Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend - 2/8-2/9/2014

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, February 9, 2014 - Sunday, February 9, 2014.

Go West, Young Joseph Jefferson by Chris Jones

The daring men and women of the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee are pushing west.    

PHOTO CALL: Tyne Daly, Terrence McNally and Bobby Steggert Honor Patti LuPone at HRC Gala by Joseph Marzullo

Two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone was honored with the Ally for Equality Award during the Human Rights Campaign's greater New York gala Feb. 8. Guests included Murray Bartlett and …

"Pippin" "Kinky Boots" to kick off Denver Center Attractions seas by Lisa Kennedy

When Broadway's highest honors were given out last June, "Pippin" won the Tony Award for best revival of a musical and "Kinky Boots" took the prize for best musical.

Review: The Tribute Artist

Death and real estate take center stage in Charles Busch's newest gender-bending comedy.

Hottest Articles on BWW from Sunday, Feb. 9

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Sunday, February 9, 2014.

Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man by Theasy.com

Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man 777 Theatre, Off Broadway Reviewed by Seth Bogner BOTTOM LINE: Bawdy sexual humor and man flesh abound in this new play based on the popular boo…

Worried About the Yankees? Broadway Can Help

The Yanks have plenty of winter worries. Fortunately there's a fantasyland awaiting superfans on 50th Street, where Babe Ruth and Derek Jeter share a table and the Yankees are winning the Wo…

Off Broadway Review: ‘The Tribute Artist’ by Gordon Cox

The swarms of fans who are drawn, moth-like, to the incandescent flame that is Charles Busch will no doubt fly to “The Tribute Artist.” This frantic farce unites the scribe/perf…

Reviews: ''The Tribute Artist'' by Hayley Levitt

News: Publisher Mark Beachy to Launch Nationwide Internet TV Station, TheatreGuide.TV by Md Theatre Guide News Desk

Publisher Mark Beachy announced today that he will be launching a nationwide internet TV station called TheatreGuide.TV. Mark Beachy, who is also the publisher of MD Theatre Guide and NY Th…

Theater Review: Charles Busch’s ‘The Tribute Artist’ Is at 59E59 Theaters by Ben Brantley

In Charles Busch’s “The Tribute Artist,” a female impersonator assumes the identity of his dead landlady to keep his coveted Greenwich Village apartment.    

Expressions Dance Company: Season Launch 2014 by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

Happy 30th EDC! 2014 is a big year for the Expressions Dance Company (EDC) with two main stage seasons presented at QPAC, as well as a full programme at their studio based at the Judith Wrig…

Review: Sex Tips for Straight Women From a Gay Man

Up, twist, over, and down. A popular sex instruction manual gets its first mounting off-Broadway.

Upcoming Equity Auditions Sunday, Feb. 9

Upcoming Equity Auditions from Sunday, February 9, 2014.

Setting the stage for romance

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and a dinner-and-theater date might be a better option than a bouquet of scentless roses. Here are five excellent productions, paired with the fo…

Perth Festival: Mies Julie by Cicely Binford

Perth Festival 2014 is upon us, and one of the first pieces of international theatre on the program is Mies Julie, the Baxter Theatre Centre/South African State Theatre’s production of Yae…

Mark Morris to bring ‘Socrates,’ love songs to Seattle Feb. 14-16

Seattle-born choreographer Mark Morris and his celebrated dance troupe bring new and old works to town: “Socrates,” about the death of the Greek philosopher, and two sets of “love son…

Tickets an even better deal during Chicago Theatre Week

Stage companies big and small offer $15 and $30 tickets during “an opportunity for people to step outside of their comfort zone.”

My Review of The Movie That I Saw by Jared K. Rodgers

Culturebot special correspondent Jared K. Rodgers reviews the movie that just came out this past week.

Reviews: ''Sex Tips for Straight Women From a Gay Man'' by Pete Hempstead

The Long Way Home, Sydney Theatre Company – review by Vicky Frost

Vicky Frost: a play featuring servicemen and women that acknowledges the damage of conflict alongside the mundanity and sometimes thrill of soldieringVicky Frost

Dance review: Hamburg Ballett's U.S. premiere of powerful 'Liliom' by Laura Bleiberg

In the contemporary ballet “Liliom” -- based on a 1909 play of the same name, which Rodgers & Hammerstein turned into the musical “Carousel” -- Hamburg Ballett choreo…

THE TRIBUTE ARTIST - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Matthew Murray

“The majority of people in this room don’t know your references!”

