel to the day you started writing this, would you do anything differently? I think I would have written it faster. I think I would have not…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMSt. Louis Symphony Orchestra conductor laureate Leonard Slatkin added an honor last week: Doctor of Musical Arts, honoris causa, from the Manhattan School of Music.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:00PM
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the stage star nabbed a role in the premium network's untitled LGBT-centered pilot in February - today, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that HBO ha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:59PMAbout the author:
Diane Paulus first took Broadway by storm in 2009, when her vibrant interpretation of Hair in Central Park transferred to the Hirschfeld Theatre. Since her acclaimed Broad…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:58PMThe Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers honored Jerry Mitchell with the Mr. Abbott Award, a lifetime achievement award named for the late George Abbott. Stars from Mitchell’s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:51PMClint Eastwood stood behind the podium at Monday’s “Backstage at the Geffen,” getting ready to present an award to his longtime attorney Bruce Ramer, the founding chairman …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:50PMWe’ve all seen her on The Biggest Loser yelling and pushing the contestants to their limits, but when I saw that Jillian Michaels was doing a tour called “Maximize Your Life,” I had to…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:45PMThe second show of The Public's free Shakespeare in the Park season, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, A NEW MUSICAL, directed by Alex Timbers, with songs by Michael Friedman and book adaptation by Alex…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PMPeter and the Starcatcher will feature a talkback with Tony-nominated playwright Rick Elice and dramaturg Ken Cerniglia following its performance at New World Stages May 15.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:45PMPrincipal casting has been announced for the sixth show of The Muny's 95th season, Disney and Cameron Mackinstosh’s Mary Poppins, which will play the famed outdoor venue July 25-Au…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PMAny American arts critic worth his or her salt is part of a bohemian fringe, is aware of the political resonance of their reviews, and is dedicated to sparking serious dialogue about arts an…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:43PMThe first set pictures and stills from acclaimed actress and director Liv Ullmann's upcoming stage-to-screen adaptation of August Stringberg's MISS JULIE have just been leaked, showcasing fi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:39PMJohn Logan’s Tony Award winning play Red opened at QPAC last week, bringing the art world to the theatre stage. Presented by the Queensland Theatre Company and imported from the Melbourne …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:38PMA new off-Broadway work by playwright Richard Nelson takes spectators to a gathering of talented Russian emigres in Connecticut during the spring of 1948.
SOURCE: NY1 at 04:33PMA new off-Broadway work by playwright Richard Nelson takes spectators to a gathering of talented Russian emigres in Connecticut during the spring of 1948.
SOURCE: NY1 at 04:33PMPatti Murin, Audrey Weston and Kimiko Glenn perform a new song from the upcoming Shakespeare in the Park world-premiere musical Love's Labour's Lost.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:31PMBroadwayWorld'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 04:30PMReviewed by: Russell Goeltenbodt: There is something to say about classics. No matter how often you see some classic productions, you continue to enjoy them and often find new things to appr…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:26PMBroadway’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 04:24PMIf you do a Google search for Management vs. Leadership, you will likely find the top results imply it is much better to be a leader than a manager. (Though the Wall Street Journal guide say…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 04:24PMMandy Patinkin has joined Zach Braff on “Wish I Was Here,” the indie drama which has raised $2.6 million in three weeks of Braff’s Kickstarter campaign from fans. Patinkin …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:20PMBy: Russell Goeltenbolt: When people fight loneliness they search for solutions and possibly some special person to fill that void. Northlight Theater’s World Premiere production of “Ste…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:15PMBack across the pond we go today except this time, the water is looking more like chocolate! Thats right folks, Luner on Theatre is flying back to London to give you a full preview into a br…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 04:12PMThe Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel will welcome back Tony Award-Winner Lea Salonga to the Cafe Carlyle for her highly anticipated three-week engagement. Her new program, 'Back to Before,' is a no…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:11PMCHESTER, Mass. — Stage actor Vincent G. Dowling, who had a long-time association with Ireland's national theater company and performed several times in the Reagan White House, has died in…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 04:06PMTony winner Laura Benanti will release a live recording of her upcoming 54 Below show. Titled In Constant Search of the Right Kind of Attention, the album will be released on September 10. B…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:04PMGo behind the scenes of the cast recording session in the video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMTony Award winner Laura Benanti, Rory O'Malley, Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Morgan James will join the Skivvies for their June 10 engagement at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:04PMBilly Crystal is bringing back his one-man show “700 Sundays” to Broadway one more time this fall. A nine-week run will begin previews November 5 at the Imperial Theater, with opening ni…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 04:03PMAccording to a casting notice for Columbia Pictures' upcoming reboot of ANNIE, production on the film will begin in August on location in New York City.