The National Theater of Scotland's production of "Macbeth" at Ethel Barrymore Theatre, May 20, 2013
Alan Cumming returns to the Great White Way, reprising his one-man production o…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 11:47PMBALTIMORE — Of all the nerve! Kwame Kwei-Armah, CenterStage’s exuberant artistic director, believes theater is such a vital aspect of the culture that a Pulitzer Prize-winning play on th…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:45PMThe 58th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards ceremony was held tonight, May 20 at Webster Hall 125 East 11th Street, NYC. Check out the the full list of winners below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42PMIn his one-man Macbeth, the protean Alan Cumming orates, cries, hits his chest, yells, whispers, throws things, and tries to drown himself. What he doesn't do is define characters or tell a …
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 11:31PMThe winners of the 58h Annual OBIE Awards were announced tonight at Webster Hall. And the winners were:PerformanceEisa DavisSustained ExcellenceBrandon J. DirdenThe Piano Lesson (Signature …
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 11:10PMAstoria Performing Arts Center (APAC), Off Off Broadway
By Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: A wonderful reimagining of a musical that never quite hit its stride in the states.
Blood Broth…
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The Nederlander Organization and Pantages Theatre, Hollywood announced the major winners in all categories from the 2nd Annual JERRY HERMAN AWARDS, which took place this weekend on Sunday, M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38PMWe’re about to mark the 60th anniversary of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s most obscure musical.
True, Me and Juliet endured the longest of their three least-successful shows. The musical th…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 10:35PMWhat is it that makes smallness lovable? That bigness should be impressive is understandable. We all respect Mount Everest as the world’s highest, and Mont Blanc as Europe’s highest moun…
SOURCE: John Simon at 10:31PMIn a tie, Lisa D’Amour’s “Detroit” and Julia Jarcho’s “Grimly Handsome” shared the Obie Award for best new American play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:15PMThe 58th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards, celebrating achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway theatre, were given out at a ceremony May 20 at Webster Hall hosted by The Assembled P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15PMTwo Los Angeles area high school students won a chance to perform on Broadway after claiming the top spots in the regional round of the National High School Musical Theater Awards.
The final…
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:09PMJohn Turturro is the conflicted and driven architect Halvard Solbess in “The Master Builder,” directed by Andrei Belgrader.
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According to The New York Times, the Brooklyn Academy of Music will announce its 2013 Next Wave Festival lineup tomorrow, May 21. The festival will feature 34 productions in dance, music the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:58PMHEDY WEISS: Neil LaBute’s revision of his 1997 movie stars an ideal cast at Profiles Theatre.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 09:52PM(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). My company, the International Voices …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 09:51PMThe pronouns have it in Alan Ayckbourn's career-defining comedy of spiralling misunderstandings, which has arrived on the West End 46 years after first hinting at the formidable talent of a …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:44PM By: David ShewardAndrea Martin, Matthew James ThomasPippin is the ultimate razzle-dazzle con job, but it's a magnificently entertaining one…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:40PMDavid Allen catches up with Richard Piper from King Kong’s principal cast… Richard Piper has had a long and impressive career on the stage. Having Trained at London’s celebrated Centra…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:40PMLA STAGE Day's hottest topic, diversity, is the subject of LA STAGE Watch.
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Based on Allende’s short story, the opera had its world premiere at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, marking the first time a fully-staged opera was performed in the hall.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:36PMPlayed out on a simple, yet elegant set by John Culbert, Court Theatre's production as directed by Charles Newell is both entertaining and respectful of the piece’s classic status and heri…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:34PMI'm not going to put it lightly when I say that Laura Linney is one of my favorite actresses. Actors with her level of versatility and authenticity are few and far b…
SOURCE: www.broadwaymasterchat.com at 08:28PMLegendary American actress, director, singer, producer, composer, philanthropist and activist Barbra Streisand will receive an honorary doctor of philosophy degree from the Hebrew University…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:19PM(Reuters) - British theater company Ambassador Theatre Group's subsidiary Lyric Theatre LLC has purchased Foxwoods Theatre, currently home to the "Spider-Man" musical, from Live Nation Enter…
SOURCE: Reuters at 08:08PMThe festival will include “The Blue Dragon” by Marie Michaud and Robert Lepage, along with more than 30 works of dance, music, theater and opera.
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NEW YORK (AP) — If you didn't think Henrik Ibsen's work was sexy and racy, you'll be pleasantly surprised by BAM's production of "The Master Builder," which embraces a whole new interpreta…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:44PMBroadwayWorld'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 07:41PMA gorgeous new opera made its world premier last Friday at The Broad Stage, in a co-production with LA Opera, conducted by L.A. Opera’s general director Plácido Domingo. Performed in Eng…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:37PMNEW YORK (AP) — Britain's biggest theater group has reached across the Atlantic Ocean and bought the lease to Broadway's largest theater from Live Nation Entertainment for about $60 millio…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:33PMAs it gets back on the fiscal track, theater seeks “deeper engagement,” with plays, related programs and films.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 07:33PMCollapse Shows Promise: I wish I had seen the clever play Collapse before last night, because sadly it closed Sunday.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 07:23PMMulti-award-winning modern comedy icon Larry David is adding yet another caustic character to his mantle of incomparable comedy creations byway of heavily bearded environmentalist Nathan Flo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:20PMALL THE WRONG MOVES The musical Chess highlights the tongue-twisting, swift, and pithy lyrics by Tim Rice and the soaring, dazzling music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA fame. …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:20PMThe event is called Louder Than a Bomb, and some schools around Massachusetts have been leery of letting students wear the T-shirts to class since the Boston Marathon attack. &nbs…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:11PMAmonth of ups and downs with difficulties throughout the production stable. Classic FM turned us into the operatic version of the Sex Pistols by banning us from the station; well, not so muc…
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The first teaser trailer for the fourth season of HBO's Atlantic City period-set epic crime tale BOARDWALK EMPIRE has finally arrived and it boasts an ample glimpse at S4 addition Jeffrey Wr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:55PMSeveral participants in Directors Lab West write impressions of the event's opening weekend.