Oscar Wilde’s First Play, About Russia, Revived After 131 Years by Jonathan Mandell

“Reforms in Russia are very tragic,  but they always end in a farce,” says a character in the first play by Oscar Wilde, who, as it turns out, had plenty to say about oppression in Russ…

Fuse Review: Arctic Monkeys Live at Agganis Arena — Living in the Now by Adam Ellsworth

Not surprisingly, nearly half of the band’s 20-song set Thursday night was made up of "AM" songs. Despite the quality of the quartet’s first four albums, nobody seemed to mind.

Los Angeles Theater Review: ABOVE THE FOLD (Pasadena Playhouse) by G. Bruce Smith

BELOW THE FOLD Above the Fold, a new play making its debut at the Pasadena Playhouse, has two major flaws that result in an evening of uninspired theater: both a lack of credibility and comp…

BWW TV: The Matildas Take the Grammys- Behind the Scenes of Their LA Adventures! by BroadwayWorld TV

Matilda's four adorable, original leading ladies Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro were there for the ceremony and all of the special festiviites leading up to it,…

Mark Milano: The Lyrics Left Behind by Sandi Durell

  Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr.     Mark Milano, a singer with a long history of political and social activism especially with AIDS protests and social reform internationally, pre…

Margi de Ferranti talks Falsettos, Carrie and the return of independent Music Theatre by David Allen

If there is one thing that 2013 taught me, hands down it’s that there’s no such thing as too much Margi de Ferranti. Having performed only sporadically for the past decade while she conc…

LaTanya Richardson Jackson opposite Denzel Washington “Raisin in the Sun” by Sandi Durell

  LaTanya Richardson Jackson will play Lena Younger opposite Denzel Washington in the upcoming Broadway production of Lorraine Hansberry’s A RAISIN IN THE SUN, directed by Kenny Leo…

Review: Plainsong (Signal Ensemble Theatre) by Scotty Zacher

With Playwright Eric Schmiedl’s adaptation, Signal Ensemble does a valiant job of bringing the characters to life in a meditative style, punctuated by bursts of naturalism and violence. Bu…

Arts, Briefly: ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ Loses Diahann Carroll by Compiled By Adam W. Kepler

Ms. Carroll, 78, has dropped out of the Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 drama.    

This Week on Broadway for February 9, 2014: Joanna Christie and Paul Nolan – Quad Threats! by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Joanna Christie and Paul Nolan from Once. We review Little Me, Pageant, Gallery Players production of A Little Night Music, a…

The Woodsman by Theasy.com

The Woodsman 59E59 Theatres, Off Broadway Reviewed by Shoshana Roberts BOTTOM LINE: Bunraku puppetry executed excellently to tell the heart-wrenching story explaining the origin of The Wi…

On the Builders: Marianne Weems in Conversation by HowlRound

By Srila Nayak. The Builders Association: When we first started a lot of people would say, “Is this theater?”—Producers, presenters and audience members alike. And our response at the …

Review: I Love You Because, Theatro Technis by Rebecca Pinnington

I Love You Because is not exactly a masterpiece: its plot is fairly generic, its characters are not especially well-developed, and its songs are in places so similar that they cannot be disc…

Review: Twelfth Night or What You Will, The Bussey Building by Amy Merrigan

I am a frequent visitor to Peckham but I never realised it had a theatre in in, and certainly not one so vast – but here I am at The Bussey Building, and right now it is housing the Whist…

Review: Crime and Punishment/Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company by Zach Freeman

RECOMMENDED Sitting in the cramped, cold, charmingly tatty Angel Island theater space, it is not hard to enter into the nineteenth-century world of Raskolnikov, protagonist of Dostoevsky’s…

Review: Gaslight (Salisbury Playhouse)

Salisbury's Gaslight - a creaking melodrama proves a long and tiresome evening.

Review: Macbeth (Opera North)

Tim Albery's staging of Verdi's first Shakespeare opera returns to Opera North

Review: Infinite Lives (Tour - Brewery Theatre, Bristol)

A raw honest new play about chat-room addiction, Chris Goode's Infinite Lives is a play that needs to be seen.

Theater News: Diahann Carroll Withdraws From Denzel Washington-Led Broadway Revival of A Raisin in the Sun

LaTanya Richardson Jackson assumes the role in the production directed by Kenny Leon.