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:02PMThere is an insert in the program from Richard Nelson that is one of those “guilty with an explanation” pieces. The characters are people who actually lived and knew one another. But t…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 04:01PMSpare Tyre Theatre Company and Streetwise Opera are among the winners of the 2013 Arts & Business Awards celebrating partnerships between arts and cultural organisations and the business…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00PMThe Miller Theater will celebrate the 60th birthday of John Zorn and will continue its two popular series, Composer Portraits and Pop-Up Concerts.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:00PMJerry Lewis will return to Cannes for a screening of Daniel Noah’s comedy “Max Rose,” starring Lewis, Claire Bloom, Kevin Pollak, Kerry Bishe and Mort Sahl. International F…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:00PM
THE MOTHER OF CHICAGO THEATER Workers and theatergoers of Chicago unite! Oracle Theatre is mounting a rousing defense of Karl Marx and the Bolsheviks, and demands your undivided attention. T…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:56PMRaising awareness of difficult and agonizing aspects of existence has a powerful place among the purposes of art. Qureshi’s roof garden installation certainly does that. The installation r…
SOURCE: Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 03:53PMBilly Crystal announced Tuesday he will bring his Tony-winning play “700 Sundays” back to Broadway one last time.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:38PMWhile the Nationals are away, the Washington National Opera will take to the field of Nationals Park for their popular live broadcast from The Kennedy Center. This year, on the jumbo screen,…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:37PMLiv Ullmann directs her first film in more than a decade with MISS JULIE, starring Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton. Get a first look at Oscar-nominated Chastain in the ti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:31PMJust learned that Mamaroneck phenom Carly Rose Sonenclar, who just turned 14, will make her concert debut right here in Westchester, with a 7 p.m. concert at Rye Playland on June 29. Tickets…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 03:30PMThe Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham will begin previews onTuesday, May 28 for THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, the first show of The Public's 2013 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:14PMONE WHITE CROW: 100% – SWEET SWEET Playwright Dale Griffiths Stamos’ drama boasts a charged debate about faith versus science that’s engagingly even-handed and surprisingly evocative. …
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:13PMREAL MEN SING SHOW TUNES…AND PLAY WITH PUPPETS: 100% – SWEET SWEET If you need a good laugh right about now run, don’t walk, to catch this kick of a show, which does for men what Menop…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:08PMSend to Kindle Broadway grosses remained steady for the week that ended with Mother’s Day. Pippin and I’ll Eat You Last both broke house records in their theatres with ov…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 03:06PMSTEEL MAGNOLIAS (LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE): 100% – SWEET SWEET At the Laguna Playhouse, a solid cast distinguished by a couple of talented veterans delivers a well-crafted version of Robert Harlin…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:05PMCasting has been announced for Dorset Theatre Festival's 38th summer season, which runs June 19-Aug. 31.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:04PMImmediately following the May 15th evening performance of Peter and the Starcatcher, the show's Tony-nominated playwright Rick Elice joins dramaturg Ken Cerniglia, as they discuss the show's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PMCRUMBLE (LAY ME DOWN JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE) (THEATRE 68): 90% – SWEET SWEET Strip the play of all its craziness and universal struggles emerges that everyone deals with: death and discovering …
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:01PM(BY DOUG GEORGE) This summer's Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks program will feature "The Comedy of Errors" in a series of free, outdoor performances July 25 to Aug. 25 in various Chicago pa…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:01PMOh, this isn’t really a competition (42 vs. The Jackie Robinson Story). It’s like trying to suss out the outcome of an exhibition game between the 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers and the…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:00PM
Cast members from the upcoming Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit reading of David Drake's The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me met the press on Tuesday, May 14, at Actors' Equity Associa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:57PMFans flocked to video features centering on the Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards, including clips of acceptance speeches and no-holds-barred after-party coverage. Also in the most-watched…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:51PMThe one-night-only reading of Wendy Wasserstein's Uncommon Women and Others was presented May 13 at 8 PM in the Theresa Lang Theatre at Marymount Manhattan College, home of the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:51PMBilly Crystal will return to Broadway this fall for a 9-week-only limited engagement of his Tony Award-winning, record-breaking play 700 SUNDAYS. This will mark the final engagement of this …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 02:48PMLaura Benanti's forthcoming engagement at New York's 54 BELOW will be recorded and released by Broadway Records. 'In Constant Search of the Right Kind of Attention Live At 54 BELOW' will be …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:38PM"Annie," the upcoming film remake of the 1982 movie musical that will star 2013 Academy Award nominee Quvenzhane Wallis ("Beasts of the Southern Wild"), will begin produc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:36PMAs a child, Heather Chesley was entranced with the breaking of the fourth wall in Our Town. Now she's breaking it in another Wilder play, The Matchmaker.