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:36PMWhile a visit from the Queen of England is something few of us could ever dream of experiencing, it would be nearly as big a pipe dream to imagine rubbing elbows with Hollywood and theatre r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:30PMThe now widely known television personality Hannah Gadsby has had a good year. She now classifies herself, at thirty five to be, an adult. She has just handed in six years of back tax return…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:30PMWeekend Recap: A Very Long Blog PostIt's been super sunny and warm here in the Bay Area. I spent all last weekend running around and loving the weather. FridayFriday my good friend Ange…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 06:29PMThe winners of two more annual theater awards were announced this past week — the Drama League and the Drama Desk. Some of the winners were not on Broadway. It comes as no surprise to …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:25PMTonya Pinkins, triple threat actorsingercomedian, will put her full repertoire to work in UNPLUGGED, a performance at Joe's Pub.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:23PMUSA's newest original series GRACELAND, featuring Broadway veteran Aaron Tveit, will kick off the network's summer slate of original dramas, featuring SUITS, BURN NOTICE, ROYAL PAINS, COVERT…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:20PMTheatre World Award-winner and Tony Award-nominee Phillip Boykin and The Phantom of the Opera stars Gary Mauer and Elizabeth Southard headlined a starry evening saluting a Century of Broadwa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:19PMTony-nominated Cinderella star Victoria Clark has already won Broadway’s biggest prize for her unforgettable performance as Margaret Johnson in The Light in the Piazza and picked up a …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:17PMTony Award nominee Shalita Grant, who is currently making her Broadway debut in Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, as well as pianist Alessio Bax, are the&nbs…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:08PMCasting has been announced for the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity Gala 'One Acts for a Cause' on Sunday, June 16 at 730pm at the Alice Griffin Jewelbox Theatre in the Pershing Square S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:03PMAmbassador Theatre Group (ATG), the UK’s largest theatre owner/operator and a multi award winning theater production group, has through its subsidiary, Lyric Theatre LLC, acquired The Foxw…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 06:02PMTHE AVENGERS and THOR star as well as frequent thespian Tom Hiddleston will be making his return to the West End stage in William Shakespeare's CORIOLANUS this December according to a new an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:01PMFor their latest stunt, Improv Everywhere (they of the 'No Pants Subway Ride' and the boardroom meeting inside the Staples office chair department) hopped on a New York subway car at Court S…
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 06:00PMWyndham's, LondonThis is the play that in 1967 gave Alan Ayckbourn his first West End hit. Seeing it again after all these years, in Lindsay Posner's witty production, I was reminded of the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 5202013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PMCandi and Randy welcome the Executive Director of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Tom Viola. Tom has been at the forefront of HIV/AIDS advocacy for decades, working with the Broadway & th…
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ArtPlace America, which distributes grants that “accelerate creative placemaking across the country,” has announced the 54 recipients for grants in 2013-14. Washington recipients are: �…
SOURCE: blogs.seattletimes.com at 05:56PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, May 20, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway @janemarielynch (@ANNIEonBroadway, @GLEEonFOX) sits…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:45PMShalita Grant, the Tony-nominated featured actress from this year’s hit comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, received the 2013 Martin E. Segal Award from Lincoln Center, accordi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:43PMIn celebration of Asian Heritage month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee of Actors' Equity Association and ReImagined World Entertainment presented 'The Asian American Composers an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:43PMThe delicate theatricality of “The Fantasticks” has weathered countless editions worldwide since its off-Broadway premiere in 1960. But Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt’s adapt…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:41PMNathan LaneNew York May 17, 2003: The Drama League announced the winners for the 79th Annual Drama League Awards at a star-studded luncheon hosted by Debra Messing and David Hyde Pierce in …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:38PMDrama Desk Award nominee Will Rogers will join Tony Award nominee Jayne Houdyshell for the Westport Country Playhouse production of George Kelly's The Show-Off, which will begin previews…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:35PMTHE SIZE OF PIKE (MOVING ARTS): 100% – SWEET SWEET Boys will be boys and men will be men, though the distinction between the two is more likely one of personal income rather than emotional…
SOURCE: Footlights at 05:34PMABC stars and executives were on hand May 14 at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall for the network's 2013-2014 Upfront Presentation, announcing the fall schedule.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:34PMDue to popular demand, Glee star Matthew Morrison will play an additional show at 54 Below on June 1. Up Close and Personal with Matthew Morrison will continue at the Times Square hotspot Ju…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:32PMDolly 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 05:30PMThe last time John Turturro came to play in Brooklyn, he was at his most diabolically bratty and most oddly majestic in Samuel Beckett's hilariously miserable masterwork "Endgame." The 2008 …
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 05:30PMLaunched as an alternative to the stale stylings of the '80s stand-up circuit, Beth Lapides' event bills itself as a venue for "idiosyncratic, conversational comedy." It's helped establish c…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:28PMParis's Theatre du Chatelet recently presented Stephen Sondheim amp James Lapine's Pulitzer Prize-winning SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, starring Julian Ovenden, and the production was film…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27PMMizrahi and Brewer return to OTSL; Stephanie Blythe debuts.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:25PMMacbeth – Needs to be Interpreted: Alan Cumming is a wonderful performer, but his one-man version of Macbeth leaves something to be desired. Playing more than 15 characters, men, woman, wi…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:23PMComing up at 54 BELOW, the performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMEmmy Award-winning actress Jane Lynch, who stars in the hit FOX television show “Glee” as ruthless cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester and who made her Broadway debut last week as tyrannica…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:22PMTHEATER REVIEW: 'In the Company of Men' at Profiles Theatre ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: 'In the Company of Men' at Profiles Theatre ★★★½ ... Say what you will…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:22PMMembers of New York City's philanthropic, business, health care and Alzheimer's communities will join forces at the annual 'Forget-Me-Not' Gala, An Evening to End Alzheimer's hosted by the A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMBroadway composer and cabaret songwriter John Bucchino (whose songs have been performed and recorded by Liza Minnelli, Patti LuPone, Kristin Chenoweth, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:15PMNice Work If You Can Get It star Estelle Parsons, two-time Tony nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger, The Nance’s Jenni Barber and more will star in the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity gal…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:13PMNice Work If You Can Get It star Estelle Parsons, two-time Tony nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger, The Nance’s Jenni Barber and more will star in the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity gal…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:13PMAmbassador Theatre Group has bought its first theatre on Broadway – the Foxwoods, which is currently home to Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark. The UK’s largest theatre operator, ATG…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:13PMLast Wednesday, Charlie Rose interviewed Matilda The Musical Tony Award nominees Tim Minchin, Dennis Kelly, Matthew Warchus and Bertie Carvel on his PBS show. Watch the 30-minute roundtable …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12PMThere are so many meant-to-shock moments in Tommy Smith’s “White Hot” that tedium soon replaces repulsion.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:11PMKemp PowersHometown: Brooklyn, NYCurrent Town: Los Angeles, CA.
Q: Tell me about One Night In Miami.A: When I was a freshman in college, if you would have asked me who my biggest…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 05:11PMTHE WOMEN (THEATRE WEST): 100% – SWEET SWEET These divas under Lewis’ fine pace are fun and most definitely entertaining. Luce’s perspectives are intelligent; The Women is a marvel for…
SOURCE: Footlights at 05:06PMTHE MATCHMAKER (ACTORS CO-OP): 100% – SWEET SWEET In a season that has included a brilliantly reconceived The World Goes Round and superbly acted revivals of Agatha Christie’s And Then T…
SOURCE: Footlights at 05:03PMMayer's report deals with David Koch throwing his weight around at WNET and PBS. Unfortunately, she does not talk about whether Koch's powerful presence has influenced WGBH.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:02PMThe 58th Annual Drama Desk awards were held last night, May 19th at Town Hall 123 W. 43rd Street, and below you can check out photos of all the evening's winners in the BroadwayWorld.com ser…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:02PMMY MOTHER’S KEEPER: 100% – SWEET SWEET The dialogue is engaging, amusing and at times quite touching. The acting is superb across the board with Zimmerman and Giosa stealing the best mom…
SOURCE: Footlights at 05:01PMToday’s Movie Monologue Monday takes a look at Kirk Douglas’ speech in Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory. There is no shortage of movie monologues that take place in a court…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMBroadway enjoyed a bump at the box office this week with grosses and capacities rising across the board. The Audience Choice Award, Outer Critics and Drama League-winning musical Kinky Boots…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:00PMSt. Stan's provides a fine setting for Polish and Russian music.
