Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 11pm (Broadway Time)
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MARIO LANZA by Barry

Legendary Film Tenor and Recording Star Mario Lanza Feted with CD Set and TCM Marathon Tribute                                                      �…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:44PM

Theatre Review: ‘Potted Potter’ at Sidney Harman Hall by April Forrer

Throw in a handful of “Monty Python,” a sliver of “Black Books” and a pinch of “The Office” (the British version, of course) and mix well.  That’s how to make a delicious brew…

SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:40PM

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 9/14/2013

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 9142013.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30PM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 10pm (Broadway Time)
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Tim Dashwood Is The Graduate by K.e. Weber

After critical acclaim and sell out seasons, the ultimate male fantasy, The Graduate, is set to sizzle at Her Majesty's Theatre later this month. …

SOURCE: Theatre People Australia at 10:56PM

PREVIEW: Mildred Fierce by Ludlow Lad

Boston's GOLD DUST ORPHANS will make their long-awaited NYC debut this fall with MILDRED FIERCE by Ryan Landry.  Based on Joan Crawford's Oscar-winning Mildred Pierce, this musical paro…

SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 10:42PM

Guardian Australia's Brisbane festival podcast: episode one by Vicky Frost

In this first podcast fom Guardian Australia at the Brisbane Festival, Vicky Frost, Van Badham and Katherine Viner discuss their early highlights including Urban, a circus from the streets o…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:05PM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 9pm (Broadway Time)
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Brisbane festival 2013 liveblog: Sunday 15 September by Vicky Frost, Katharine Viner, Andrew P Street, Van Badham, Ben Neutze, Christian Bennett

Join us for a glorious day on Brisbane's Southbank as we soak up the festival. On the liveblog today: Ghostpoet, Circolombia, Ute Lemper, Stormie Mills and moreVicky FrostKatharine VinerAndr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55PM

Ute Lemper: the love poems of Pablo Neruda – review by Vicky Frost

Brisbane Festival: Concert Hall, QPACUte Lemper's new song cycle of the Chilean poet's poems is followed by a crowd-pleasing romp through the best of cabaretThere is an odd tension in this d…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:44PM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 8pm (Broadway Time)
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STAGE TUBE: First Look at Ross Lekites, Carly Evan Hughes and More in Highlights of Ogunquit's WEST SIDE STORY by Stage Tube

West Side Story, one of the greatest love stories of all time, is currently running at the Ogunquit Playhouse stage through September 28. This all new production of the timeless classic, hel…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:41PM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 7pm (Broadway Time)
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theartsdesk Q&A: Actress Sheridan Smith by Jasper Rees

There’s a song in the musical version of Legally Blonde, in which peroxide ditz Elle celebrates her impending good fortune. “Oh my god, oh my god, you guys,” she sings exultantly as sh…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:50PM

Shakespeare Theatre’s tenancy fight springs from D.C. urban renewal plan by Nelson Pressley

Washington’s Shakespeare Theatre Company basked in Broadway limelight last summer when it received the Regional Theater Tony Award. What does an internationally acclaimed classical troupe …

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:13PM

Twitter Watch: WAITING FOR GODOT's Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen Pose with Elmo in Times Square! by Bww Staff

On Twitter Watch, Patrick Stewart wrote 'Elmo gogodididonyc TwoPlaysInRep pic.twitter.com1NUvjFpyet'

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:10PM

The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas; Hysteria; A Boy and His Soul – review by Susannah Clapp

Royal Court; Hampstead; Tricycle, London There's a surprising start for Vicky Featherstone's first season at the Royal CourtVicky Featherstone has started her reign as artistic director of t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM

Photo Flash: First Look at Christianne Tisdale, William Michals and More in Westchester Broadway Theatre's KISS ME, KATE by BroadwayWorld

Westchester Broadway Theatre presents Kiss Me Kate with Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter and Book by Samuel and Bella Spewack. Directed and Choreographed by James Brennan with Musical Directi…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PM

The Grand Gesture – review by Clare Brennan

Harrogate theatreA banned Russian play from the 1920s is given a northern spin in this powerful adaptationA hungry man goes into the kitchen to snaffle a midnight sausage. His family and nei…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM

Yakov Smirnoff keeps fighting the Cold War at ACME Comedy Theater by Deborah Vankin

Our Comedy Radar is going off because …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:06PM

Tori Amos: 'Anything is easier to talk about in music than in conversation' by Tim Teeman