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:35PMSo, who is the girl with the yellow umbrella? Her name is Cristin Milioti, a 27-year-old New Jersey actress who’s shown up on Broadway, in films, and on television: The Broadway set will k…
SOURCE: insidetv.ew.com at 02:32PMRoyal Exchange, ManchesterThe Royal Exchange has hit a seam of remarkable young writing talent, having recently presented Rory Mullarkey's disquieting debut Cannibals, and now this Bruntwood…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:32PMThe Off Broadway Alliance Announces Their Nominations: The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents and marketing professio…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:17PMBilly Crystal will return to Broadway this fall for a 9-week-only limited engagement of his Tony Award-winning, record-breaking play 700 Sundays. This will mark the final engagement of this …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:15PMThe Old Globe presents the West Coast Premiere of Bekah Brunstetter's quirky and tender comedy Be a Good Little Widow. Directed by Hal Brooks, Be a Good Little Widow is currently running thr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:13PM(This post is a part of the Artistic Innovation blog salon curated by Caridad Svich for the 2013 TCG National Conference: Learn Do Teach in Dallas). Caridad Svich asks how a path can be …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 02:13PMThe Tony Award-nominated musical Legally Blonde, based on the popular 2001 film, will set sail on Norwegian Cruise Lines' new liner Getaway in January 2014.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PMBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is getting set to present a reimagined 20th anniversary benefit performance of David Drake's Obie-winning solo show The Night Larry Kramer Kissed M…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PMThe 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 02:04PMThough the integration of theater and performance work in journals like PAJ and TDR has ostensibly addressed the rift between these practices, we are still reluctant to regard performance ar…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:02PMThe Boston Theater Critics Association BTCA previously announced that Broadway icon Chita Rivera will be the recipient of the 2013 Elliot Norton Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:02PMWhen Boston Ballet music director and principal conductor Jonathan McPhee steps to the podium Thursday night for the opening performance of “Coppélia,” it will be the sixth production o…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:00PM
Making his Broadway debut, Derek Klena will assume the role of Fiyero in the Broadway production of Wicked on Tuesday, May 28, 2013. Mr. Klena has previously worked with both Wicked’s newe…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:51PM"Ground Floor," a new comedy starring Skylar Astin, will air on TBS in 2014.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:49PMMaking his Broadway debut, Derek Klena will assume the role of Fiyero in the Broadway production of WICKED on Tuesday, May 28, 2013. Mr. Klena has previously worked with both WICKED's newes…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:43PMRiverside Center Dinner Theater presents Legally Blonde The Musical, an infectiously peppy show with Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin, and Book by Heather Hach. Brian…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:39PMBestselling book, movie and now play, The Kite Runner has become an emblem of modern Afghanistan. Nosheen Iqbal watches the show come togetherWhen Khaled Hosseini wrote his debut novel, The …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:39PMThe Tony-winning musical Once recently welcomed two new stars: Doctor Who fan favorite Arthur Darvill and newcomer Joanna Christie, who exhibit some truly mesmerizing onstage chemistry as th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:34PMEmmy Award-winning actress Jane Lynch, who stars in the hit FOX television show 'Glee' as ruthless cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester, makes her Broadway debut tomorrow, May 15 as tyrannical o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:34PMThe Vineyard Theatre will celebrate the songs of Dory Previn in a one-night benefit concert June 17 at 7 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:34PMSo, that just happened. Tony nominee Cristin Milioti was the cause of thousands of gasps, screams and cheers Monday night when it was revealed that the former Once leading lady was the titul…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:33PMTony Award nominee Louise Pitre (Mamma Mia!) was part of a reading of The Last Ship, the new musical by Brian Yorkey, Sting and John Logan that received a New York presentation in recent wee…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:31PMTony Award-nominated Peter and the Starcatcher playwright Rick Elice is coming to New World Stages to participate in a talkback with audience members following the May 15 evening performance…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:29PMMonty Python's Spamalot is currently making it's Southeast Regional premiere at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina on Hilton Head Island. The show is directed by Casey Colgan with choreogra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:25PMGraceful stage actor who stood out in Doctor Who on TV and the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:17PMGraceful stage actor who stood out in Doctor Who on TV and the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate FactoryIn a long and distinguished career, the actor Aubrey Woods, who has died aged 85, cov…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:17PMAs part of its 30th anniversary celebration, the Vineyard Theatre is presenting a one-night-only benefit concert on June 17: Vineyard Celebrates the Songs of Dory Previn. Dory Previn, who p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:14PMBilly Crystal has marked his calendar for the Broadway return of “700 Sundays,” the autobiographical solo show that proved a box office powerhouse when it preemed on the Rialto i…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:13PMLast week, we dealt with the first three commandments of email introductions and learned all about pre-qualifying, describing both parties, and providing context for service providers. The n…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 01:00PM