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PARADE (3-D THEATRICALS): 100% – SWEET SWEET Unlike Uhry’s dull-as-dishwater “Driving Miss Daisy,” I found “Parade” consistently compelling, but a little too entertaining in an u…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:58PMWhile the proposed “subway to the sea” may be decades away if it ever comes, Los Angeles Opera isn’t waiting for it to happen.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:57PMRoundabout Theatre Company's Todd Haimes, Artistic Director production of Clifford Odets' The Big Knife will conclude its limited engagement on June 2, 2013 at 200PM. The Big Knife, directe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:53PMDolly 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 04:50PMNEW YORK (AP) — Britain's biggest theater group has reached across the Atlantic Ocean and bought Broadway's biggest theater from Live Nation Entertainment for about $60 million. …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:31PMAmanda Green, who received her first Tony Award nomination this season for the Best Original Score of Hands on a Hardbody, fused the worlds of Hardbody and her Tony-nominated Best Musical Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMNEW YORK — Britain's biggest theater group has reached across the Atlantic Ocean and bought Broadway's biggest theater from Live Nation Entertainment for about $60 million.Ambassador Thea…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 04:28PMIf you have ever read Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, you know he engages in an examination of the concept of quality. I wrote a bit about how it applies to …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 04:27PMCAMBRIDGE — It was part college dance, part video game, part Simon Says, part high-tech experiment. Happening — coincidentally — in the rain Sunday night, on darkened Jack Barry Field …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 04:26PMAmbassador Theater Group, the largest owner/operator of theaters in the U.K., has at last planted a flag on Broadway with the acquisition of the Foxwoods Theater, current home to “Spid…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:25PM'Everyone knows ANNIE. Even my dog knows ANNIE,' says Tyrah Odom, currently appearing as one of the orphans in the new Broadway revival of the beloved musical.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:24PMWilliam Shakespeare is believed to have written 154 sonnets during his life. Carrying around the complete volume has never been physically burdensome since each poem is a mere 14 lines. But …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:20PMNow filled: principal timpani, principal harp, piccolo and a section violin.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:19PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Britain's biggest theater groups has reached across the Atlantic Ocean and bought Broadway's biggest theater from Live Nation Entertainment for about $60 million....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:15PMShe may have been snubbed by all of the major theater awards, but Bette Midler is certainly not crying. In fact, she's laughing all the way to the bank judging by the latest figures released…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:15PMAmbassador Theatre Group, the largest owner-operator of theatres in the U.K. (with 39 venues) has, through its subsidiary, Lyric Theatre LLC, acquired The Foxwoods Theatre — which curr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:10PMEmmy Award-winning actress Jane Lynch, who stars in the hit FOX television show Glee as ruthless cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester and who made her Broadway debut last week as tyrannical orph…
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Welcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:58PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 5192013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:58PMLyle Kessler’s Orphans has got some major daddy issues.
The post The Kids Are All Right: <em>Orphans</em> at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre appeared first on Slant Magazine.
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 03:57PMIt's time for the newest episode of BWW's exclusive TV series - CHEWING THE SCENERY WITH Randy Rainbow In this week's episode, Randy lip-syncs Patti LuPone's 2008 Tony Awards acceptance spee…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:56PMA new adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s 1993 play Make Up Your Mind, by playwright Nicky Silver, will be performed at the SpeakEasy Stage Company Nov. 1-30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:46PMBroadway’s Best Shows is hunting down the best Broadway-related snaps you created for our newest series: Broadway Photo of the Day! Living in a world in which our daily lives are flood…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:45PMA new adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s 1993 play Make Up Your Mind, by playwright Nicky Silver, will be performed at the SpeakEasy Stage Company Nov. 1-30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:45PMComedies for adults come along so rarely these days, it’s a pleasure to have one to praise. Directed by Craig Zisk from a smart, perceptive script by Stacy and Dan Chariton, The English Te…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:31PMTony nominee Cristin Milioti will play Joe's Pub this Sunday, May 26, at 730.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:31PMAngela Bassett, Star Jones, Tyler Perry, Barbara Cook and more stars of stage and screen are making the journey to Broadway to see Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams and&n…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:28PMMy, my, how can we resist Mamma Mia!, the international musical sensation which has been captivating audiences around the world for 14 years. Employing the chart-topping catalogue of Swedish…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:25PMTony® Award-winning producer Junkyard Dog Productions (Memphis) is proud to announce that leading man Zachary Levi, star of TV’s “Chuck,” Disney’s feature film Tangled and the upcom…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:24PMLast Wednesday, Charlie Rose interviewed MATILDA THE MUSICAL Tony Award nominees Tim Minchin, Dennis Kelly, Matthew Warchus and Bertie Carvel on his PBS show. Watch the 30-minute roundtable …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:07PMThere’s been a lot of talk online recently about the need for women playwrights to be better represented, have more opportunities, and be, if you’ll excuse the vagary, more equal. That�…
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Donmar Warehouse Artistic Director Josie Rourke announced the five productions that will make up the company's 2013 autumn season. "This year, the Donmar is a champion of British and Irish …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:51PMMichael Feingold, the long-serving lead drama critic of The Village Voice, and one of the most senior voices within the New York theatre critics corps, was let go from that post May 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PMThe Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens in real-time on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay .* Join us Thurs…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:38PMThe Family Guy creator, who caused a stir in January with some of his controversial one-liners and musical numbers, announced today via Twitter that he would not be returning in 2014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:33PMMusical theatre favorite Sierra Boggess celebrates her birthday May 20. Playbill.com takes a look at a few of her greatest stage roles so far. Happy birthday, Sierra!
