‘Detroit’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Are you able to walk up to your neighbor’s house and borrow a cup of sugar? Does anyone even do that anymore? Or is it just easier to go down to the 24-hour food mart and buy what you need…

Guardian Australia's Brisbane Festival Podcast: episode two by Vicky Frost

Ryan van Winkle is Edinburgh City Libraries reader in residence, a program he created to focus on engaging and growing audiences for poetry. He is in Australia performing at the Brisbane Fe…

Blithe Spirit by Theasy.com

The Gallery Players, Off Off Broadway By Sarah Moore BOTTOM LINE: The Gallery Players have done an excellent job with their revival of this classic play. Noel Coward is alive and we…

A Beloved Dance Instructor Still Has the Right Steps

The 88-year-old dance instructor known as Luigi is set to receive the New York Dance and Performance Award—known as the "Bessie"—for lifetime achievement in dance at the Apollo Theater o…

Could We Love TV Villains Without Shakespeare?

The New York Times 09/14/13

SARA CHASE ON CHASING HER DREAMS by Hannah Barrett

Sara Chase has chased her dreams all the way to the bright lights of Broadway! Sara can currently be seen displaying her impressive acting range playing three characters in the new…

National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center fall season underway

World premiere mutlmedia composition to open NSO regular concert series.

Shaw’s Delectable ‘You Never Can Tell’ Opens Pearl Festival by Sandi Durell

        By: Sandi Durell Count on George Bernard Shaw’s wit and the perfection of comic timing to delight in this farcical first New York revival, after 15...The post S…

Aurelian – review by Katharine Viner

Brisbane festival: Sue Benner Theatre, Metro ArtsThis exploration of grief is uncomfortable and confronting – as theatre should be. But there's something missing from its heartAurelian is …

Theater Review: ‘Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play,’ at Playwrights Horizons by Ben Brantley

“Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play,” by Anne Washburn at Playwrights Horizons, imagines a postdisaster world where the retelling of a “Simpsons” episode helps create security and cultu…

Reviews: You Never Can Tell by David Gordon

A cool ocean breeze blows through David Staller's production of Bernard Shaw's comedy You Never Can Tell, now being produced by the Pearl Theatre Company and Staller's Gingold Theatrical Gro…

Feinstein’s Home - Isn’t It Romantic? - NYTimes.com by Robin Finn

The asking price is $17.9 million, which does not include the wall-size Hirschfeld mural, populated by stars like Liza Minnelli, Fred Astaire, Woody Allen and Barbra Streisand, that sets the…

Justin Matthew Sargent Will Bounce Off the Walls as Broadway's New SPIDER-MAN; Reeve Carney Departs Production Tonight by BroadwayWorld

Broadway rocker Justin Matthew Sargent, best known for his star turn as 'Drew' in Broadway's Rock of Ages, has landed the coveted role of Peter Parker Spider-Man role in SPIDER-MAN Turn Off…

Chicago's Cecily Strong gets 'SNL' desk job by Nina Metz

NBC has confirmed some personnel changes at "Saturday Night Live" ahead of its 38th season premiere on Sept. 28. Chicago performer Cecily Strong will co-anchor "Weekend Update" alongside Set…

The Wizard of Oz – review by Vicky Frost

Brisbane Festival: Roundhouse: Dangerous Ensemble's tale is a long way from Kansas – but this inventive take on the classic story doesn't quite deliverA red-haired, tough-mouthed drunk­ w…

Mr. Burns Review: The Simpsons on Stage After the Apocalypse by New York Theater

“Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play”  could be called a musical based on “The Simpsons” animated TV series; that would be accurate, but it would miss the point.  It is so much more th…

Brisbane festival 2013 liveblog: Monday 16 September by Vicky Frost, Katharine Viner, Van Badham, Andrew P Street, Ben Neutze, Christian Bennett

With the festival in full swing, we report back from the weekend's shows and look forward to new openings. Plus video from Brisbane's galleries, and our second festival podcastVicky FrostKat…

Justin Matthew Sargent to Star as the Web-Slinging Superhero in Broadway's Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark by Ryan Gilbert

With great power, comes great responsibility! Justin Matthew Sargent will replace original star Reeve Carney as Peter Parker, the young outcast who becomes the amazing title character in Spi…

ArtsBeat: A New Spider-Man on Broadway by Adam W. Kepler

Justin Matthew Sargent will be the next actor to don Spider-Man’s costume in the musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.”    