Sandi Durell Presents Her 12th Annual Songwriters Event: Taking place in the old A&R Studio, The New York Sheet Music Society and Sandi Durell presented their 12th Annual Songwriters Ev…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:55PMToday is the birthday of show biz wunderkind Bobby Darin (Walden Robert Cassotto, 1936-1973). The subject of Darin (and some others like him) is a fascinating one for someone of my age to pr…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:51PMBilly Crystal will return to Broadway this fall for a 9-week-only limited engagement of his Tony Award-winning, record-breaking play 700 SUNDAYS. This will mark the final engagement of this …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMThe New York Drama Critics’ Circle held its annual awards ceremony on May 13, presenting the award for Best Play to Christopher Durang for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike and the B…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:50PMThe production of “Julius Caesar,” first staged in London last year, will open to 2013-14 season at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:49PMIs it curtains for “Spider Man” on Broadway? Not yet, but things are looking a little scary for Peter Parker and Mary Jane. For the last several weeks, the Broadway box office fo…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:46PMLauren Graham talks about her career as an actress—from "Gilmore Girls" to "Guys and Dolls" to "Parenthood"—and her new novel, Someday, Someday, Maybe. She shares stories about anxiety a…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:45PMThis return engagement looks mahvelous! Billy Crystal won a 2005 Tony for his solo play “700 Sundays,” then went on to tour the show across the U.S. and beyond.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:39PMAs part of its 30th anniversary celebratory season, Vineyard Theatre will present VINEYARD CELEBRATES THE SONGS OF DORY PREVIN, a special, one-night-only benefit concert featuring the brilli…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:37PMWhat did you do Mother’s Day? Just think, you could’ve seen popping, locking, breaking and tutting by some of the area’s best dancers in the first regional production of the hot B…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:36PMGilmore Girls star Lauren Graham was on the Leonard Lopate Show to talk about writing her debut novel, Someday, Someday, Maybe. She also told us what's on the playlist she's making for the …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:33PMA blast from the past, dressed in flannel and Doc Martens, blew into Joe's Pub, where Leslie Kritzer performed her one-woman show Beautiful Disaster. Playbill.com attended the May 13 per…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMThe West End will have to wait a few more days to get a peek at Willy Wonka’s factory. The world premiere of the new musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has canceled its first tw…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:28PMCompass Rose Theater’s New Play Festival May 17th-19th, 2013 Schedule of Events Friday, May 17th, 2013 at 7:00pm – The Bully Play by Compass Rose Theater Student Playwright Hanna…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:26PMTony-winning director-choreographer Jerry Mitchell, who was recently nominated for the 2013 Tony Awards for Best Choreography and Best Direction of Kinky Boots, was honored with the 2013 &qu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:21PMActor and comedian Eddie Izzard plans to run for Mayor of London in 2019, according to a report in The Mirror. 'People say, 'Well, you're a bit woolly' and 'You're really not informed' 'You'…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:20PM“City Council Meeting” asks what we want from theatre and from government Boredom may not be a new sensation for theatregoers, but intentional boredom is a rarer bird. That’…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:16PMLegendary actor, comedian and Oscar host Billy Crystal will bring 700 Sundays, his Tony Award-winning one-man show about growing up on Long Island, back to Broadway this fall for a final eng…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:07PMActor/comedian Billy Crystal will return to Broadway this fall in a nine-week-only limited engagement of his acclaimed solo show, 700 Sundays, to play the Imperial Theatre from November 5 to…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:06PMLong Wharf Theatre's 2013-14 will include the world premieres of Heidi Schreck's The Consultant and Athol Fugard's The Shadow of the Hummingbird.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMBend in the Road, the new musical comedy that premiered at the Carrie Hamilton Theatre at the Pasadena Playhouse in 2012 has been selected to appear at the New York Musical Theatre Festival …
SOURCE: musicalsinla.blogspot.com at 12:05PMLearn a little about Motown breakout star Valisia LeKae, who she's rooting for, and what went through her head the moment after she became a Tony nominee!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PMAppearances at neighborhood businesses have attracted capacity crowds, and visits by musicians to local schools have reached perhaps hundreds of children.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:00PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 572013 - 5142013.