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:33PMAs often happens with me at the end of the semester, I've got a bit of a blogging backlog to make my way through. Although some of these shows are still running, there have been some product…
SOURCE: Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals at 02:30PMThe actor will co-star opposite Krysta Rodriguez in the musical "First Date."read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:26PM Written by: Paulanne Simmons If there is any more proof needed of the common roots gospel and rhythm and blues have, there was more than enough at Town Hall’s May 17 double b…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:21PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
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SOURCE: Playbill at 02:20PMSilence! The Musical has welcomed Broadway and TV veteran Kevin Spirtas (The Boy from Oz, Days of Our Lives) and Tyler Maynard (The Little Mermaid, Altar Boyz) in the featured roles of …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMTony winner Christian Borle will go from Smash to cyberspace, as the actor has just landed a role in writer-director Michael Mann’s upcoming cyber crime thriller, reports Deadline…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:14PMTony winner and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Christian Borle will go from Smash to cyberspace, as the actor has just landed a role in writer-director Michael Mann’s u…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:14PMBritain's Ambassador Theater Group, one of the U.K.'s largest theater operating companies, is likely to buy Broadway's Foxwoods Theater, according to multiple reports. Foxwoods is currently …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:14PM10 Memorable Tony Awards Performances The Tony Awards ceremony has been celebrating the best in Broadway since 1947 and has been broadcast on U.S. national television since 1967. The broadca…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:09PMStark Sands, a 2013 Tony nominee for his performance in the new musical Kinky Boots, will be the special guest at Seth's Broadway Chatterbox — hosted by Seth Rudetsky — …
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The Rockettes will debut a new number in the 2013 production of the annual Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PMThe 58th Annual Drama Desk took place last night, May 19th at Town Hall 123 W. 43rd Street, and miserable rain didn't stop the festivities. Some of the stars skipped the red carpet to avoid …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:57PMDwelvan David Caroline, or Change, The Wiz, Songs for a New World, Jenna Leigh Green Wicked, Bare, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Alex Goley Big River, The Berenstain Bears Live, Eryn Murman Sp…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:54PMThis Shadows is exhilarating and deeply playful, a lively dance between art and reality.
The post Storybook Characters: John Cassavetes’s <em>Shadows</em> at Jack appeared firs…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 01:43PMThe Tony-winning actor, who recently starred on NBC's SMASH, has officially signed on for Michael Mann's upcoming, untitled cyber thriller set in China, according to Deadline. Borle joins Ch…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:43PMThe Public Theater will present the new Public Lab musical Venice, with book by Eric Rosen, music by Matt Sax, lyrics by Matt Sax and Eric Rosen, additional music by Curtis Moore, and choreo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:41PMTony Award nominees Carolee Carmello and Justin Vivian Bond, along with Lea DeLaria and Telly Leung, are among the artists who have joined the lineup for Night of a Thousand Judys, which wil…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:35PMTony® Award-winning producer Junkyard Dog Productions (Memphis) is proud to announce that leading man Zachary Levi, star of TV’s “Chuck,” Disney’s feature film Tangled and the upco…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 01:32PMALIVE WITH AMBIGUITY If you require a neat and tidy ending, a feeling of clarity, and a sense of completion to insure your theatrical enjoyment, then Dying City – making its Los Angeles pr…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:23PMMatilda and Pippin were the big winners at the 58th annual Drama Desk Awards, held May 19 at Town Hall. Matilda took the most awards with five, including Outstanding Musical, Lyrics, Book of…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:19PMHere are a few of last week's responses in our #goodmorningstl contest, where we asked what you love about mornings in St. Louis.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:19PMName: Stacy DavidowitzHometown: Merrick, Long IslandEducation: BS in Drama and Psychology, Tufts University; MFA in Acting, Columbia UniversityFavorite Credits: The Rubber Room (OVNV TS Elio…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:13PMSherman, CardiffA theatrical bouquet to Dorothy Squires, the hugely successful postwar Welsh singer who ended her life penniless and back in the Valleys, Meic Povey and Johnny Tudor's biogra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:09PMNottingham Playhouse"I don't think anyone really knows who they are," says Daniel Kitson. "So much of what we know about the world is assumed." It's not often standup can be mistaken for Hum…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:05PMThe third annual Night of A Thousand Judys - presented by The Meeting hosted by Justin Sayre - has added Carolee CarmelloTony Award nominee for Scandalous, Justin Vivian Bond Tony Award nomi…
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A Comfortable Fit, Gracefully Worn By DAVID ROONEY NEW YORK TIMES MAY 19, 2012 Jessica Hecht was filming in Albuquerque last year, reprising her role as the lost love of Walter White’s you…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:59PMTony Award-winning producer Junkyard Dog Productions Memphis has just announced that leading man Zachary Levi, star of TV's Chuck, Disney's feature film Tangled and the upcoming Thor The Dar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:51PMZachary Levi, the “Chuck” star soon to appear in upcoming Marvel sequel “Thor: The Dark World,” will make his Broadway debut this summer in “First Date,” …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:49PMZachary Levi, best known for playing the title role in TV's Chuck, is set to make his Broadway debut in the new romantic musical comedy First Date, which will begin performances July 9 and o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:49PMAn audience member managed to steal the spotlight from Drama League Award winner Nathan Lane before the May 19 performance of The Nance. Ten minutes before curtain, patron George Poulos fell…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:46PMOn May 18 at Joe’s Pub, cast members offered a preview of the upcoming Shakespeare in the Park world-premiere musical Love's Labour's Lost.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43PMThe Piccolo Spoleto Festival and Banner New York are to present the premiere of the new musical Derma at the Woolfe Street Playhouse in Charleston, SC from June 3-8, during the Piccolo Spole…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:41PMA former accountant who became one of the country’s leading pantomime dames, Douglas Mounce played 27 seasons throughout his career, which also spanned a quarter-century in local radio, al…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:39PMTony winner Laura Benanti is taking center stage in her new debut solo show at 54 Below. Benanti, who recently starred in the NBC sitcom Go On, is heading over to the Times Square nightclub …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PMThe Fourth Monkey theatre company are stating a site specific production of Milton's classic tale of the battle between good and evil. Our offer is valid until 5 June 2013Following Fourth Mo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:34PMThe awards just keep coming in! It seems just about every day there is a new set of theatre awards being given out in New York. In case you have lost track, Luner on Theatre is here to keep…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 12:29PMChuck star Zachary Levi will make his Broadway debut opposite Smash alum Krysta Rodriguez in the new romantic musical comedy First Date, which begins performances at the Longacre T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:26PMA musical with an unlikely title, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, will be coming to Broadway this fall. Tony winner Jefferson Mays (I Am My Own Wife) stars in a tour de force perfo…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:22PMCircus is a broad church these days. It can be housed on the street, a grand proscenium stage and all points in between, though for this latest raucous reinvention of the form, it makes its …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 12:20PMThe singer accompanies herself on piano to Adam Guettel's "Migratory V," a song from her new album, "Go Back Home."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18PMToday the Donmar Warehouse announces its 2013 Autumn season of five productions in London, Manchester and New York and on cinema screens with National Theatre Live. Artistic Director, Josie …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:13PMToday is the birthday of Cher (Cherilyn Sarkasian, b. 1946). I wish it had occurred to me to write more about her in No Applause – she is absolutely the modern equivalent of a Nora B…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:10PMFrom time to time, TDF Stages will highlight exciting Off and Off-Off Broadway theatre companies with exclusive “getting to know you” videos. Today, we’re featuring the York Theatre Co…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:09PMA hilarious new HOW 2 B A NEW YORKER SUBWAY PROMO video made its debut this morning, and you can check it out below! The video features real New York commuters with Margaret Copeland and Kev…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:09PMZachary Levi, star of TV's "Chuck," Disney's "Tangled" and the upcoming "Thor: The Dark World," will make his Broadway debut opposite "Smash" …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PMMATILDA THE MUSICAL took top honors last night at the Drama Desks, winning five awards: Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Dennis Kelly), Outstanding Lyrics (Tim Minchin), O…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:07PM‘Matilda’ won awards for outstanding musical, featured actor (Bertie Carvel as Miss Trunchbull), lyrics, book, and set design.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:07PMAaron Tveit already has a zillion fans, but the Broadway favorite is about to get a whole lot more when he takes over the airwaves in USA’s new action-drama Graceland. Before the show …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PMChristopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, the British import Matilda The Musical and the revivals of Pippin and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? were among the winners…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PMHappy Birthday, Judy Kuhn Kuhn made her Broadway debut was in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. She then played Cosette in the 1987 multiple award winning Broadway production of Les Miserables bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMAn ingenue with a rock edge, Caissie Levy first burst onto the Broadway scene in Hairspray before going green in Wicked, taking it all off in Hair and headlining Ghost in the West End and on…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00PM