The US singer-songwriter on dealing with grief, raising a child and writing her first musical for the National TheatreYou have composed the music for a new musical, The Light Princess, at th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM

GOlive – review by Luke Jennings

The Lion and Unicorn, LondonA festival of small-scale works presents a mixed bag in an unlikely venueThe GOlive dance and performance festival is the brainchild of George Sallis, director of…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM

Theatre review: The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas, Royal Court, London

What is it? A new play by Dennis Kelly (Matilda the Musical), directed by incoming Royal Court head, Vicky Featherstone. A dark morality tale, it relates the life of Gorge (Tom Brooke) as he…

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM

Rachel De-lahay interview: "People risk anything to get here"

It’s a delight to discover that playwright Rachel De-lahay speaks in the same sparky, urban-inflected way as her characters. “Amazing” is a word that recurs frequently in her conversat…

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 6pm (Broadway Time)
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Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, Sept 14 - THE FANTASTICKS Celebrates 20,000 Performances This Weekend! by BroadwayWorld

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up. Today's photos come from the casts of THE FANTASTICKS celebrating 20,000 performances this …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:54PM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 5pm (Broadway Time)
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Review: (Ottawa) Proud by The Charlebois Post

Michael Healey, Jenny YoungMarketing and Politicsby Jim MurchisonSo the play that they didn't want to do in Toronto for fear of offending Stephen Harper - but that the playwright finally pro…

SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:58PM

Review: Dunsinane

If is bad luck to say the name of "the Scottish play" in a theatre, to write a sequel to Macbeth itself must by the thespian equivalent of forcing two-hundred black cats to walk be…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:00PM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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Heidi Blickenstaff at Signature Theatre’s ‘Autumn Cabaret Festival’ by Derek Mong by Derek Mong

After seeing Heidi Blickenstaff perform alongside Patina Miller, James Clow, Alan H. Green, Patina Miller, and Matthew Scott, last year in the Kennedy Center’s production of First You Drea…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:52PM

Regional Review: The Ugly Sisters by Adam Bruce

For me, theatre is all about presenting to the audience something weird, wonderful and immersive. Armed with its new production, The Ugly Sisters, produced at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, t…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:33PM

Review: Set Up (TheatreBam Chicago) by Scotty Zacher

Directed by George Keating, the gauche events drag on just like the bad date that it’s meant to portray. Sullivan and Civetta never spark the chemistry necessary to make us root for their …

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:30PM

"The Beautiful Dark" World Premiere by Bob Rendell

It is a world premiere production of Premiere Stages (on campus at Kean University) where it was selected as the winner of the company's 2013 Play Festival competition.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:27PM

Review: Othello: The Remix by Chérie Locatelli

We have all heard of Othello, the classic tragedy by William Shakespeare, with the usual themes of love, jealously and betrayal. However I suspect only few of us have heard of a hip-hop- and…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:25PM

Review: Bourgeois & Maurice’s Sugartits by Simon Holton

“Cabaret has exploded”, proclaims Georgeois Bourgeois, of Bourgeois & Maurice fame, during their new show Sugartits, now playing downstairs at Soho theatre. Certainly, during…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:12PM

You Never Can Tell by Wendy Caster

Watching the delightful production of George Bernard Shaw's You Never Can Tell being presented by the Pearl Theatre Company and the Gingold Theatrical Group, I had to periodically remind mys…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 04:03PM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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Los Angeles Theater Review: THE END OF IT (Matrix Theatre) by Samuel Bernstein

MID-LIFE MYSTERIES AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS A long-married couple says good-bye to the final guests who leave their house after a party. They are known for their parties; for their happy marri…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:44PM

Review: The Last Yankee by Hannah Elsy

The Print Room in Notting Hill is a venue in its infancy. It has been running for under three years but is a place to watch for its revival of little known work from classic writers, and its…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:20PM

Review: Hysteria by Daniel Harrison

I have a terrible confession to make. I arrived late to the Press Night for Hysteria at the Hampstead Theatre. And more fool me, because Terry Johnson’s production zips along merrily, prov…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:14PM

Lisa Wolpe is "Hamlet" by Sharon Perlmutter

... in Hamlet, the company has achieved a true company production�a Hamlet that doesn't noticeably drop in quality whenever Hamlet is offstage.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:00PM

Review: Crime and Punishment

A time of social revolution, the 1860s saw the birth of two of literature's most important works on the cause and effect of crime. In the slums of San Michel, Paris, the Jean Valjean of Vic…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:00PM

Review: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Lord help us... Lord Lloyd Webber help us... Joseph has thrown on his depreciatingly less "amazing" technicolor jacket once again and gone a-preaching on another UK tour, this time…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:00PM

Review: On Golden Pond (Salisbury)

This remarkable, timeless play was written by Ernest Thompson in 1979 and set in the late 90's. It tells the tale of a dysfunctional family which is both humorous and sad. Norman and Ethel T…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:00PM

TV celebrity John Davidson on stage as the Wizard in 'Wicked'

John Davidson, best known as the telegenic game-show host, is on stage as the Wizard in “Wicked.”

SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:00PM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
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St Albans college Copacabana by [email protected] (eric)

Last night I saw St Albans college's production of Copacabana. I go watch their productions every year. Maybe, the fact that I am great friends with the events director and musical director …

SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 02:29PM

The National Tour of ‘Ghost: The Musical’ Begins September 14 by Broadway's Best Shows

Troika Entertainment and Michael Coppel in association with Hilary Williams, Margot Astrachan Production/Dennis Grimaldi Productions/Paul Lucas Productions/Robert Sher and Paramount Pictures…

SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:25PM

Review: Dark Earth

We are in the 1690s. Dutch William is on the throne. A Dutch engineer has been hired by an East Anglian consortium to bring his expertise in land reclamation to the Fens. The problem is tha…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 02:00PM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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‘Bell’ at National Geographic by John Stoltenberg by John Stoltenberg

Having heard tantalizing details about Bell in a pre-opening interview, I attended the National Geographic Live production with the sort of eager/anxious anticipation one might have watch…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:16PM

Photo Flash: Shoshana Bean Rocks The Federal Bar in North Hollywood by BroadwayWorld

Shoshana Bean performed at The Federal Bar in North Hollywood, Calif., on September 4, 2013, alongside Kojo Littles, Brandon Brown, John Notto and Jarrett Johnson. BroadwayWorld has photos f…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at noon (Broadway Time)
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Review: Proof at curtainup.com-New Jersey by Simon Saltzman

this generously witty and intellectually stimulating play, we are inclined to think about motives, sincerity, career choices, love, and truth, and a few other things that good plays should m…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:43PM

K.D. Lang Makes Broadway Debut in ‘After Midnight’ in February by Diamond Grant

K.D. Lang will be making her Broadway debut in the stage production of After Midnight beginning February 11, 2014. Her stage run will continue through March 9, 2014. Lang’s guest stint…

SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 12:24PM

Tickets for ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’ Go On Sale September 14 by Broadway's Best Shows

Tickets for the Broadway engagement of the highly anticipated new musical Beautiful—The Carole King Musical, about the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singer/song…

SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:10PM

Playwriting Exercise: Fun With Words – One by Lindsay Price

Don’t miss out on the PDF version of today’s exercise at the end of this post! For the next three weeks we’ll be having fun with words! We’re taking a word that means…

SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PM

Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner – Movie Monologue Monday by Craig Mason

This week’s Movie Monologue Monday celebrates Rutger Hauer’s beautiful performance in Blade Runner. Class Exercise The basics of the scene are that Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) is …

SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PM

(Re)Search: Dramaturgical Catharsis by HowlRound

One of the hardest tasks for me to perform as a dramaturg is relinquishing my work to an audience. I’ve known the time was coming; I’ve been working towards that first read-through for m…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:00PM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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X by Wendy Rosenfield

SOURCE: Philly.com at 11:43AM

ON BORROWED TIME, Directed by Joel Grey, Begins Tonight at Two River Theater by BroadwayWorld

Two River Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst, launches its 2013-2014 Season with Paul Osborn's On Borrowed Time, directed by Ton…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:34AM

Tickets to Broadway's BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL Go on Sale Today by BroadwayWorld

Tickets for the Broadway Premiere of the highly anticipated new musical Beautiful-The Carole King Musical, about the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singersongwrite…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31AM

Hugh Jackman to visit renovated Iowa opera house by Barbara Rodriguez

IOWA FALLS, Iowa (AP) -- When word got out that actor Hugh Jackman was going to visit a small northern Iowa city for the reopening of its old movie theater, John Whitesell didn't think i…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:29AM

Stage Lover's Fall TV Preview! 13 New Shows Starring Megan Hilty, Sean Hayes & More Famous Broadway Faces by Marc Snetiker

Like every good fall TV season, this year’s crop of new comedies and dramas features its share of Broadway performers in starring roles. While some of last year’s MVPs are notabl…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:23AM