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Old Jews Telling Jokes at the Friars Club My View – written by Stephen Sorokoff That was Stewie Stone’s admonition to the Friars assembled in the Milton B…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:56AMClass is in session! Casting is complete for the U.K. premiere of Circle Mirror Transformation at the Royal Court Theatre, starring stage and screen favorite Imelda Staunton as a wacky actin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:55AMNEW YORK (AP) — There are apparently a few more Sundays left in Billy Crystal.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:53AMThe Tony’s are Coming! The Tony’s are Coming! Luner on Theatre’s countdown to the 2013 Tony Award continues! As we always work to bring you new things each year about the f…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 11:52AMNEW YORK—There are apparently a few more Sundays left in Billy Crystal. The star of "City Slickers" and "When Harry Met Sally" said Tuesday he will reprise his funny and poignant o…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:52AM Today is the birthday of jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer Sidney Bechet (1897-1959). Bechet is considered one of the first important jazz soloists, and possibly the first im…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:51AMNEW YORK (AP) -- There are apparently a few more Sundays left in Billy Crystal....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:51AMNEW YORK — There are apparently a few more Sundays left in Billy Crystal.The star of "City Slickers" and "When Harry Met Sally" said Tuesday he will reprise his funny and poignant one-man…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 11:51AMArthur Darvill and Joanna Christie recently made their Broadway debuts starring in the 8-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical Once at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on April 23rd. The actors …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AMStage and screen star Billy Crystal will return to Broadway this fall for a limited nine-week engagement of his Tony Award-winning play 700 Sundays.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AMDerek Klena is set to join former Dogfight castmates Lindsay Mendez and F. Michael Haynie as well as the rest of the cast of Broadway's Wicked in the role of Fiyero beginning May 28. Wicked …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:42AMBased on the 1976 film starring Sylvester Stallone (he was an Academy Award nominee for both his acting and screenplay), Rocky the Musical is set for a Broadway bow in Feb. 2014. In this ear…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:39AMThe National Youth Theatre (NYT) will stage a West End rep season at the Ambassadors Theatre later this year, featuring plays by James Graham, Michael Lesslie and Lolita Chakrabarti.The seas…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:38AMMr. Crystal’s autobiographical one-man show about growing up on Long Island was a box-office hit and a Tony Award-winner when it was first presented on Broadway in 2004 and 2005. &nbs…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:37AMBroadway vet Sasha Allen belted out the pop-rock hit "Alone" by Heart on the May 13 episode of the fourth season of The Voice. The Team Shakira singer's stripped-down vers…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33AMToday, we're thrilled to feature actor, composer, and musician Jamey Grisham
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMArena Stage presents the third annual Voices of Now Festival of new plays written and created by thirteen youth ensembles from the Washington DC metropolitan area. 175 artists, ages eleven t…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:29AMLong Wharf Theatre Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Managing Director Joshua Borenstein have announced the productions slated for its 49th season. The Underpants, a play based on Carl…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:26AMThere’s a Dogfight reunion brewing in Oz! Broadway newcomer Derek Klena will make his debut as Fiyero in Wicked beginning May 28. He’ll star opposite the show’s incomi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:23AM Today is the birthday of Yvonne and Yvette McCarther (1949-1992). Born joined at the top of the head, it was predicted that they would be unable to walk and that they would both be me…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:18AMThis post from CJ Hopkins SCRIPTWRITING LAB (BERLIN) With Donna Sharpe and CJ Hopkins (August 12-15, 2013) Course Fee: 350 euros Venue: The Alte Kantine, Wedding (Central Berlin) Contact: Th…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 11:17AM"Doctor Who" star Arthur Darvill and Joanna Christie take on the soulful leading roles in the Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning musical Once beginning April 23 at the B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMCharlie Saxton, known to TV audiences as son Damon on the HBO series "Hung," is currently appearing in Labyrinth Theater Company's Off-Broadway staging of A Family for All Occa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AMArmstrong and Miller comic lambasts 'inverse snobbery' while Ricky Gervais teaches guitar and who's the hottest comedian? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMArmstrong and Miller comic lambasts 'inverse snobbery' while Ricky Gervais teaches guitar – and who's the hottest comedian?This week's comedy newsWe begin with the Telegraph's tale of Alex…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMDerek Klena will assume the role of Fiyero in the Broadway production of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman's Wicked beginning May 28 at the Gershwin Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMSara Kestelman is starring in Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles, which opens at the Print Room in Notting Hill tonight (14 May 2013).
Transferring from the Ustinov Studio at Bath Theatre Royal, the …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:02AMOh Smash. I had such high hopes for you. And now, you’re (tear, tear), gone. For the second time in the past five-or-so years, another giant NBC network show about Broadway has . .…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe National Youth Theatre has created a West End repertory company, which will perform three shows at the Ambassadors Theatre from this September. The West End season includes Tory Boyz by …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMToday is the birthday of Jenks “Tex” Carman, the Dixie Cowboy (1903-1968). Born into a large Kentucky farming family, he picked up guitar as a kid and started playing at church a…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:00AM
They may have the oldest bromance in recorded history, and you can watch them spar with a supernatural bull in Constellation Theatre Company’s bold and colorful, if somewhat over-solemn, �…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:59AMCicely Tyson now joins Laurette Taylor in the small pantheon of actresses who have given us monumental performances onstage; Ms. Taylor of course, for her Amanda in The Glass Menagerie, …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:57AMA theatrical concert version of the Stephen King-John Mellencamp musical Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, which had a 2012 world premiere at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, will launch a …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:56AMComedian and Broadway vet Eddie Izzard says he is seeking a nomination as the Labour candidate for London's 2019 mayoral election, according to the U.K.'s Mirror. The Tony nominee ha…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:55AMThe Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles will conclude its season June 22 at 8 PM and June 23 at 3 PM with Not Entirely Wicked, featuring the music of Broadway and Disney composer Stephen S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMActors' Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers, kicked off a series of 100th birthday parties with a bash Monday night at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago.…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:46AM(This post is a part of the Artistic Innovation blog salon curated by Caridad Svich for the 2013 TCG National Conference: Learn Do Teach in Dallas). In 1978 the National Lampoon released…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:42AMWashington National Opera's production of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s groundbreaking musical Show Boat plays the Kennedy Center Opera House May 4-26.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMCHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, the highly anticipated West End musical starring Olivier and Tony Award winner Douglas Hodge as Willy Wonka, has been postponed. The first two previews - s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMAbracadabra Oscar and Tony Award-winning legendary actor Joel Grey Cabaret conjures up mayhem on Syfy's Warehouse 13 when he guest stars on the Monday, May 20 episode, premiering at 10PM ETP…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:26AMCristin Milioti, who was Tony-nominated for her performance as Girl in the 2012 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Once, has been revealed as the titular character on the hit CBS comedy "H…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMOne of the most interesting lists in the announcement of this year’s Tony Award nominees is the nominations for Best Orchestrations. The range is as wide as the types of shows involved…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:21AMWHO: Westchester Sandbox Theatre POSITION: Marketing Director DESCRIPTION: The Westchester Sandbox Theatre is a year round, 100 seat theatre located in Mamaroneck, NY, 30 minutes from Grand…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:20AMInitial casting has been announced for the Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston's upcoming production of the award-winning musical Chicago, which will begin performances June 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company will once again partner with professional venues across the UK to deliver Open Stages, a scheme that provides amateur companies with the opportunity to learn ne…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:10AMBroadway and film actress Jacqueline Brookes has died of lymphoma at the age of 82. A New Jersey native, Brookes was born in 1930 to Maria Zur Haar and Frederick Jack Brooks. She grew up in…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:09AMThe Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts is presenting Tracy Lett’s 2008 Tony Award-winning play August: Osage County this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday – May 16th-18th. C…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00AM
The Astoria Performing Arts Center's critically embraced revival of the Olivier Award-winning and Tony-nominated British pop musical Blood Brothers has extended its run through May 25 in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AMContestants from The Broadway Beauty Pageant. (photo: Matthew Murphy) Thankfully Donald Trump has no part in the seventh annual Broadway Beauty Pageant, a benefit for New York’s Ali Forney…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:55AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company's current production of Titus Andronicus has given some culinary inspiration to company chef Nick Funnell, who has created a bespoke pie to be served in their R…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:55AMAll-Indian cast will reflect on sexual violence in production by Yael Farber, director behind hit play Mies JulieThe gang rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus in 2012 will be explored i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:51AMThe Piece Project and Celebration Theatre will present a reading of Terri Minsky's Amazing Frogs and Toads May 20 at 8 PM at Los Angeles' Celebration Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:50AMThe full cast has been announced for the U.K. premiere of Annie Baker's Circle Mirror Transformation, which begins performances July 5 prior to an official opening July 11, at the Rose L…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AMTony Award-winning choreographer and director Jerry Mitchell was presented with the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation's 2013 "Mr. Abbott" Award in a ceremony held Monday, May 13 …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:42AMOriginally posted in 2009. The most famous female impersonator of the vaudeville era, Julian Eltinge was a point of cultural reference as late as the early 1960s when Lenny Bruce dropped h…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:40AMFollowing the tremendous success of her first solo show, which played sold out venues across the country, stage and television star Laura Benanti will bring her brand new piece, In Constant …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:40AMAnother Opening of Another Box Office Blockbuster: Star Trek Into Darkness
By: Ellis Nassour
Summer blockbust…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:38AMBroadway’s Future Songbook Series — presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul — will conclude its current season May 20 in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Publi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:36AMTim Minchin and Dennis Kelly's musical Matilda and Christopher Durang's dark comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike were honored at the annual New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards, held…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIn the weeks leading up to the 2013 Tony telecast, Broadway.com is posting video clips of favorite Tony memories of this year’s nominees, with their own commentary. First up: Best Acto…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:33AMChannel 4 made a loss of £27 million in 2012 – its first in four years – despite exceeding its annual sales target of £1 billion for the second successive year. The “planned deficit�…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:29AMCasting has been announced for Penn State Centre Stage's upcoming production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People, which begins performances June 12 in State College, PA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26AMOn last night's HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER on CBS, it was finally revealed that the actress who will portray the 'woman with umbrella', aka the titular mother, will be ONCE star Cristin Milioti. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:23AMSeeing it all before him (@Bettman/CORBIS)
Among the theatrical heavyweights I've had the pleasure to interview is America's greatest living playwright, Edward Albee. It was in 2008, and th…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 09:15AMOn yesterday's THE TALK on CBS, Sigourney Weaver shared stories about her famous roles though the years and touted that with her new Broadway role in the Tony-nominated play 'Vanya and Sonia…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMLeicester’s Curve has announced its fifth birthday season will include Martin McDonagh’s play The Beauty Queen of Leenane and a new production of musical Chicago, both directed by artist…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:09AM(Reuters) - Mel Brooks, whose long career in comedy includes writing and directing hilarious films like "The Producers" and "Young Frankenstein," will receive the American Film Institute's L…
SOURCE: Reuters at 09:02AMMichael Stebbins, whose eight-year tenure as Rep Stage Artistic Director ended earlier this month, will appear in next season’s production of the solo play, I Am My Own Wife, the company…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:01AM
INTAR Theatre, Off Broadway
By Brett Epstein
BOTTOM LINE: Imagination runs wild in this stellar new INTAR Theatre production.