NEW YORK (AP) — A couple of stars from TV's "Chuck" and "Smash" will soon be dating on Broadway.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:57AMWritten by Dustin Lance Black -- who penned the Oscar-winning screenplay "Milk" about slain gay-rights activist and California politico Harvey Milk -- "8" chronicles the …
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:55AMA theatregoer at the May 19 matinee performance of The Nance had to be rescued by members of the New York City Fire Department after he fell onto the marquee of the Lyceum Theatre when a win…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMNEW YORK — A couple of stars from TV's "Chuck" and "Smash" will soon be dating on Broadway.Producers said Monday that Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez will headline the new romantic musi…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 11:53AMDramatists Guild of America presents Social Media from the Playwright’s Perspective. This event will be live on HowlRound TV on Tuesday, May 21 at 2:30pm PDT (San Francisco) / 4:30pm CDT (…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:52AMMatilda Tony nominee Bertie Carvel reveals his competitve streak, the first Broadway show he ever saw and the other nominees he's rooting for.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:52AMHOME IS WHERE THE HEARTACHE IS Moments before the arrival of Hope (a domineering mother-in-law, not the aspiration), newly-married Melody jests with her handsome corporate attorney husband, …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:52AMThe gods moved to New Orleans for the music. So goes the premise of Dan Dietz’s riff on an ancient Greek tragedy, Clementine in the Lower 9, the latest from Forum Theatre, opening May 23…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:50AMBaltimore’s The Mobtown Players are seeking actors for the world-premiere production of Stage IV, a new play by Madeline Leong, directed by Adam Kunsberg. The show will run July 26th thro…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:49AMThe award-winning Broadway spectacular Kinky Boots played host to a trio of very famous faces over the weekend of May 17. First, stage and screen stars Angela Bassett and S. Epatha Merkerson…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:45AMAmbassador Theatre Group, the largest owner-operator of theatres in the U.K. — with 39 venues — will purchase Broadway's Foxwoods Theatre, which currently houses Spider-Man: …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMLucy Schaufer has always been one to confound our expectations. As she puts it herself, she's "an American in London, conceived within the American Dream and living in the Old World."
As a…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:36AMRufus Norris returns to the National Theatre to direct an exhilarating new production of James Baldwin's celebrated play. Guardian Extra members can buy top price tickets for £29.50 for sel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:35AMLike the Oscars, the Tony Awards are preceded each year by a bevy of award shows that render the main event something of a foregone conclusion.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:35AMFor most television stars, there’s nothing rougher than having your show nixed by the cruel hand of the cancel-happy network execs. What’s an actor to do? Luckily for Broadway st…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:34AMPetruchio and Katherine backstage. Romeo and Juliet on a fire escape. From Kiss Me, Kate to West Side Story, Shakespeare has left his mark on the American Songbook. Tony Award-nominated dire…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31AMThe Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, a one-person show written as a series of monologues, will have a special 20th anniversary performance May 20 at John Jay College’s Gerald W. Lynch Theater…
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SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:31AMValisia LeKae, who steals the spotlight in Motown the Musical, talks about channeling Diana Ross, enjoying unexpected audience participation and her childhood in Memphis.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:25AMChristopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, the British import Matilda The Musical and the revivals of Pippin and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? were among the winners…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AMFiona Shaw, who recently appeared on Broadway in the Tony-nominated The Testament of Mary, will bring The Rime of the Ancient Mariner to the Brooklyn Academy of Music this winter, according …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AMThe third rock musical produced by the Festival in recent years, Tommy will be the biggest musical ever staged at Stratford. The show features massive LED screens and extraordinary automated…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:03AMThe Donmar Warehouse has announced its 2013 autumn season, which will include two world premieres, an Avengers star on stage and the U.S. premiere of a new take on a Shakespeare classic…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AMPolka Theatre artistic director Jonathan Lloyd is stepping down after seven years with the venue to become artistic director and chief executive of the Pegasus Theatre in Oxford.
The Polka,…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:02AMAlmost two decades ago, the Broadway League began tracking the demographics of the touring audience for Broadway shows, understanding that the audience on the road is a feeder audience for B…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMSo here we are at Monday. As many of you know, early bird ticket sales closed for the next ConnectorCon on Friday, but I am keeping the connecting going all week with a "Connector-thon&…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 11:00AM
by: Ruth Antrich Florence LaRue’s gracious manner and homespun banter is both sincere and charming. Her bluesy jazz wowed the audience at the Metropolitan Room as she began with t…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:53AMThis Judicial Review deals with the Boston premiere of John Harbison's opera version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby. Read the reactions and join the conversation.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:50AMJessica Hecht and Jeremy Shamos — who are currently starring in the Tony-nominated The Assembled Parties, by Obie-winning playwright Richard Greenberg — co-host The 58th Ann…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMThe new Broadway production of PIPPIN has broken the house record for the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street) for the second week in a row, grossing $870,034 over eight performances for…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:49AMThe Pearl Theater Company, the Off-Broadway troupe that mounts classic plays and new works addressing classical themes, has announced its 2013-14 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMThe Eagan actor, currently starring in "Cinderella," now awaits to see if she'll take a Tony on June 9.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 10:43AMThe Tony Award-nominated Best Musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will make its Australian debut at Sydney's Theatre Royal in October for a limited engagement. Roger Hodgman (Australian prod…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMby: JK Clarke The commoditization of “deviant” sexual practices is one of the most libido crushing consequences of progressive thinking and runaway capitalism. The most egregious example…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:42AMAlternately hilarious and heart-stopping, Sidney Howard's 'The Silver Cord' tells the story of the sweetly tyrannical, Mrs. Phelps - the "mother of all mothers." Pathologically devoted to he…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:40AMDesperately Seeking Stories . . . Every family has a story. When you are in the midst of an account, it isn’t really a story at all. Only afterwards, does it become a story when you are …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:35AMFor many people there is one path to take in life. Our friend Adrian Bunting, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 47, did not see it that way. A playwright, construction manager, compere,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:34AMOff-Broadway's York Theatre Company will present a return engagement of I’m a Stranger Here Myself, written and performed by Mark Nadler, beginning May 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMTony Award nominee Judy Kuhn (Les Misérables, Chess, Passion) and Sierra Boggess (Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies, The Little Mermaid) celebrate birthdays May 20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29AMAs a teen in the 1970s, I kept testing a small sociological phenomenon. When visiting a Jewish home, I would peek at the record collection of the adults in residence to see if they had the a…