Twitter Watch: Lin-Manuel Miranda Does Q&A with LES MISERABLES Lyrics by Bww Staff

On Twitter Watch, Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote 'For the record, I answered a whole different batch of questions off the FB page. But I was gone when autumn came. httpswww.facebook.compagesLin-Ma…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AM

Patrick Stewart Tweets Picture With Ian McKellen and Elmo by Suzanna Bowling

Patrick Stewart Tweets Picture With Ian McKellen and Elmo: Even Broadway stars get touristy and fall for those costume characters in Times Square.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:00AM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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Fuse Theater Review: “The Libertine” Serves Up Decadent Pleasures by Ian Thal

Playwright Stephen Jeffreys, despite his gifts as a writer, despite his fascination with the milieu, and despite his obvious admiration for Wilmot's rarified obscenity, seems unable to find …

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:34AM

Review: Clumsy Sublime (Curious Theatre Branch) by Scotty Zacher

In Barrie Cole's problematic play, scenes with no real purpose besides establishing character go on and on long past necessary, and this plodding is made worse by poor performances and the l…

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 10:22AM

Manager, Individual Donor Programs – New York Live Arts by Dte

WHO: New York Live Arts POSITION: Manager, Individual Donor Programs DESCRIPTION: New York Live Arts, home of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, and one of the country’s premier …

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:22AM

Casting is Underway for the Broadway and National tour of Motown: The Musical by Suzanna Bowling

Casting is Underway for the Broadway and National tour of Motown: The Musical: There is a nationwide casting search for the Broadway and national tour of Motown: The Musical.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:22AM

Paul Michael Glaser “Starsky” Takes on the Role of Tevye in the UK Production of Fiddler On The Roof by Suzanna Bowling

Paul Michael Glaser "Starsky" Takes on the Role of Tevye in the UK Production of Fiddler On The Roof: Fiddler On The Roof is one of the most popular and beloved of all stage musicals.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:06AM

Dream Cast: Scrubs by Intern

    More than anything, when I see something I think could or should be a show, I love to speculate about who would play what roles. I love the way casting works and I love stickin…

SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AM

BWW TV: Casts of BAD JEWS, THE WINSLOW BOY & More Kick Off Roundabout's Season by BroadwayWorld TV

Earlier this week, the casts and creative teams of Roundabout Theatre Company's fall shows The Winslow Boy, Bad Jews, and Too Much, Too Much gathered to kick off the upcoming season. Broadwa…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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InDepth InterView: Frances Ruffelle Talks 54 Below Shows, LES MISERABLES, Broadway, Hollywood, Upcoming Projects & More by Pat Cerasaro

Today we are talking to a Tony Award-winning performer known around the world for her iconic original performance as Eponine in both the West End and Broadway editions of international stage…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:56AM

Dark Carnival’s “Hell on Heels” Tonight! by Trav S.D.

Filed under: Burlesk, Contemporary Variety, PLUGS Tagged: Cutting Room, Dark Carnival Burlesque, Hell on Heels

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:51AM

My Annual Idiosyncratic Fall Theater Preview by Jan Simpson

--> Between you and me, I’m a little reluctant to list the shows I’m most looking forward to this fall.  That’s because my picks for past seasons have turned out to be…

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 09:23AM

Filichia on Friday: ‘The Answers to the 2013 Broadway University Entrance Exam’ by Peter Filichia by Guest Author

Here is a new article from Peter Filichia’s column on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday.’ It’s an honor to bring Peter’s column every week to our readers …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM

‘The Lunch and Judy Show’: ‘I Enjoy Being Judy Stadt’ by Judy Stadt by Admin

I am the host and creator and writer and editor of The Lunch and Judy Show. For six years DCMTA’s Joel Markowitz  and I have been schmoozing about theatre in DC, Philly, and NYC and o…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM

A warm take on 'The Winter's Tale'

Shakespeare's romance turns into "Old Hearts New" when Shakespeare in the Streets comes to the Grove.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:00AM

Review: The Last Five Years (Bristol)

Terrifically poignant, Jason Robert Brown 's one-act musical, ‘The Last Five Years', spans an entire relationship from the promising start, to the bitter end - or vice versa, depending on …

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:00AM

Review: Twelfth Night (Bristol)

The beauty of Shakespeare is that it lends itself to any era, culture and circumstance and so it is inevitable that a modern adaption of comedy Twelfth Night should be - even in its most bas…

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:00AM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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LHComedy | Alex Brown | Life and Physics