Produced as part of Lark Play Development Center’s La…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:44AMAcademy Award winner Al Pacino has signed on to star in David Gordon Green's drama, Manglehorn, financed and produced by Worldview Entertainment.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:44AMOn last night's THE VOICE on NBC, Sasha Allen delivered one of the top performances of the night with her cover of Heart's 'Alone.' The singer was close to tears by the end of her moving per…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:33AMPark Theatre in north London launches tomorrow with the opening of These Shining Lives by Melanie Marnich, after its artistic director and architect visited more than 35 theatres across the …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:25AMToday is the birthday of Maude Fulton (1881-1950). Together with her partner William “Billy” Rock (1867-1920) she formed a popular act in big time vaudeville from around the turn…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:13AMThe first two previews of the new West End musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — due to begin performances at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane May 17 — have been canceled.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:08AMThe actress, accompanied by Katherine Cherbas on cello, sings “Me and My Mother” from Sara Cooper and Zach Redler’s musical.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AMThe full cast has been announced for Annie Baker's new play Circle Mirror Transformation, which runs from 5 July to 3 August 2013 at the Rose Lipman Building in Haggerston, as part of the Ro…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 14 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
The comedian and actor says he is seeking nomination as the Labour candidate for London's mayoral election. And his form as a multiple marathon runner shows he won't give up lightlyName: Edd…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:50AMPleasance Theatre, London: A black farce in blank verse sounds an intriguing prospect - especially from the pen of poet Murray Lachlan Young - him of the £1m record deal and the Br…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:47AMToday is the birthday of magician Carl Hertz (Lieb Morgensten, 1859-1924). A San Francisco native , he first gained notice in London in 1884 performing tricks purloined from Buatier de Kolta…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:46AMYoung Vic, LondonThere are no rules in theatre. Updating a classic can sometimes work brilliantly, as with Benedict Andrews' Three Sisters at the Young Vic last year. But David Harrower's ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:40AMNEW YORK (AP) — There aren't that many jokes in the U.S. Constitution and it's never really been a big generator of belly laughs. Unless, that is, you are Colin Quinn. &nb…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:29AMNEW YORK (AP) -- There aren't that many jokes in the U.S. Constitution and it's never really been a big generator of belly laughs. Unless, that is, you are Colin Quinn....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:26AMReviewed by Joe Regan Jr. Jon Peterson, who has been living in Las Vegas, returned to Stage 72 at the Triad Tuesday, May 7, 2013 for one performance of his one man tour de force tribute to s…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 07:24AMToday is the birthday of Tin Pan Alley songwriter Grant Clarke (1891-1931). Originally from Akron, in vaudeville, he performed himself and wrote songs and special material for Bert Williams,…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:23AMChannel 4 has commissioned a new eight-part comedy drama from Shameless creator Paul Abbott. The commission comes as the last ever series of Shameless is aired on Channel 4. Abbott’s new c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:20AMThe British/Spanish synth-folk outfit are celebrating the release of their second album with a special show in the heart of the Basque countrysideCrystal Fighters are launching their new alb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:10AMThomas Eccleshare’s first play won the 2011 Verity Bargate award, so named in honour of the Soho’s founding co-director, and it arrives in London from a season at the High Tide Festival …
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:10AMBlackshaw Theatre runs a regular new writing night in Lambeth and is committed to nurturing budding playwrights. As part of the Wandsworth Arts Festival and Fringe, they have now brought two…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:08AMRECOMMENDED NEXT is an annual showcase of new works by recipients of the Mordine & Co choreographic mentorship—a long-standing tradition of the forty-four-year-old company. This year�…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:00AM
Born in India in 1888, Piramel Sami possessed a parasitic twin brother growing out of his chest. For the sake of showmanship, the poor half-creature was represented as Piramel’s sister…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:53AMThe first two previews of new musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory have been rescheduled, with producers blaming “unforeseen problems” involving a contractor. Performances for this …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:22AMDermot McLaughlin, chief executive of the Temple Bar Cultural Trust in Dublin, has been suspended “with pay and without prejudice” following concerns about his role in offering €100,00…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:21AMTheater students from 23 public, private and charter schools throughout Broward and Palm Beach counties will vie for top honors in the 11th Annual Cappies Awards Gala at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:16AM2012-2013 CAPPIES NOMINEES BY SCHOOL Archbishop McCarthy High School (Nine nominations for Bus Stop) Best Play Lead Actor in a Play: Eric Maltz Lead Actress in a Play: Emilie Colon Supportin…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:14AMThe producers of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory have "reluctantly" rescheduled the first two previews of the new Roald Dahl musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