Lum and Abner by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of Chester Lauck (1902-198), best known for playing Columbus “Lum” Edwards of the radio comedy team of Lum and Abner. He’d met his partner Norris Gof…

Review: Refugee Boy, West Yorkshire Playhouse by Adam Bruce

  Theatre brings to us a multitude of ways to tell stories to an audience. It can be used as a way to create entirely new narratives or adapt existing ones to bring them to life in a un…

Why Hiddleston's Coriolanus trumps Lear by Charles Moore

Charles Moore reviews: King Lear (National Theatre) and Coriolanus (Donmar Warehouse)    

Valley Performing Arts names Thor Steingraber executive director by Deborah Vankin

The 3-year-old Valley Performing Arts Center at Cal State Northridge — a growing local hub for live music, dance, drama and other cultural events — has named Thor Steingraber as …

Review: It Just Stopped, Orange Tree Theatre by Izzie Leach

We live in a world so dependent on electricity that we’ve all found ourselves, at some point or other, wondering what would happen if it all just… stopped. Beth (Emma Pallant) and Fr…

Music review: Cantus offers fine singing, but not much passion

Energy was lacking in Cathedral Concerts concert.

Lilla Crawford Tweets Support To Amateur INTO THE WOODS Production by Pat Cerasaro

Recent Broadway headliner as Annie in ANNIE and part of the starry ensemble of the big screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's beloved fairy tale-themed musical INTO THE WOO…

Theater News: Diahann Carroll Withdraws From Denzel Washington-Led Broadway Revival of ''A Raisin in the Sun'' by Andy Lefkowitz

'Say You Love Me...' BWW's Top 10 Cutest Modern Broadway Couples by BroadwayWorld

Valentine's Day might make you cringe with all its corny one-liners, candy hearts and chocolates, expensive, candlelit dinners and other ooey-gooey nonsense. But what better place to channel…

POLL: Who is Broadway's Cutest Couple? by BroadwayWorld

New Poll - Who is Broadway's cutest couple

Hottest Articles on BWWOperaWorld.com from 2/2/2014 - 2/9/2014 by BroadwayWorld

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Brian Dunlevy: Heavy by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of the great Hollywood heavy Brian Dunlevy (1901-1972). Born in Ireland, Dunlevy moved with his family to Wisconsin as a child, as I’m sure will come as no surpri…

Review: Pig Iron's Twelfth Night at curtainup.com by Deirdre Donovan

Pig Iron's sassy version of Shakespeare's beloved comedy, first staged at Philadelphia's Fringe Festival in 2011, is a bouillabaisse of Balkan and American music. . . . Read More

Caudle’s Visiting Hours At New Theatre Asks Should You Lie To The People You Care About by Bill Hirschman

Until the final scene, it’s not terribly clear what New Theatre’s intriguing Visiting Hours is about or what it’s trying to say – and then the ideas come at you so fast that it takes…

A Polish Theater Cookbook: The Loose 20 Minute Break by HowlRound

By Dara Weinberg. Our US union regulations and laws require us to take breaks of a certain time, at a certain time. But nothing requires us to take *exactly* and *only* 5 minutes every hour …

Turner as Mother Courage at Arena Stage by Peter Marks

A big black pit is the fitting landscape in which director Molly Smith situates her creditable new production of “Mother Courage and her Children,” Bertolt Brecht’s bleak and sprawling…

Shia LaBeouf Wears Paper Bag on Head to ‘Nymphomaniac’ Berlin Premiere by Alex Stedman

In the latest of a string of bizarre behaviors, Shia LaBeouf donned a paper bag on his head to the premiere of Lars Von Trier’s “Nymphomaniac: Part 1″ at the Berlin Film Fe…

Review: The Worst of Scottee (Roundhouse)

A deceptively simple concept makes for a brave, moving and multi-layered performance in Scottee's solo show

Russian Ballerina’s Concussion Prevents Performance by Roslyn Sulcas

The ballerina's injury led to the postponement of “Tetractys — the art of fugue” on Saturday in London.

Bronx Bombers ** by Barry

Peter Scolari, Tracy Shayne             By: David ShewardAfter covering football with Lombardi and basketball in Magic/Bird, playwright-director Eric Simonson steps up to the pla…

Radio for Valentines: Bing Crosby by Trav S.D.