What are the advantages of living in Switzerland? Well, the flag's a big plus. Also you could have seen Alex Brown join Helen Keen, Jonny Berliner and others in a big wooden ball, as stand u…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:56AM

Young Vic turns film studio as it remakes stage hits for cinema by Dalya Alberge

Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in first feature as theatre adapts acclaimed shows into movies – following bold experiment in short filmsIt is small in size, but big on innovation. The Young Vic ma…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:40AM

Hope Operas Returns with 5 New Shows Monday Nights in October by Chris Griffin by Guest Author

Hope Operas, DC’s only serialized theatre festival, returns this Fall with five brand new shows, as we present five original plays in ten-to fifteen-minute episodes with the theme Cartoon…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AM

Did Shakespeare sell women short? by Vanessa Thorpe

The RSC is turning to Jacobean drama in search of better roles for women. So does the Shakespearean tradition hold actresses back?A leading lady seeking the challenge of a truly great stage …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:15AM

BWW's On This Day - September 14, 2013

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 14 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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“Sundays with Hitch” Continues on TCM Tomorrow by Trav S.D.

Every Sunday in September TCM is showing dozens of works by Alfred Hitchcock from morning until…well into the next morning. It’s not the entire canon, but it’s enough to …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:44AM

Forgotten Shows of My Nonage #57: Sha Na Na by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of Jon “Bowzer” Bauman (b. 1947), a fitting occasion I warrant to recall the syndicated variety show he starred in along with another dozen or so guys in th…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:32AM

Formal Training Available For Adults To Learn Backstage Skills by Bill Hirschman

Sheridan Votech educators in Broward and theater professionals in South Florida partnered to establish a relatively speedy training program for adult students interested in learning the rop…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:15AM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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Stars of Slapstick #156: Billie Ritchie by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of stage and screen comedian Billie Ritchie (1878-1921). A native of Glasgow Scotland, Ritchie got his start in music hall with Karno’s Speechless Comedians, spri…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:10AM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 5am (Broadway Time)
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Review: Liza Liza Liza by Jemma Anderson

“What good is sitting alone in your room?” goes the famous line from Cabaret, the show written by John Kander and Fred Ebb starring the icon that is Liza Minnelli. And as we delve into t…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:46AM

Review: Summer Day’s Dream by Kirsty Emmerson

The Finborough Theatre is a wonderfully intimate space that gives no sense of grandeur or expanse upon entering the doors. It lets the drama speak for itself, in this case giving nature its …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:41AM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 4am (Broadway Time)
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Farragut North, Southwark Playhouse by Kate Bassett

They’re eating out of the palm of his hand. Or so he thinks. Stephen Bellamy is a spin doctor, only 25 years old but already a hotshot in American electioneering. At the off, in Beau Willi…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:30AM

Review: A Boy and His Soul by Hannah Tookey

Colman Domingo’s performance in this coming-of-age tale has a tremendous amount of heart, warmth and energy. In fact, it’s an unavoidably infectious energy that doesn’t fal…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:13AM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 2am (Broadway Time)
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Bay Area Theater Review: PLÁCIDO DOMINGO (Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley) by Tony Frankel

DOMINGO DAZZLES What do world-renowned singers do once they have reached the age of retirement? On the strength of their name, they fill cabarets and concert houses across the land with nost…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:58AM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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“Burning Boy” opens Malibu Playhouse’s new season by Hank Pollard

The newly renovated Malibu Playhouse opened its 2013-14 season last Friday evening to a sell-out audience with the West Coast premiere of “The Dream of the Burning Boy,” by David West Re…

SOURCE: www.malibutimes.com at 01:19AM

Analysis & Opinion: Is Sam Neill riding a winner? by Maggie Brown

BBC2 is aiming to serve up intelligent drama that doesn’t rely on a backdrop of war exotic locations or upper class life. ‘Different’ can be risky, writes Maggie Brown, but the ability…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00AM

The Lyons, Hopelessly Devoted, Storm In A Flower Vase: what to see at the theatre this week by Mark Cook, Lyn Gardner

The Lyons | Hopelessly Devoted | Storm In A Flower Vase | Wet House | Another Country | GaslightThe Lyons, LondonFamily gatherings are often great settings for dramatic events. Nicky Silver'…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM

This week's new live comedy by James Kettle

The Noise Next Door | Nottingham Comedy Festival | Alex HorneThe Noise Next Door, On tourAt first glance, with their matching shirts and ties, five-piece The Noise Next Door could be just an…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM

This week's new dance by Judith Mackrell

Wild Card 1 | Jasmin Vardimon Company: JustitiaWild Card 1, LondonIn this series of one-off events, Sadler's Wells opens up the stage of the Lilian Baylis Studio to young dancers and choreog…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM
Saturday, September 14, 2013 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Anna Nicole Smith opera heads to Brooklyn Academy of Music

There are words -- broad concepts, even -- that few should reasonably expect to be sharing space in the same part of our brain. Anna Nicole Smith and opera are just such words.

SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:05AM

From Stage to Silver Screen: Top 15 Movie Musicals of the Last 50 Years by Ben Rimalower

Playbill.com correspondent Ben Rimalower offers a list of his top 15 favorite movie musicals of the last 50 years.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03AM

creating a/broad, September 14, 2013 by The Charlebois Post

Going Downby Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreWhat is it like to come down, my editor asked, to deal with the post-frenzy depression? I needed help finding a topic, and that seemed like a legitimat…

SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AM

The Dance Enthusiast Meets the Bessies Nominees...(Part 2) by The Dance Enthusiast

"At the beginning of every project, in many fundamental ways, I feel like I am starting from scratch creatively. Nothing you've done before really matters or helps. There is no dictionar…

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM

Demilitarized Zone? In rehearsal with Motley Dance by The Dance Enthusiast

Motley’s new work, Drill Piece is bursting at the seams with movement, sound, and light from the word “go.” True to her mission statement, this is a “total art enviro…

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM

From Stage to Silver Screen: Top 15 Movie Musicals of the Last 50 Years by Ben Rimalower

Playbill.com correspondent Ben Rimalower offers a list of his top 15 favorite Broadway musicals of the last 50 years.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

STAGE VIEWS: Mamma Mia! Star Lauren Cohn by Andrew Gans

Playbill.com's series features actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they're looking forward to and more. Here, via email, we hear from singing…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Joshua Harmon Shares the Story Behind the Killing Cousins of Bad Jews by Harry Haun

Bad Jews scribe Joshua Harmon chats with Playbill.com about his story of battling family members.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

THE WEEK AHEAD, Sept. 14-20: Romeo and Juliet Opens, Forever Tango Dances Away and Reeve Carney Departs Spider-Man by Blake Ross

Playbill.com's weekly planner reminds you that love is in "Bloom" for Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad… Broadway dances its last Tango… Reeve Carney takes his fin…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Center Theatre Group Season Begins Sept. 14 With St. Jude, Uncle Ho to Uncle Sam and Rodney King by Carey Purcell

The Center Theatre Group's season kicks off Sept. 14 with the DouglasPlus presentations of Luis Alfaro’s St. Jude, Trieu Tran’s Uncle Ho to Uncle Sam and Roger Guenveur Smith…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Rogue Machine's World Premiere of John Pollono's Lost Girls Begins Performances Sept. 14 by Carey Purcell

John Pollono's new play Lost Girls receives its world-premiere staging by California's award-winning Rogue Machine beginning Sept. 14.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Tix for Broadway's Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Go on Sale Sept. 14 by Adam Hetrick

Tickets for the Broadway engagement of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical go on sale Sept. 14 to members of the general public. Broadway performances begin Nov. 21 at the Stephen Sondheim Th…

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On Borrowed Time, Directed by Joel Grey, Begins at Two River Theater Sept. 14 by Adam Hetrick

Tony and Academy Award winner Joel Grey, who made his stage debut at the age of nine in a 1941 production of Paul Osborn's On Borrowed Time at the Cleveland Playhouse, directs that rarel…

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The Burnt Part Boys Makes West Coast Debut Sept. 14 by Andrew Gans

The Burnt Part Boys, which was presented in spring 2010 as a co-production between Playwrights Horizons and Vineyard Theatre, makes its West Coast debut Sept. 14.

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Unchained Melodies: National Tour of Ghost The Musical Kicks Off Sept. 14 by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Troika Entertainment and Michael Coppel in association with Hilary Williams, Margot Astrachan Production/Dennis Grimaldi Productions/Paul Lucas Productions/Robert Sher and Paramount Pictures…

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The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later Opens in Los Angeles Sept. 14 by Carey Purcell

The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, the stage sequel to The Laramie Project, makes its Los Angeles debut at the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center Sept. 14.  

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Macbeth, Starring Matthew Rauch, Begins Performances at Hartford Stage Sept. 14 by Carey Purcell

Hartford Stage opens its 50th anniversary season Sept. 14 with Macbeth, starring Matthew Rauch.

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