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 10:25AMThe Ambassador Theatre Group, a British theater owner and producer that owns nearly 40 theaters in the U.K, has acquired Broadway’s Foxwoods Theatre from entertainment company Live Nat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:24AMThe Ambassador Theatre Group, a British theater owner and producer that owns nearly 40 theaters in the U.K, is setting its sights on Broadway’s Foxwoods Theatre, according to The Teleg…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:24AMWHO: Gulfshore Playhouse POSITION: Development Associate DESCRIPTION: Gulfshore Playhouse, a not-for-profit, professional theatre company located in Naples, Florida, is seeking a dynamic, m…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:21AMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, the American Film Institute will honor Mel Brooks with the 41st AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest accolade for a career in film. The award will b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:20AMAyad Akhtar's play Disgraced, which won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, receives its UK premiere at the Bush Theatre this week (22 May, previews from 17 May)
Congrats on winning the Pul…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:19AMWell, after 14 hours, 4 poopy diapers, 3 overpriced water bottles, 2 Toblerones and 1 mid-flight meltdown, Henry and I made it to Houston in one piece.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AMMel Brooks, whose Broadway credits include The Producers and Young Frankenstein, will be honored by the American Film Institute in June.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMThe situation facing the Nashville Symphony is sad and frustrating. Unfortunately, it is also not atypical. Symphony officials recently announced that it would default on the bonds for its p…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:10AMGrammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Carole King, who is the 2013 recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, will perform at the White House May 28 in a concert …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AMRodin's life and torrid love affair with Camille Claudel are being brought to the stage by a different kind of sculptor — celebrated Russian choreographer Boris Eifman
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 10:00AM
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:59AMAcademy and Tony Award winner Joel Grey and Lincoln Center Theater's Andre Bishop will present the 2013 Theater Hall of Fame Fellowship grants to emerging theatre artists June 13 at the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AMFor America magazine I've done a combined review of two entertaining and popular shows about iconic women leaders at either end of New York's nonprofit stage spectrum: The Public Theater's H…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 09:54AMStar of War Horse and Thor will play opposite Mark Gatiss in Shakespeare tragedy, which he calls 'play for our time'The film star Tom Hiddleston, whose recent hits include War Horse, The Ave…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:53AMLincoln Park organization is first N.J. project to win award from 3-year-old program
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:53AMShakespeare Exchange launches its Sonnet Project with an invitation-only event at the Museum of the Moving Image May 20 at 7 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:53AMDue to an unforeseen circumstance, GALA Hispanic Theatre’s well received production of DC-7: The Roberto Clemente Story has closed one week short of its planned run. GALA ends its se…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:52AMNominations are out for the annual Connecticut High School Music Theater Awards . Winners will be revealed at a ceremony at the Palace Theater in Waterbury on Tuesday, June 4. Tiony Award…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:46AMTony Winner tells students to follow their passion and commit to their art
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:42AMWhen I begin working with people I often ask this question: Give me an example of marketing that you really like or love. The ones that end up struggling the most with their marketing don't …
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:41AMMatilda and Pippin won top honors at the 2013 Drama Desk Awards, which were presented on May 19 at a ceremony at Town Hall. Matilda won five Drama Desks, including Oustanding Musical, and Pi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:33AMHeidi Blickenstaff, the Broadway singing actress best known for her work in [title of show], will take on the role of bipolar mom Diana in the Weston Playhouse's upcoming production of N…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AM"Matilda" and "Pippin" took home the top awards for best musical and best musical revival at the 58th annual Drama Desk Awards.
The West End import also received awards for Outstanding Featu…
SOURCE: Backstage at 09:25AMMy foray into the industry has recently seen me encounter the most dreaded of all events: the audition. Now, there are two common types of auditions – the ‘individual monologuesR…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:25AMDespite the show's darkness, "East 100th Street"'s exploration of Harlem in the '60s is in many ways a testament to the endurance of love.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:25AMAlyson Cambridge is appearing as Julie LaVerne in Washington National Opera’s critically acclaimed production of Show Boat. I asked Alyson about playing Julie in Show Boat in Chicag…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:17AM"Call Me Adam" chats with Speculator, Philosopher, Martial Artist, Actor, Dancer, and Singer Cedric Yau about producing his very first theatrical production, the new Off-Broadway musical "Ar…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 09:15AMWINNERS IN EACH CATEGORY ARE NOTED IN BOLD. Check the links at right for reviews.
Outstanding Play
Annie Baker, The Flick
Christopher Durang, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike�…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 09:12AMToday is the birthday of brilliant Canadian comedian Dave Thomas (b.1949). While he has a long list of impressive credits, he is most notable for having been head writer and key cast member …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:06AMAs I’m sure you’ll know, music within the theatre had an integral part to play in responding to the death of Margaret Thatcher. The decision to keep the anti-Tory retaliation ‘Me…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:02AMMartin Scorsese will present Brooks with the honor June 6.
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM
Glyndebourne, Lewes: Glyndebourne opens the summer festival season with a new production of the elegant Strauss/Hofmannsthal conceit in which preparations for a new opera seria by a young co…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:57AMThe 58th Annual Drama Desk took place last night, May 19th at Town Hall 123 W. 43rd Street. Check out photos below straight from the press room of all the night's winners
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:56AMMiserable rain didn't stop the red carpet last night at the 58th Annual Drama Desks, because neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these performers or our photographer from…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:56AMA record-breaking annual spend of almost £7 billion on the National Lottery’s portfolio of games saw donations to the arts growing to £390 million in the year to the end of March. The 6.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:56AMJosie Rourke, artistic director of London's Donmar Warehouse, has announced its 2013 fall season that will include the world premiere of Nick Payne's The Same Deep Water As Me; a rev…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:52AMCatalonia is an autonomous community in northern Spain; its capital city is Barcelona and it has a population of just over 7.5 million. Now, thanks to Bots & Barrals Theatre Company, Lon…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:45AMThe Lyric Stage Company of Boston’s production can’t quite get its arms around all of the varied elements in this exhilarating musical, but some terrific performances make up for other w…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:44AMA good day for lady comedians! Today is also the birthday of Lyda Roberti (1906-1938). Born into a Warsaw circus family she began as a trapeze artist and singer in music halls, touring throu…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:40AMJubilee Square, Brighton: This outdoor performance of the famous Marlowe/Goethe story is set in the 1920s prohibition era. It uses fire, a range of dance styles from jive to breakdancing, an…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:33AMThe award-winning actor is to revive her epic performance of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's longest poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, for a US premiereOnly a few weeks after her solo Broadwa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25AMNEW YORK (AP) — If either her husband or daughter is calling, Audra McDonald knows without looking at her phone.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:23AMNEW YORK—If either her husband or daughter is calling, Audra McDonald knows without looking at her phone.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:21AMNEW YORK (AP) -- If either her husband or daughter is calling, Audra McDonald knows without looking at her phone....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:21AMGuys!!! Please click here and nominate my Blog for Best Lifetyle in the Cosmopolitan Blog Awards 2013. Would mean the world!A few days ago I stood, completely naked, in a stranger’s bathro…
SOURCE: Girl in the Dark at 08:21AMOfficials in New York City say a man suffered minor injuries after falling out of a window onto the marquee of a Broadway theater.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 08:14AMSome of the most interesting performers in town are pressed into the service of Arnold Weinstein and Hankus Netsy's musical version of Isaac Bashevis Singer's play
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:13AMTNT was founded in 1971. Its purposes are:
to promote high standards in theatre arts.
to continue to provide professional training and development for individuals involved in theatre.