According to press m…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:01AM
A tale of corruption, greed and the responsibility of the press, states the Young Vic's publicity, and you can't say fairer than that. Ibsen's perennially pertinent dissection of spa town fa…
SOURCE: The Independent at 04:50AMEdwin Shirley was a larger-than-life character with a love of showbusiness, unbounded enthusiasm for everything he did, and a great generosity of spirit. He was best known for founding the c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:05AMNiall Ashdown (Aslaksen) & Darrell D'Silva (Mayor) in Public Enemy
The art of saying the unpopular truth is always attractive, and in Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, which David Harrower ha…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:03AMAfter the first couple of scenes, it is obvious that you are about to settle into nearly two and a half hours of a predominantly dialogue-driven performance. For some, that might seem tediou…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:00AMNo play currently in London has made a more powerful impact than Mies Julie. But as the production was being bedecked with five-star reviews for supercharging Strindberg's 19th-century drama…
SOURCE: The Independent at 04:00AM
Tonight, May 14th watch 'The Late Show with David Letterman' to see a cast performance between 1135PM-1235AM on CBS check local listings. PIPPIN leads the winners of the 2013 Outer Critics C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMShana Farr, the multi-talented actresssinger who won the coveted Julie Wilson Award at the Mabel Mercer Foundation's 23rd Annual Cabaret Convention last October at Jazz at Lincoln Center, wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMTony Award Winner Donna McKechnie, Tony Award Nominee Jodi Benson and Broadway veteran Doug LaBrecque will star with the Boston Pops in One Singular Sensation A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch co…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMIllinois River dock owner says scrapping the 104-year-old landmark is possible if no one buys it at a court-ordered auction
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:15AMGlory Glory Glory Glory for Pippin’s Return: Pippin is up for ten Tony’s and I expect this treasured gem to win at least nine.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:12AMGillian Wills talks to Opera Queensland’s baritone Jason Barry-Smith about Rossini, Oklahoma, six pack abs, bullock trains, stage disasters and next week’s “Operatic Night of Fun” pr…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:04AMTonight's semifinal spectacular struck the perfect balance between gimmicks and knock-your-socks-off, wow performances. But at the heart of this heated competition for the mirrorball trophy …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:03AMWendy Williams Celebrates Release of Book and Broadway Debut at The Pink Elephant: Celebrity guests Rosanna Scotto and Greg Kelly from Good Day New York, Heather Thomson from The Real Housew…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:00AMYes, I read SkyMall whenever I fly, and on my last flight I ran across this listing for a product...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMFrom 2006: I had a nightmare in Chicago last weekend, a few hours after seeing a performance of Gore Vidal's...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"What most people relish is hardly music; it is rather a drowsy reverie relieved by nervous thrills." George Santayana, The...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM
Find better words. As writers it is something that we are constantly challenging ourselves to do; find another way to say something, finding a different phrase or an alternate way to get our…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:52AMImmersive and site-specific shows are hot right now, and “City Council Meeting” hits both of those sweet spots. Devised by Mallory Catlett, Jim Findlay and Aaron Landsman — all regular…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:49AM“The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity” was the big winner at the 31st Elliot Norton Awards Monday night at the Paramount Center. Company One’s staging of Kristoffer Diaz’s wrestling-…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:20AMShall We Dance?Why we are going in this direction (as well)by Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisI think it hit me when I thought of Agnes de Mille and Oklahoma! Then I thought of West Si…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMNic Rouleau, who stars as Elder Price in the Chicago sit-down production of Book of Mormon, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMNEW YORK (AP) — Fashion takes a back seat to nothing — not even seriously chilly weather — at New York's fanciest dance gala.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:00AMAs a breed, New Yorkers operate under the assumption that Broadway lies in the center of the theater universe, with all other theater outlets merely orbiting around it. As one of the world's…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMOn stage, he has played roles ranging from Caiaphas the Elder to Willy Loman to Donald Rumsfeld. On screen, he has been seen in films including The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. A…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMTony Award nominee Tom Hewitt stars as King Arthur in the Tony Award-winning musical Monty Python's Spamalot beginning May 14 at the Hobby Center for The Performing Arts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 2012-13 Tony Award nominations were announced April 30, and discussions about those recognized and those snubbed began immediately. With ongoing discussions about who made the list and w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award nominee Meg Bussert (Camelot, Brigadoon, The Music Man), Leenya Rideout (Company, War Horse, Cyrano de Bergerac) and Drama Desk nominee Jeremy Morse (Bloodsong of Love) are among …
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