Spider-Man Alternate Justin Matthew Sargent Graduates to Broadway's Newest Superhero by Michael Gioia

Justin Matthew Sargent, who recently joined the company of Broadway's Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark as the Peter Parker/Spider-Man Alternate, has graduated to the production's full-ti…

Springs Eternal, Orange Tree Theatre by Matt Wolf

The American repertoire has featured big-time on the London stage this year but perhaps nowhere more oddly than courtesy the ever-adventurous Orange Tree's staging of a World War Two play fr…

Theater News: Broadway's New Spider-Man Announced; Reeve Carney Exits the Production by Andy Lefkowitz

Reeve Carney, who created the title role in Broadway's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, exited the production September 15 in order to start work on the new HBO series Penny Dreadful. Stepping…

First Nighter: David Staller Tells Bernard Shaw's "You Never Can Tell" Rather Well by David Finkle

David Staller is likely the current world authority on George Bernard Shaw. For quite some time, under the auspices of the

First Nighter: David Staller Tells Bernard Shaw's "You Never Can Tell" Rather Well by David Finkle

David Staller is likely the current world authority on George Bernard Shaw. For quite some time, under the auspices of...

‘The Rite of Spring’ at the center of Joffrey program

For this year’s worldwide celebration of the 100th anniversary of “The Rite of Spring” (both Igor Stravinsky’s groundbreaking score and the shockingly primal choreography by Vaslav N…

Opera takes on extreme life of Anna Nicole Smith by Marcraimondi28

Opera may seem highfalutin’, but it revels in outlandish behaviors and over-the-top plots. And if it can accomodate boatloads of courtesans, why not Anna Nicole Smith? By the time she...

‘In the Heights’ blends best of old and new

HEDY WEISS: Paramount Theatre’s lavish production showcases modern rhythms and timeless storytelling.

Play uses ‘The Simpsons’ to tell of life in dystopian future by Marcraimondi28

There’s been quite a buzz surrounding “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play,” with tickets for its limited run getting scarcer by the minute. Well, get in line ASAP, because this bizarr…

Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play: Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Anne Washburn's anarchic dark comedy set in a post-apocalyptic future imagines the survivors reenacting a classic episode of "The Simpsons."read more

Phylicia Rashad takes on directing role by Stacy A. Anderson Associated Press

WASHINGTON—Phylicia Rashad is best known for starring roles on stage and television, but as a director she decided to commemorate a historic moment that helped spur the civil rights mo…

Phylicia Rashad takes on directing role by Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Phylicia Rashad is best known for starring roles on stage and television, but as a director she decided to commemorate a historic moment that helped spur the civil rights mov…

Meet the Cast of Wicked NZ! – Glen Hogstrom talks Doctor Dillamond by David Allen

With the debut New Zealand production of Wicked set to begin performances on Tuesday, September 17, AussieTheatre’s David Allen got the chance to talk to the cast of this new productio…

MURDER FOR TWO to Transfer to New World Stages for Limited Engagement; Performances Begin 10/23 by BroadwayWorld

Murder For Two features book and music by Joe Kinosian, book and lyrics by Kellen Blair and direction by Scott Schwartz and stars Jeff Blumenkrantz and Brett Ryback. Previews will begin Wedn…

Theatre News: L'Orfeo at the Barbican

Monteverdi (1567-1643) is credited with being one of the first, if not the first, composers of opera, and this month sees the Academy of Ancient Music embark on presenting all three of his o…

Reviews: Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play by Zachary Stewart