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SOURCE: Facebook Registration at 08:12AMMatilda the Musical has won five times at the Drama Desk Awards in New York. The show took home outstanding musical and four other awards. Also winning for the show were Bertie Carvel, who w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:11AMThis month, theatreWashington’s popular piano singalong Showtunes & Cocktails features Alex Tang at the piano with special guest, on her night off from Keegan Theatre’s The F…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:06AMToday is the birthday of one of America’s first female comedy stars, Alice Howell (Alice Clark, 1886-1961). A New York City native, she appeared in vaudeville and musical comedies unti…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:05AMProducing has never been harder, finds Matt Trueman, but a start-up fund is paving the way for wannabes to make the jumpHow does an independent theatre producer ever get started? Well, consi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AMHollywood imports are no longer required to make a buzz on the West End stage, the head of the Donmar Warehouse said, after unveiling a new Autumn season starring Tom Hiddleston and Jessica …
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 20 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
I saw NoFit State Circus once before, at the London International Mime Festival in the South Bank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. An auditorium of this style does no justice to the magic th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:56AMSarah Silverman and Owen Wilson kicked off YouTube's seven-day comedy extravaganza – and David Brent is displaying his guitar skills. We're aiming to cover the lotReading this on mobile? C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMShort and sweet, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is the latest show from The Little Angel specialist puppetry theatre. Although billed as suitable for ages 2+, it is enormous fun for children a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:48AMNEW YORK (AP) — Officials in New York City say a man suffered minor injuries after falling out of a window onto the marquee of a Broadway theater.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:47AMMany Brits and Irish have long been fans of the 2006 indie film Once, especially for the music by Glen Hansard, known for his band The Frames and appearing in The Commitments: the song he w…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:42AMTen down, fifteen to go. I refer to the theatrical venues in which Team TGWTIC (The Girl With The Iron Claws… must find pithier tag) are currently leaving their scorch marks. As small …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:37AMIf only life offered the second chance Shakespeare so magnanimously grants the monstrously miscalculating Leontes of his late-career romance “The Winter’s Tale.” Sixteen years of penit…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:37AMNearly everything Synetic Theater does could be called “Fast and Furious,” and the movement-based troupe’s relentless new “The Three Musketeers” opens with a tiger pounce as four a…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:37AMIn a town possessed of more than its fair share of residents with impressive credentials, Hannah Yelland manages to stand out. Yes, Washington is home to ambassadors and generals and Cabinet…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:37AMAt 65, composer Stephen Schwartz is indisputably the king of ol’ Broadway. Last week “Wicked,” nearly 10 years into its gravity-defying long run, was the most-attended show on the st…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:37AMRebecca, the Musical, based on the renowned du Maurier novel, was veteran producer Ben Sprecher’s shot at the big time. Believing he had found the next Phantom of the Opera, he fully expec…
SOURCE: Vanity Fair at 07:35AMAnswers to almost all the world’s problems can be found on Broadway
SOURCE: www.economist.com at 07:32AMThere are certain things that we expect from vampires: they must drink blood, fear light, be immortal and be killed by a stake through the heart. However, new elaborations are gathering like…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:31AMFirst blood in the New York awards contest went to Matilda last night, as the show walked off with five top prizes::E8831369046581, including best musical, at the Drama Desk awards presented…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:28AMUsing the stimulus of the idea that music helps to develop a baby’s sensory awareness, Lullaby is specially designed so that mothers and babies can spend some quality relaxation and explor…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:25AMToday is the birthday of Mary and Margaret Gibb (1912-1967). Born in Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts, they generated publicity from the time they were born, having been one of the first pairs o…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:16AMThe Tower of London and Gippeswyk Hall, Ipswich: Anne Boleyn is endlessly fascinating - was she a sexy minx, political manipulator, religious reformer or all of these? The facts of her life …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:11AMWhen Beats ends, it would be easy to describe this monologue as a one-man show. However, this description would be entirely false. The story within the play would not have had the same impac…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:10AMSadler's Wells, London: "Once, the only sounds to be heard were the buzzing of bees in the grass and the song of birds in the sky," is the evocative opening of Varmints, Helen Ward…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:03AM
This week's sale of acclaimed first editions signed by their authors, which I've helped organise, invites a few questions – which I've set out to answer hereMy bookselling colleagues wonde…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:58AMCriterion Theatre, London: In an inordinately large graduating year of 54 musical theatre students it is rewarding to see that GSA does not cut any corners on quality.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:57AMDespite the difficulty of finding the location, this is a play which is definitely worth a long journey. The whole environment and set-up help to build curiosity and interest before the acto…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:56AMWhen Dominic Cooke took over at the Royal Court, he said he wanted to stage more plays about “what it means to be middle class”. Now, as the reins of artistic director pass to Vicky Feat…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:37AMTheatre Royal, Norwich: Sequence 8 is les 7 doigts', or the 7 Fingers' eighth creation and rather neatly has a cast of eight. This UK premiere bears its familiar imprint; ensemble …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:37AMTom Hiddleston is to star in the title role of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus as part of the Donmar Warehouse’s autumn season. Joining Hiddleston in the production, which will be directed by a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMRiverside Studios, London: Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Grenada-born Leslie Hutchinson was the toast of the cabaret circuit. He was a friend of Cole Porter's while living in Paris an…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:29AMLittle Angel, London : It's probably as good a success indicator as any if you come out of a mini-musical humming the songs. Barb Jungr's haunting, accessible melodies - many cheer…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:17AMRoyal Court Theatre, London: Will Adamsdale's trick is to make his pieces look home-made and rather makeshift, when actually they are anything but.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:07AMTonight, Monday, May 20, cast members from Pippin, Matilda, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, and more will go head-to-head in the Seventh Annual Broadway Beauty Pageant, a benefit for the Ali F…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00AM
Ibsen’s timeless story of corruption, pollution and courage is revived in David Harrower’s powerful new version at London’s Young Vic theatre.
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:57AMRoyal Opera House, London: The original plan was for the Royal Opera to share Luis Pasqual's production of Rossini's opera based on Sir Walter Scott's poem The Lady of the Lak…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:55AMThe Broadway transfer of Matilda The Musical has won five gongs at the 58th Annual Drama Desk Awards, which were announced last night at New York's Town Hall.