One in our series of old time radio posts in celebration of Valentine’s Day. Here’s Der Bingle’s radio broadcast for Valentine’s Day 1948, with special guest Oscar Le…

‘Seussical JR’ at Pumpkin Theatre by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Oh the songs you will hear! Oh the sights you will see! They’re so impressive you’ll just flip your lids! When you see Pumpkin Theatre’s Seussical JR A musical for children, performed …

Review: Running on Empty, Soho Theatre by Jemma Anderson

As I sat in the Soho Theatre waiting for Running on Empty to begin, I had no idea what to expect. The stage is mostly bare, except for the small music corner situated downstage right, and a …

Diahann Carroll Withdraws from Broadway Revival of A Raisin in the Sun starring Denzel Washington by Adam Hetrick and Michael Gioia

LaTanya Richardson Jackson will replace Tony Award-winning actress Diahann Carroll as Lena Younger in the Broadway return of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, starring Denzel Was…

Diahann Carroll Withdraws from Broadway Revival of A Raisin in the Sun with Denzel Washington by Adam Hetrick and Michael Gioia

LaTanya Richardson Jackson will replace Tony Award-winning actress Diahann Carroll as Lena Younger in the Broadway return of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, starring Denzel Was…

Groucho Marx and Carmen Miranda in “Copacabana” by Trav S.D.

  Today is the birthday of the great Portuguese-Brazilian performer Carmen Miranda (1909-1955). We will certainly be giving a lot more attention to the career of this amazing, unique …

Diahann Carroll Withdraws from 'A Raisin in the Sun' by David Rooney

LaTanya Richardson Jackson steps into the spring Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry's landmark drama, starring opposite Denzel Washington.read more

Diahann Carroll Exits A Raisin in the Sun; LaTanya Richardson Jackson Set to Play Denzel Washington's Now-Younger Mother by Broadway.com

Lena Younger just got younger before our eyes! 78-year-old screen icon Diahann Carroll has withdrawn from the upcoming Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun midway through rehearsals, with…

Mama Younger Just Got Younger! Diahann Carroll Out, LaTanya Richardson Jackson In for A Raisin in the Sun, Starring Denzel Washington by Broadway.com

Lena Younger just got younger before our eyes! 78-year-old screen icon Diahann Carroll has withdrawn from the upcoming Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun midway through rehearsals, with…

Breaking News: Diahann Carroll Withdraws from Upcoming Broadway Revival of A RAISIN IN THE SUN, LaTanya Richardson Jackson Steps in by BroadwayWorld

BroadwayWorld has confirmed that acclaimed actress Diahann Carroll has withdrawn from the upcoming Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Kenny Leon, and a…

A Night With Janis Joplin by Broadway's Best Shows

‘The Golden Spike’ at Baltimore Annex Theater by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

What is a scar but evidence of the triumph over death? And no man setting out to build a continental railroad could escape such grand designs unscarred. Baltimore Annex Theater presents a ne…

Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics - Feb. 8 - Part 2 - GODSPELL National Tour Celebrates 100th Performance; Plus WICKED, FLASHDANCE & More! by BroadwayWorld

Yesterday's SIPs come from the national tours of GODSPELL, FLASHDANCE, EVITA, WE WILL ROCK YOU, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, and WICKED Plus, check out shots from a slew of regional productions of …

Boy George and Rosie O'Donnell Reunite with Taboo Original Cast Members at 54 Below...Separately! by Broadway.com

Both Rosie O'Donnell and Boy George reunited with the cast of their Broadway-flop-we-love Taboo at 54 Below this weekend, but, like divorced parents splitting up time with their kid…

Theatre News: Fulham Opera tackles Wagner's Ring

An early Monty Python sketch depicted, I recall, the Batley Townswomen's Guild's re-enactment of the Battle of Pearl Harbor. The incongruity of that idea isn't a million miles away from the …

Awards: Brief Encounter with.. Away From Home's Rob Ward and Martin Jameson

Away From Home wowed Manchester audiences last Summer as part of the city's 24:7 Theatre Festival. This one man play features co-writer Rob Ward as a gay footballer. We caught up with Ro…

Light in the Piazza shines brightly at SCR by Rob Stevens

South Coast Repertory's production is well cast and beautifully staged in an intimate and touching revival of the six-time Tony Award winner.

Jean Babilée obituary by Judith Cruickshank

Charismatic dancer and choreographer much admired for his athletic brillianceThe French dancer Jean Babilée, who has died aged 90, was the first great male performer of the postwar generat…

Review: Little Me -Encores! at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Nothing little about the talent in this all too brief Encores! production . . . Read More

San Jose "R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe" by Jeanie K. Smith

The inspiring one-man play by D. W. Jacobs currently playing San Jose Repertory Theatre manages to deliver the significant precepts of Fuller's life's work as well as capture the glorious ec…

Review: Tom Jones (Northlight Theatre) by Scotty Zacher

Tom Jones is a fun night at the theater and worth the trek to the north hinterland of Skokie. I enjoyed the bawdy tale done with hearty, if uneven, aplomb. (read more...)