After the Apocalypse, the theater will survive. That is the central assumption behind Anne Washburn's Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play, now receiving its New York premiere at Playwrights Hori…

Theater News: Acclaimed Second Stage Uptown Musical Murder for Two Will Move Downtown by Andy Lefkowitz

The hit musical comedy Murder For Two, which played a raved-about run this summer as a part of Second Stage's Uptown series at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre, will transfer to New World Stages in…

OUR TOWN • Insight Theatre Company by Andrea

Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning drama about the lives, loves and deaths in Grover's Corners has been around since 1938, and Insight Theatre is celebrating the play's 75th anniversar…

The Heat is On in Arlington: An Intimate "Miss Saigon" Opens Signature Season by Byrne Harrison

By Mark A. Newman Photo by Christopher Mueller When Miss Saigon first opened in London and later on Broadway, it was a part of the British mega-musical invasion of the 1980s that included …

Janis Joplin Debuts, Romeo and Juliet Make it Official & Andrea Martin Bows Out in This Week’s Datebook by Ryan Gilbert

Get out your calendars, and get set for a busy week of theatergoing! From Romeo and Juliet and Janis Joplin to the final performances by Pippin Tony winner Andrea Martin and a star-stud…

"The Elephant Man" at New Rep in Boston by Nancy Grossman

Directed by Artistic Director Jim Petosa, the drama features an accomplished cast of five men and two women, all but one of whom play multiple parts.

The Beauty of Complexity: Or the Death of the Pure Aesthetic by HowlRound

We all want to be makers. And the biggest miscalculation of the not-for-profit arts institution in building its infrastructure is its belief that some people make things and some people just…

Lyric Stage "One Man, Two Guvnors" by Nancy Grossman

Fortunately for us, the Lyric Stage Company has Neil A. Casey in the lead role. His energy carries the play, ratcheting up the laughs with his ad libs and impish grin, and keeping the audien…

Women or Nothing by Wendy Caster

I went to see Ethan Coen's Women or Nothing with some misgivings due to its tagline: "Women or Nothing is a play about two women so desperate to have a child that one of them will even sleep…

ArtsBeat: ‘Murder for Two’ Finds a New Home by Patrick Healy

In the show, Brett Ryback plays a police officer investigating a murder, and Jeff Blumenkrantz portrays a collection of prime suspects.    

Review: Teechers (Wakefield)

It is very interesting to re-visit Teechers by John Godber which seemed to me in 1987 refreshing and relevant as well as highly entertaining. The education system has undergone so many chang…

Review: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

ON THE RECORD – A Tribute to the Great Vocal Groups of the 20th Century by Suzanna Bowling

ON THE RECORD - A Tribute to the Great Vocal Groups of the 20th Century: Just a few steps from Broadway at STAGE 72 (158 West 72nd Street), The Andrews Sisters, The Mills Brothers, The Four …

MACY’S YES VIRGINIA THE MUSICAL Available Royalty Free for this Holiday Season by Jasonc

Created by Emmy award-winning composers specifically for the school stage, YES, VIRGINIA THE MUSICAL is the perfect way to celebrate the joys of the holiday season. In 1897, one precocious g…

STAGE TUBE: First Trailer for Neil LaBute's New Series FULL CIRCLE, Feat. Cheyenne Jackson, Kate Walsh & More! by Stage Tube

The first trailer for Neil LaBute star-studded television series debut, FULL CIRCLE, has just been released ahead of its Oct. 9 premiere. The series boasts Broadway's Cheyenne Jackson, Kate …

Forever Tango by Broadway's Best Shows

Phylicia Rashad takes on directing role by Stacy A. Anderson

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Phylicia Rashad is best known for starring roles on stage and television, but as a director she'll commemorate a historic moment that helped spur the civil rights move…

Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pictures, September 14 - Part 2 - Tamika Lawrence Departs MATILDA; Plus CINDERELLA, EVITA National Tour & More! by BroadwayWorld