Matilda picked up Outstanding …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:50AMDerbyshire-based promoter allegedly claimed link to comedian in order to con pub landlords out of moneyA man who allegedly posed as the brother of the comedian Peter Kay in order to con pub …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:50AMThe Donmar Warehouse has announced its new season, which features the premiere of Nick Payne's new play The Same Deep Water as Me, a revival of Arnold Wesker's Roots starring Jessica Raine a…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:17AMIt was confirmed today that the devilishly cheeky and deliciously fun Broadway musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will open at Sydney’s Theatre Royal this year. Nominated for 11 Tony awards…
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Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Pippin and Matilda Win Drama Desk Awards: The Drama Desk awards ceremony at Town Hall Sunday, May 19th at 8pm presented awards to the following shows, bu…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:36AMAmong this week's major London theatre openings, in the West End and further afield, are Relatively Speaking at the Wyndham’s Theatre, Tanzi Libre at Southwark Playhouse, NT Shed's Bul…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:25AMEach season, Tony Awards nominations are announced. And each year, we debate a little about who really earned it, a little about who got lucky, and a whole lot was missed. "If I …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 04:24AMIf you’re going to produce an extensive, two-part programme about an iconic music producer, you’d be hard pushed to get anyone more qualified than Nile Rodgers to front it. In the first …
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Clutching their newly minted statuettes, the 2013 Drama Desk Award winners met the press Sunday night. Shortly after winning, they were whisked away from the ceremony at Town Hall to the Lib…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:58AMThis Is Capital City is a promenade performance that takes place in the Kelvin Grove Village and surrounds as part of the La Boite Indie Season. But more than that, it is an exciting adventu…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:50AMBen Nielsen catches up with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’s canine co-ordinator in Adelaide! Every day is a bit of a dog’s breakfast for Kate Lloyd.The director of the Adelaide Animal Actors A…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:38AMManhattan Theatre Club will present their annual Spring Gala tonight, May 20 at Cipriani 42nd Street 110 East 42nd Street. This year's gala, will feature special appearances by MTC stars Jud…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe contestants for the seventh annual Broadway Beauty Pageant have been announced. Participants include Callan Bergmann Silence The Musical, Julius C. Carter SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark, Y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMGreat American pianist Kevin Cole fresh from Carnegie Hall, protege of Marvin Hamlisch, with special guests Brian d'Arcy James Shrek Next to Normal, Klea Blackhurst Everything the Traffic Wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMIn PBS's AMERICAN MASTERS Mel Brooks - MAKE A NOISE, comedian Mel Brooks shares never-before-heard stories about his personal life and 60-year career in the film. The larger-than-life legend…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMAbracadabra Oscar and Tony Award-winning legendary actor Joel Grey Cabaret conjures up mayhem on Syfy's Warehouse 13 when he guest stars on tonight's episode, premiering at 10PM ETPT.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMMusical 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 01:30AMTonight, May 20 some of the brightest stars on the musical theater and cabaret scene will converge at Greenwich Village nightclub Le Poisson Rouge to benefit Swish, an organization of straig…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMLuminaries of stage and screen will come together tonight, May 20th at LaGuardia Arts High School in Manhattan to pay tribute to treasured alumnus and show biz icon Ben Vereen Pippin, Roots,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMA special industry 'by-invitation-only' staged reading of the new Broadway-bound play COFFEE STAINS will be presented tonight, May 20th at the award-winning Colony Theatre in Burbank, Calif.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMBroadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS presents a one-night, 20th anniversary performance of the landmark show THE NIGHT Larry Kramer KISSED ME at 8 pm tonight, May 20 at the Gerard W. Lynch Theat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMWhen Mrs. T and I went to see Francis Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites at the Metropolitan Opera last week,...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMDonald Wolfit and Hildegarde Knef in a scene from Svengali, the 1954 film version of George Du Maurier's novel, written...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"The author should shut his mouth when his work opens its mouth." Friedrich Nietzsche, Mixed Opinions and Maxims (courtesy of...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMDavid Sedaris was on the Lopate Show to talk about his latest book, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls. He shared a few of the books he's been enjoying lately. What have you read or seen latel…
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SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:43AMEnemy of the People (photo credit: Arno Declair)It's a delightfully old-fashioned concept: a woman wishes to rise away from her middle-class life. Sure, she could become a garden-variety gol…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMA Week in the Nation's Theatreby Chris Lane@chrislanetweetsCongratulations: The 16 winners of this year’s Harold Awards have been announced, recognizing outstanding contributions to t…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMThis Play Compelled...by Estelle RosenOlivia Blocker is a third-year McGill student graduating in May 2013 with a degree in English Literature (major) and Russian Culture (minor). She has wo…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMThe York Theatre Company presents NEO 9, a benefit concert celebrating rising musical theatre writers, May 20 in New York City. Performers for the evening include Lisa Brescia, Tituss B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Ensemble Studio Theatre honors Broadway producers Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel at its 45th Anniversary Gala May 20 at SIR Stage 37.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHarbor Theatre presents an invitation-only reading of The Mask of the Jaguar King, by Stuart Warmflash, May 20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Monday Nights, New Voices series, produced by composer Scott Alan, returns to the Duplex Cabaret Theatre May 20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presents a 20th anniversary performance of David Drake's solo show, The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, May 20 at 8 PM at the Gerard W. Lynch Theater…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMStaged readings of Lord Tom, which is billed as "a new American musical," are presented May 20 at 4 PM and May 21 at 11 AM at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFour-time Tony Award-nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning actress Tovah Feldshuh hosts the seventh annual Broadway Beauty Pageant, an all-male contest benefiting New York's Ali Forney …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway’s Future Songbook Series — presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul — concludes its current season May 20 in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Li…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Acting Company presents a benefit staged reading of Fay Kanin's Goodbye, My Fancy May 20 at 7 PM at the Mainstage Theater at Playwrights Horizons.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award-winning actress Laura Benanti begins a seven-show engagement at 54 Below May 20 with an all-new evening of song.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDogfight co-stars Lindsay Mendez and Derek Klena and The Last Five Years star Betsy Wolfe are among the performers at Second Stage Theatre's annual spring gala, held May 20 in Manha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Project Shaw series continues May 20 with a reading of George Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSongs in the Key of Equality, a benefit for Swish, an organization of straight allies for the LGBT movement, takes place May 20 at 7 PM at Le Poisson Rouge.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMaking her Broadway debut in Annie as every kid's nightmare, "Glee" star Jane Lynch trades one singing tyrant for another.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA benefit concert to support DreamCatcher Entertainment features pianist Kevin Cole with special guests Brian d'Arcy James (Shrek, Next to Normal), Klea Blackhurst (Everything the Traffi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA one-night concert performance of Jerry Herman's musical Mack & Mabel plays the Carpenter Performing Arts Center May 20 at 8 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMStephen Schwartz, Norm Lewis, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Leslie Uggams are among the artists celebrating Tony Award-winning entertainer Ben Vereen in Magic to Do May 20 at LaGuardia Arts High Sch…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDavid Sedaris talks about writing about his family, living abroad, cleaning up roadside rubbish, and keeping a diary. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health, talks about healthcare an…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMDavid Sedaris, a master of the personal essay, talks about writing about his family, living abroad, and keeping a diary. He’s a regular contributor to The New Yorker, This American Life, a…
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