Stephen Sorokoff My View: 50 Years Ago The Girls Cheered at The Ed Sullivan Theater by Stephen Sorokoff

Stephen Sorokoff My View: 50 Years Ago The Girls Cheered at The Ed Sullivan Theater

Win a Free Pair of Tickets to Bowie Community Theatre’s ‘Dark Passages’-Enter by TONIGHT at 11:59 PM & 25% Off Discount

ENTER BY TONIGHT AT 11:59 PM!!!  WIN A PAIR OF FREE TICKETS TO BOWIE COMMUNITY THEATRE’S   DARK PASSAGES ______ DARK PASSAGES plays through March 16, 2013 at Bowie Community Theatr…

Sex, Relationships, and Sometimes…Love or Let me Entertain oh Sorry Audition for You by Suzanna Bowling

Sex, Relationships, and Sometimes...Love or Let me Entertain oh Sorry Audition for You

Hall of Hams #67: Ronald Colman by Trav S.D.

The Hall of Hams is our series of tributes to artists who brought the art of melodramatic acting into the modern era.  Today is the birthday of Ronald Colman (1891-1958). This English stage…

"Say Goodnight, Gracie" in Morristown. by Bob Rendell

[T]his is as authentic a presentation of the 2002 Broadway hit as one could ever see. Fortunately, Rooks' performance is lively and involved, and the production elements look and feel fresh.

Feature: Rhum and Clay’s No Such Thing by Charlie Dinkin

After returning from the Edinburgh Fringe, Lecoq-trained theatre-makers Chris Harrisson and David Ralfe noticed that there were comparatively few spaces in London willing to showcase the typ…

Dr. Du Bois and Miss Ovington’s Lives Are Much More Interesting by Suzanna Bowling

Dr. Du Bois and Miss Ovington’s Lives Are Much More Interesting: Clare Coss’s new play, Dr. Du Bois and Miss Ovington, at the Castillo Theater, is outdated before it even begins and has …

Pure Imagination: The Woodsman by Sandi Durell

  By: Eric J. Grimm     The Woodsman packs plenty of visual wonders and genuine heartbreak into an hour running time on one of the smaller stages at 59E59 Theaters....The pos…

Let’s Get Together and Feel All Right with Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds by Suzanna Bowling

Let’s Get Together and Feel All Right with Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds: One of the best things about the New Victory Theater is that they introduce kids to theatre from all over the …

The Many Great Gals of Charles Busch by David Finkle

"The Tribute Artist" continues a comic canon.

Miss Julie, Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, review by Mark Brown

Strindberg's drama succeeds excitingly at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow    

Sochi 2014 – theatre review by Lyn Gardner

Hope, LondonWhat will happen to Russia's gay community once the Olympic cameras have left? That's the question at the heart of this verbatim-style playStephen Fry's call for a boycott of the…

David Hyde Pierce-Helmed 'VANYA AND SONIA' with Christine Ebersole, David Hull & Kristine Nielsen Opens at CTG's Mark Taper Forum Today by BroadwayWorld

Christopher Durang's Tony Award-winning comedy 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike' opens today, Sunday, February 9 at 7 p.m. at the Center Theatre GroupMark Taper Forum.

Fantasia Plays Final Performance in Broadway's AFTER MIDNIGHT Today by BroadwayWorld

Original cast member and Grammy Award winner Fantasia plays her final performance as the 'Special Guest Star' in Broadway's AFTER MIDNIGHT today, Feb. 9, at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. She …

A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN Closes on Broadway Today by BroadwayWorld

The Broadway production of A Night With Janis Joplin plays its final performance tonight, Sunday, February 9 at 7PM at the Lyceum Theatre. The show has played 22 preview performances and 141…

Fuse Book Review: Pussy Riot — The Price of Singing a Loud Song in the Savior’s Castle by Arts Fuse Editor

Most everyone has heard the faux-scandalous name. What has not been heard enough is that Pussy Riot are the purest and most potent expression of the punk-rock ethos ever.