Yesterday's photos featured a crop of shots from the EVITA national tour, the cast of MATILDA bidding farewell to Tamika Lawrence, CINDERELLA celebrating the show's covers, plus shots from T…

Joan Regan obituary by Dennis Barker

Popular singer of the 1950s and host of her own BBC television show, Be My GuestThough there may have been an rather old-fashioned element in the sort of blonde, blue-eyed wholesomeness proj…

Review: American Lulu (Young Vic)

Like an inventor exploited by anonymous men in suits, the true begetter of American Lulu is forgotten amid weighty credits for this "new interpretation of Alban Berg's opera Lulu by Olg…

ALL EYES ON 'HARMONY' IN ATLANTA Richard Jay-Alexander Talks to Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman on the Eve of Opening Night by Richard Jay-Alexander

Tonight, as the curtain rises at the 770 seat Alliance Theatre, in Atlanta, this will be the center of the Universe for Barry and Bruce. This musical is, and has been, their baby for a long …

Fetch Clay, Make Man **** by Barry

           Fetch Clay, Make Man - Racially Explodes                           By: Sandi Durell"Dance Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee" - Muhamm…

Preview: ERS' Arguendo @ The Public by Ludlow Lad

The fabulous Elevator Repair Service has taken a break from their American Lit plays to present a little gem of a show called Arguendo. The premise of Arguendo is a 1991 U.S. Supreme Co…

The Fantasticks Celebrates 20,000th Performance by Suzanna Bowling

The Fantasticks Celebrates 20,000th Performance: The Off-Broadway show The Fantasticks celebrates its 20,000th today.

Off to See the Lizard by Sam Hurwitt

The greatest of giant Japanese monsters on one of SF's tiniest stages.

Why Is DC's Highly Successful Shakespeare Theatre Company Fighting To Avoid Eviction?

Washington Post 09/12/13

OTHER VOICES: Round-Up Of Reviews of Beebo Brinker by Bill Hirschman

Today we start a new feature for the site called Other Voices. A community contains many different views and varying opinions. We want to bring some of them to you. Other Voices may spotligh…

PHOTO CALL: NYU Steinhardt Program Presents Marvin Hamlisch's Sweet Smell of Success Sept. 12-14 by Matthew Blank

NYU Steinhardt’s program in vocal performance presents the Tony-nominated musical Sweet Smell of Success beginning Sept. 12 at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.

The puritan lurking within The Libertine by Thomas Garvey

The talented cast of The Libertine.When it first swaggers on stage, Stephen Jeffreys' The Libertine seems truly seductive - rather like its eponymous hero, John Wilmot (the 2nd Earl of …

Simon Callow: Inside Wagner's Head – review by Martin Kettle

Linbury Studio, LondonSimon Callow's artfully constructed one-man show is essentially a 100-minute lecture on Wagner – but it feels like anything butSimon Callow's one-man show about Wagne…

Bobby Lopez, Jose Llana Named TOFA-NY Nominees by Oliver Oliveros

Tony Award winner Bobby Lopez Book of Mormon, Avenue Q and Broadway actor Jose Llana Spelling Bee, Here Lies Love, alongside fellow theater actors with Filipino ethnicity Ching Valdes-Aran S…

PHOTO CALL: A Look at Ethan Coen's Women Or Nothing at Atlantic Theater Company by Krissie Fullerton

Ethan Coen’s first full-length play, Women Or Nothing, officially opened Sept. 16 following previews that began Aug. 28 at Off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company at the Linda Gro…

Does A Dramaturg Reach Emotional Catharsis By Handing Out A Research Packet?