Miss Julie – review by Mark Fisher

Citizens, GlasgowStrindberg's play is reduced somewhat to the story of a wealthy woman's psychological breakdown• Louise Brealey: from Sherlock to StrindbergIt's the morning after the nigh…

Laurel and Hardy in “The Fixer Uppers” by Trav S.D.

Today is the anniversary of the release date of the hilarious Laurel and Hardy comedy The Fixer Uppers (1935). A re-make of their 1927 silent short Slipping Wives, this little movie is f…

Interview with H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program’s Bill Podolski on ‘Les Miserables’ by Eric Denver by Eric Denver

I was so impressed by the quality of H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program‘s production of Les Misérables School Edition that I asked  Director/Producer/Musical Director Bill Podolski …

Critique of the Week by Colin Mitchell

Another online therapy session from the Huntress gets this week’s COW. As usual it’s smart, sometimes insightful, detailed, belabored, personal, vividly depicted, over-written, …

Photo Flash: Boy George Gets His Freak on With the Cast of Broadway's Taboo at 10-Year Reunion Concert

54 Below played house to the special event honoring the cult-classic musical.

Photo Flash: Boy George Gets His Freak on With the Cast of Broadway's ''Taboo'' at 10-Year Reunion Concert by David Gordon

Fuse CD Reviews: Benjamin Hochman’s “Hommage à Schubert” and the Cypress Quartet’s “American Album” (Avie Records) by Jonathan Blumhofer

Pianist Benjamin Hochman is a musician who’s interested in insightful programs that can be provocative, speak across centuries, and engage the mind as much as they delight it.

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: 1980 – review by Judith Mackrell

Sadler's Wells, LondonPina Bausch's classic collage of dance, spoken monologue and theatrical vignette is shot through with sadness, but also delicious comedy• Performing Pina Bausch's 198…

Sarah Millican – review by Brian Logan

Corn Exchange, CambridgeBritain's favourite funny woman is a deft comic, but her frankness about vibrators, pubic grooming and anal bleaching trades on shock that quickly wears offSarah Mill…

Sochi 2014, Hope Theatre, London, review by Jane Shilling

This new play uses the Winter Olympics to explore Russia's attitude to gay rights    

Be a Les Mis Valentine! Celebrate A Heart Full of Love At Reston Community Players’ ‘Les Misérables’ by Diane Schnoor by Guest Author

There is one week left to catch a performance of the Reston Players’ critically acclaimed Les Misérables, and members of the cast and crew are hoping regional audiences will join them for…

Harold Lloyd in “Ask Father” by Trav S.D.

Today is the anniversary of the release date of the droll Harold Lloyd comedy Ask Father (1919). In this silent short, Harold is among the many suitors for a desirable girl, who instructs …

Adult – a two hander by Sandi Durell

    By: Joel Benjamin   An incisively written two-hander about a father and daughter at turning points in their lives.   Christina Masciotti’s two-hander Adult, at the …

The Great Ziegfeld Tonight on TCM by Trav S.D.

Tonight at 10pm (Eastern) on Turner Classic Movies: The Great Ziegfeld (1936). In this heavily bowdlerized account of the life of this notorious ladies man, William Powell plays Florenz…

From Burlesque to Broadway by Sandi Durell

by: JK Clarke   If ever there was a call for a comprehensive seminar on the musical history of burlesque, Quinn Lemley’s Burlesque to Broadway would surely fit the bill. The product…

Century of Slapstick #25: Mabel’s Strange Predicament by Trav S.D.

Today is the centennial anniversary of the release of the film Mabel’s Strange Predicament.  This is a historic film for all sorts of reasons. One is that it is was actually the firs…

BWW TV Exclusive: Backstage with Richard Ridge- SAG Foundation Conversations Series with Ian McKellen & Patrick Stewart; Part 2 by BroadwayWorld TV

Screen Actors Guild Foundation and Broadway World have partnered for an filmed Conversations QampA series to recognize and celebrate the vibrant theatre community in New York City and the un…

Cirque Du Soleil, Saban Brands In Pact To Develop Kids’ Entertainment by Brian Steinberg

Saban Brands and Cirque Du Soleil Media have entered into a pact to develop a children’s-entertainment property based on elements from the live-entertainment company’s long-runni…

BWW's On This Day - February 9, 2014

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 9 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

'In the Aftermath of Trauma' chronicles turmoil around the world

New Kemper exhibition addresses terrorism and war.