HowlRound 09/14/13

Theatre Review: ‘Cabaret Barroco – Interludes of Spain’s Golden Age’ at Gala Hispanic Theatre by Roger Catlin

Back in the 17th Century, theater in Spain was so rich, even the intervals between acts were entertaining. Sketches performed in the streets to engage with passerby led to their becoming par…

Techne: Big Data by HowlRound

Analyzing data would let us give audiences, in other words, what they really want, not what they say they want. It would let us look at people’s cravings and aspirations and desires and se…

Review: Springs Eternal by Camilla Gurtler

American playwright Susan Glaspell’s last play Springs Eternal sets off Sam Walters last season as Artistic Director at Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, and is very appropriate in a time w…

Fuse Book Interview: “For the Republic” — An Independent View by Arts Fuse Editor

George Scialabba is still outfoxing the professional eggheads in For the Republic, his third collection of essays on political and cultural topics.

‘Forever Tango’ Closes at the Walter Kerr Theatre on September 15 by Broadway's Best Shows

Luis Bravo’s internationally acclaimed entertainment phenomenon, Forever Tango ends its limited Broadway engagement Sunday, September 15, 2013 at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 W 48th Street…

Los Angeles Theater Review: TWILIGHT ZONE UNSCRIPTED (Falcon Theatre in Burbank) by Jason Rohrer

THE KEY OF IMAGINATION Many an actor, writer, and director settle for professionalism.  To get it up there and know your lines, to raise a question or resolve a story, to light the performe…

Nipsy Russell by Trav S.D.

Originally posted in 2012 Today is the birthday of Julius “Nipsy” Russell (1918-2005). Those of us a certain age remember him as the guy who used to go on all the game shows as…

FOREVER TANGO Ends Limited Broadway Run Today by BroadwayWorld

Luis Bravo's internationally acclaimed entertainment phenomenon, Forever Tango ends its limited Broadway engagement today, Sunday, September 15, 2013 at the Walter Kerr Theatre 219 W 48th St…

Stars of Vaudeville #230: Penny Singleton by Trav S.D.

Originally posted in 2010.  Penny Singleton (born this day in 1908) is best known today for playing the title role in the film and radio adaptations of Chic Young’s comic strip Blond…

Theatre Review: ‘Detroit’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company by Robert Michael Oliver

Lisa D’Amour’s Detroit, now playing at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, uses the currently bankrupt Motor City as a symbol not a place, as that point of nostalgia when America—fresh f…

Benchley by Trav S.D.

Originally posted in 2012 Today is the birthday of the great American humorist Robert Benchley (1889-1945). A native of Worcester, Massachusetts (you can hear it in his accent), he later wen…

The Sad Death of Jumbo by Trav S.D.

Today marks a sad anniversary, for on this day in 1885, the most famous elephant star of them all, Jumbo met his untimely end on the railroad tracks. Born in the Sudan in 1861, Jumbo had pre…

Clowning about proves good therapy for Finland's disaffected youth by Helen Russell

Circus group Sirkus Magenta promote art and craft of the big-top to help troubled youngsters as well as the elderlyThink of it as group therapy with clowns. Finns are using the circus as a t…

Behind the Barricade at Toby’s: Part 4: An Interview with Ben Lurye (Enjolras) by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

He is their sign, that rallies the people, that calls them to order, that brings them in line. In the fourth installment of the interview series, Behind the Barricade at Toby’s, weR…

Fetch Clay, Make Man – Racially Explodes by Sandi Durell

    “Dance Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee” – Muhammad Ali by: Sandi Durell Based on some true facts, Will Power (playwright) used his creative imagination to pair...The p…

Woody Allen to receive Cecil B DeMille award at Golden Globes by Alexandra Topping

Prolific film-maker in line for prestigious award for contribution to cinema says making films isn't difficult, but making good ones isWoody Allen once opined that the key to success was tur…

Theater Review: ‘Torch Song Trilogy’ at Studio Theatre by Elliot Lanes

If a particular production can gage how a whole theatre season is going to be, then Torch Song Trilogy at Studio Theatre tells us that it is going to be a fantastic year of theatre here in D…

The First, Last and All of the Mohicans by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of the great American author James Fenimore Cooper (1759-1851). I am one of the few Americans whose pilgrimage to Cooperstown was completely unconcerned with baseball, …

Last Day to Enter to Win a Pair of Tickets to See Sutton Foster at Strathmore on Saturday, October 12th @8 PM & 10% OFF Discount Code by Joel Markowitz

WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO SEE TONY AWARD WINNER SUTTON FOSTER ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12TH AT 8 PM  AT THE MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE  5301 Tuckerman Lane in North Bethesda, MD SEND AN EMAIL…

Let me Entertain You, Again by Doug Marino

A delightful evening in the company of my theatre-loving friend, Adam.  What was equally lovely was the thoughtful and tender memoir performed by Lane Bradbury - whom I knew nothing abo…

Free Performance of ‘The Agony of David’ on Monday, 9/23/13 at 8 PM at Ingleside at Rock Creek by Anthony E. Gallo by Guest Author

A Seventh Street Playhouse Presentation THE AGONY OF DAVID Monday, September 23, 2013 at 8:00 PM At INGLESIDE AT ROCK CREEK   3050 Military Road NW, in Washington, DC  by Anthony E. Gall…

South Pacific – Sydney Return Season by Cassie Tongue

When Opera Australia’s South Pacific opened in Sydney last year, something wonderful happened: it resonated with people. Embarking on a lengthy Australian tour, it’s finally back at the …

BWW's On This Day - September 15, 2013

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 15 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Proof

How appropriate to see a play about a professor and his daughter, about genius and inspiration, about how high our minds may soar but how earthbound we ultimately are where I saw it last nig…

The Amazing Billy McClain by Trav S.D.

Today (according to IMDB is the birthday of African American show business Renaissance man William “Billy” McClain (1870-1950): musician, acrobat, minstrel performer, producer, a…

Playing Sinatra

I admit my hearing is not always the best.  My hope is that when the accents are heavily british and the dialogue is fast and dense that the actors at least have some awareness when their…

Melbourne Opera: La Traviata by Barbara Booth

The cover of the program for Melbourne Opera’s La Traviata, which opened on Wednesday night at the Athenaeum Theatre, has a full-page photo of Guiseppe Verdi, the renegade composer of 1851…

David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra make musical connections

Season holds beloved classics, new music and great artists.

My (and your) Leonard Cohen by Jason Whyte

Canadian Leonard Cohen started his creative output as a poet in the 1950s, has written books and has achieved particular fame and longevity as a singer and songwriter. This is the kind of va…

Karin Bliznik steps up as principal trumpet at St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Bliznik says she's excited to be joining the SLSO.

Shannon Wood takes over the timpani at the SLSO

Wood's been on a journey; St. Louis is the destination.

Jedediah Wheeler challenges expectations in Montclair State University's Peak Performances series by Ronni Reich

As the executive director of the Peak Performance series at Montclair State University, Wheeler has brought more than 50 world and U.S. premieres to New Jersey in the past 10 years.

Year includes Carnegie Hall, a new recording

Things are falling into place for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s 2013-14 season, which opens Friday night at Powell Symphony Hall. “I think everybody’s very excited about the year,…

Fall theater preview: New works and national hits staged in Sacramento and beyond by Marcus Crowder

Tony winners. A musical biography. Inventive takes on the Bard and Brecht. Sacramento and Northern California have plans to stage more than their fair share of interesting and entertaining p…

Condola Rashad: It’s easy ‘falling in love’ with Orlando Bloom in 'Romeo and Juliet’ by Joe Dziemianowicz

The rising star, whose parents are actress Phylicia Rashad and football great Ahmad Rashad, says doing Shakespeare was on her 'dream list.' The 26-year-old had her breakout role in 2009's 'R…

'The Fantasticks' marks its 20,000th performance by Joe Dziemianowicz

“The Fantasticks” — an iconic Off-Broadway show that’s famous for being the world’s longest-running musical and its wistful ballad “Try to Remember” — is hard to forget.