The Mistress Contract; Happy Days; The Cement Garden – review by Susannah Clapp

Royal Court; Young Vic; Vaults, LondonFeminism and its absence play a part in Abi Morgan's latest, one of Beckett's best and Ian McEwan's Cement GardenSamuel Butler said it was very good of …

Disney classic roars back in Broadway season

Broadway in Cincinnati has announced its 2014-15 season.

King Arthur inspires ballet

Victoria Morgan turned to the tale of King Arthur, the legendary ruler of late 5th century Britain, to highlight Cincinnati Ballet's 50th anniversary season.

Scholarships: The Stage Scholarships 2014: Redroofs Theatre School by Lisa Martland

With a reputation for producing top stars of stage and screen these scholarships are an unmissable opportunity for young people of talent, writes Lisa Martland

La Mama: The Madness of the Day by Anne-Marie Peard

Within a tiny white-washed room – reminiscent of a clinic – we are confronted with ‘B,’ a mysterious man approaching the age of 80, who discovers a story entitled The Madness of the …

The “Theatre Ghost” is Now Haunting a Theatre Near You by Colin Mitchell

Mark Hein, a frequent commenter here at the Lemon and frequenter and maker of LA theater in his own right, has started a new blog called Theatre Ghost. He’s only written a couple of po…

Los Angeles / Regional Dance Review: LILIOM (Hamburg Ballett at Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa) by Tony Frankel

IF I LOVED YOU At a time when many ballet companies are commissioning short dance pieces, it’s refreshing that John Neumeier—since 1973, when he became Artistic Director and chief choreo…

People diary: Will 'forensic' Lilley land plum Brussels job? by Telegraph Staff

Former Conservative minister Peter Lilley is said to be keen to take Baroness Ashton's place as Britain's EU commissioner    

Two really sweet musicals come to Off-Broadway by Joe Dziemianowicz

How sweet it is! You can get a sugar rush just by reading the titles of two new Off-Broadway productions. “The Chocolate Show!” is now in previews — just in time for Valentine’s Day …

Chris Pine On INTO THE WOODS Movie: 'It Felt Like A Real Summer Stock Theatre Company' by Pat Cerasaro

Internationally recognized film and stage star Chris Pine discusses his role in the forthcoming hotly anticipated Disney big screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's celebrat…

Marty Rhone joins the cast of The King and I by Matt Edwards

Australian music legend and theatrical icon Marty Rhone will join the cast of The King and I, opening at QPAC Brisbane in April this year. Rhone, who is well known to Australians for his ro…

THE 39 STEPS (NORRIS CENTER): 100% – SWEET by Lemonmeter

SWEET The Tony award-winning Broadway stage adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s famous film, THE 39 STEPS, is being presented as a slapstick romp through film noir at the Norris Center fo…

PHOTO SPECIAL: Celebrating Two-Time Tony Award Winner Judith Light by Joseph Marzullo

Multi-award winning actress Judith Light, who is starring on the TV series Dallas, celebrates her birthday Feb. 9. Playbill.com takes a look at her stage career. Happy birthday, Judith!

PHOTO SPECIAL: Happy Birthday to Two-Time Tony Award Winner Judith Light by Joseph Marzullo

Multi-award winning actress Judith Light, who is starring on the TV series Dallas, celebrates her birthday Feb. 9. Playbill.com takes a look at her stage career. Happy birthday, Judith!

Dynamic Brahms, graceful Mendelssohn from Gaffigan and SLSO

Halen, Lee shine in shared soloists' spotlight.

NOISES OFF (RUBICON THEATRE): 100% – SWEET by Lemonmeter

SWEET Unencumbered by extraneous cerebral ballast, Frayn’s romp revels in slapstick and stereotype, both capably executed by a nine-member ensemble in which no particular performances outs…

BUNNY BUNNY GILDA RADNER: A SORT OF ROMANTIC COMEDY: 75% – BITTERSWEET by Lemonmeter

SWEET Writer Alan Zweibel, who was one of Gilda’s closest friends – he created Roseanne Roseannadanna – from the beginning of her professional career to her death in 1989, …

Sunday Feature: Jean-François Plante-Tan and La Cravate Bleue by The Charlebois Post

How Fringe festivals made me a better artist, entrepreneur and personby Jean-François Plante-Tan@cravatebleue_(photos by Olivia Bowman)Jean-François Plante-Tan is a Montreal-based artist w…

A LETTER FROM LONDON: The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse Opens and Spending an Evening With Stephen Ward by Ruth Leon

The monthly missive from Across the Pond introduces readers to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and Stephen Ward, Andrew Lloyd Webber's newest musical.