Orlando Bloom heats up Broadway in 'Romeo and Juliet' by Joe Dziemianowicz

That little sun tattoo on Orlando Bloom’s gym-toned torso burns hotter most evenings at 8 p.m. these days. The same goes for the rest of him. The cause of the temperature…

Ken Fallin Takes Over Where Hirschfeld Left Off by Suzanna Bowling

Ken Fallin Takes Over Where Hirschfeld Left Off: The gallery at New World Stages, located at 343 West 49th Street, presented THAT FACE: THE ART OF KEN FALLIN – Broadway, Hollywood & W…

Brisbane festival 2013: City of Lights in pictures

At the centre of Brisbane festival is the City of Lights, a free, grand-scale light, laser and special effects show performed every night on a barge in the middle of the river. Head down to …

SONDHEIM UNPLUGGED Continues Tonight at 54 Below with Dee Hoty, Alice Ripley and More by BroadwayWorld

Following an unprecedented thirty show run, SONDHEIM UNPLUGGED, the acclaimed and award-winning cabaret series, continues tonight, Sept 15 at 7pm at 54 Below. Sondheim Unplugged is currently…

NBC Holds Open Casting Call for Von Trapp Children in THE SOUND OF MUSIC Today by BroadwayWorld

There will be an open call for casting of the Von Trapp children for NBC's upcoming live production of 'The Sound of Music' today, September 15. The audition will take place 10am-3pm at Grac…

OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES Closes Off-Broadway Today; Heads to Chicago by BroadwayWorld

Off-Broadway's Old Jews Telling Jokes will close today, Sunday September 15. It will have played 22 previews and 552 regular performances. As previously announced, a Chicago production will …

Photo Flash: MR. BURNS Opens Tonight at Playwrights Horizons by BroadwayWorld

Playwrights Horizons presents the New York Premiere Production of Mr. Burns, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY, a new play by Anne Washburn The Internationalist, with music by Obie Award winner Michael F…

Broadway's Lane Bradbury Brings LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU, AGAIN! to Abingdon Tonight by BroadwayWorld

Lane Bradbury, who created the role of 'Dainty June' in the original Broadway production of GYPSY starring Ethel Merman, stars in a workshop performance of her one-woman show, Lane Bradbury …

The Recommendation Has Our Vote by Suzanna Bowling

The Recommendation Has Our Vote: Magic is happening at The Flea, in Jonathan Caren's class system drama, The Recommendation, through October 8th.

Interviews: Steven Berkoff talks Religion and Anarchy by Aleks Sierz

Berkoff is back. The legendary actor, director, playwright and author has just finished a stint on stage in Edinburgh and is about to open a new production in the West End. Steven Berkoff’…

BWW TV Exclusive: She's Back! Broadway Triple-Threat Chita Rivera Celebrates 80th Birthday with BC/EFA Benefit Concert by BroadwayWorld TV

Chita A Legendary Celebration, a benefit concert celebrating and starring the legendary Chita Rivera will play theAugust Wilson Theatre on Monday, October 7, 2013. The one-night only perform…

Urban by Circolombia – review by Van Badham

Brisbane festival: Courier-Mail Piazza, SouthbankCircolombia's cast of vulnerable new heroes create an exhilarating spectacle to a reggaeton soundtrackIt was only a couple of minutes into Ci…

Sunday Feature: Sue Edworthy on Collaborating With the Audience by The Charlebois Post

Ben Irvine and Sochi Friend in The Charge of the Expordimable Moose (photo by Yuri Dojc)One Art!What if we let them in the door...by Sue EdworthySomething I've been insistent about my compan…

Hottest Articles on BWW from Saturday, Sep. 14

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Saturday, September 14, 2013.