Grammy Winner Fantasia Barrino Plays Final Performance in Broadway's After Midnight; K.D. Lang In the Wings by Michael Gioia

Grammy Award winner Fantasia Barrino, who won critical praise for her performance as the first special guest star vocalist in After Midnight, plays her final performance in the jazz-age…

Playbill Poll: Who Should Play Captain Hook in NBC's December Broadcast of Peter Pan? Readers Respond by Jared Clough

Last week's poll asked readers to cast the title role in the upcoming NBC live broadcast of the Broadway musical Peter Pan. This week, we wanted to know who our readers would choose to p…

ON THE RECORD: Sierra Boggess at 54 Below and the Premiere Cast Recording of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Steven Suskin

This week’s column discusses Sierra Boggess' cabaret act, Awakening, and Patrick Page and John Cullum in the belated cast recording of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Richard Linklater Take Part in "Before" Trilogy Screening and Talkback at SBIFF Feb. 9 by Michael Gioia

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) presents the "Before" trilogy — "Before Sunrise," "Before Sunset" and "Before Midnight" &m…

Original Smokey Joe's Café Cast Members Reunite for On Broadway Feb. 9 at 54 Below by Michael Gioia

Cast members from the Tony Award-nominated musical revue Smokey Joe's Café reunite Feb. 9 — exactly 19 years following its first performance on Feb. 9, 1995 — for…

A LETTER FROM LONDON: A New, Old Playhouse Opens and Spending an Evening With Stephen Ward by Ruth Leon

The monthly missive from Across the Pond introduces readers to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and Stephen Ward, Andrew Lloyd Webber's newest musical.

Mary Testa, Barbara Walsh, Stephen Bogardus, Carolee Carmello, Heather MacRae and Sebastian Arcelus Celebrate William Finn Feb. 9 by Andrew Gans

Congregation Beit Simchat Torah presents a concert celebrating the music of two-time Tony Award-winning composer-lyricist William Finn Feb. 9 at 3 PM at Merkin Concert Hall.

"Seeing Color: Casting African Americans in Shakespeare" Held at TFANA Feb. 9 by Carey Purcell

Theatre for a New Audience presents the panel discussion "Seeing Color: Casting African Americans in Shakespeare" Feb. 9 at 6:30 PM.

Musical Theatre Guild Presents Death Takes a Holiday Musical Feb. 9 by Andrew Gans

Musical Theatre Guild presents Maury Yeston's Death Takes a Holiday Feb. 9 at 7 PM at Moss Theatre at New Roads School.

Jason Michael Snow, Lindsay Nicole Chambers, Andrew Brewer Star in Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man, Opening Feb. 9 by Andrew Gans

Matt Murphy's Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man, which is based on the best-selling book by Dan Anderson and Maggie Berman, officially opens at The 777 Theatre Feb. 9 at 7 PM.

A Night with Janis Joplin Ends Broadway Run Feb. 9 by Andrew Gans

The Broadway production of A Night With Janis Joplin, which began previews Sept. 20, 2013, prior to an official opening Oct. 10, plays its final performance Feb. 9 at 2 PM at the Lyceum Thea…

Christine Ebersole, Mark Blum, Shalita Grant, Kristine Nielsen Star in West Coast Vanya and Sonia, Opening Feb. 9 by Andrew Gans

Tony and Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce, who was Tony-nominated for his performance in Broadway's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, directs that Tony-winning Christopher Durang f…

Tony Nominee Charles Busch's The Tribute Artist Opens Off-Broadway Feb. 9 by Adam Hetrick

Primary Stages' premiere of playwright-actor Charles Busch's new comedy The Tribute Artist, featuring Busch and actress Julie Halston, officially opens Off-Broadway Feb. 9 after prev…

Better Than Sex! Sex Tips for Straight Women From a Gay Man Opens Off-Broadway by Damian Bellino

Battle of the sexes! The play Sex Tips for Straight Women From a Gay Man officially opens February 9 off-Broadway. Written by Altar Boyz producer Matt Murphy and directed by T…

This Week's Picks! You've Got V-Day Dates with Laura Osnes, Kevin Spacey & 10 Sexy First-Timers by Ryan Gilbert

Is that a pair of tickets to a Broadway show in your pocket or are you just happy to see us?! We kid, we kid. Hey, it's Valentine's Day week, so rose bouquets are being delivered, ch…