Special Reports: "Laura Benanti Explains Shakespeare" Goes Viral by Bethany Rickwald

Ever since TheaterMania posted the teaser for the new hit Web series "Laura Benanti Explains Shakespeare," the many faces of Broadway and television star Laura Benanti have taken the Interne…

Playbill Poll: What Should Lea Michele's Next Broadway Musical Role Be? Readers Respond by Playbill Staff

Last week "Glee" shared a teaser image of Spring Awakening actress Lea Michele on the corner of 44th Street in Times Square, in front of a fake marquee for a Broadway revival of Fu…

"Much More": The Fantasticks Plays Its 20,000th Performance Off-Broadway Sept. 15 by Robert Viagas

The musical phenomenon The Fantasticks is celebrating its 20,000th Off-Broadway performance September 15. Behind that impressive number lies a story.

PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Eric Simonson on Lombardi and Bronx Bombers by Robert Simonson

Playbill.com's Robert Simonson talks sports and theatre with his brother, Eric Simonson.

Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play Opens at Playwrights Horizons Sept. 15 by Carey Purcell

Anne Washburn's new work Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play officially opens at Off-Broadway's Playwrights Horizons Sept. 15 following previews that began Aug. 23.

Reeve Carney Flies Out of Spider-Man Sept. 15; New Superhero Will Be Announced at Curtain Call by Michael Gioia

Reeve Carney, who originated the dual roles of Peter Parker and Spider-Man in Broadway's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, takes his final flight with the musical Sept. 15. Following a coas…

Barry Manilow's Harmony Musical, With Tony Yazbeck, Will Blum, Leigh Ann Larkin and More, Opens Sept. 15 by Michael Gioia

Harmony – A New Musical, a co-production between Atlanta's Tony-winning Alliance Theatre and Center Theatre Group that features music by Barry Manilow and book and lyrics by Bruce …

Forever Tango Closes on Broadway Sept. 15 by Carey Purcell

The return engagement of Luis Bravo's Forever Tango concludes its Broadway run at the Walter Kerr Theater Sept. 15. Upon closing, Forever Tango will have played 7 previews and 73 pe…

Old Jews Telling Jokes Ends Off-Broadway Run Sept. 15 by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

Old Jews Telling Jokes, the evening of comedy co-created by Peter Gethers and Daniel Okrent that opened in May 2012, ends its run Sept. 15 at Off-Broadway's Westside Theatre.

YouTube Sensation Nick Pitera Makes Concert Debut Sept. 15 by Andrew Gans

YouTube sensation Nick Pitera makes his concert debut Sept. 15 at 8 PM in Los Angeles at the Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach.

Dee Hoty, Pamela Myers, Sarah Rice, Alice Ripley, George Lee Andrews, Harvey Evans and More Sing Sondheim Sept. 15 by Andrew Gans

Sondheim Unplugged, the cabaret-concert series created by Phil Geoffrey Bond that spotlights the work of Tony-winning composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim, continues Sept. 15 at 54 Below.

You Never Can Tell Opens Sept. 15 at Pearl Theatre Company by Carey Purcell

Pearl Theatre Company kicks off its 30th anniversary season with a production of George Bernard Shaw's You Never Can Tell, presented in collaboration with Gingold Theatrical Group.

ON THE RECORD: "A Little Night Music" (Soundtrack) and the 1961 Revue Seven Come Eleven by Steven Suskin

This week's column examines two long out-of-print recordings from the old Columbia label, the soundtrack album of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" and the Julius M…

Ballet Hispanico at "Fall For Dance 2013" with Choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (DanceUpCloseVideo) by The Dance Enthusiast

“We are broadening the way New York City audiences see Ballet Hispanico, Just as the culture is evolving, so should its art.” Eduardo Vilaro, Artistic Director, Ballet Hispanico.

TAKE DANCE Premieres "Dark Mourning" (A DanceUpClose Video) by The Dance Enthusiast

Deeply moved by his last meeting with a dying aunt, Ueyama fashioned Dark Mourning to bid his final adieu." Sammi Lim, New York.

Joe Manganiello Tries On Another Primal Role In Yale's 'Streetcar Named Desire' by Frank Rizzo

From 'True Blood' Werewolf To Stanley Kowalski At Yale RepNo, Joe Manganiello won't growl, so don't ask. Nor will he yell, 'Stella!"